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About the Course

Learners who complete Science of Exercise will have an improved physiological understanding of how your body responds to exercise, and will be able to identify behaviors, choices, and environments that impact your health and training. You will explore a number of significant adjustments required by your body in order to properly respond to the physical stress of exercise, including changes in carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism, nutritional considerations, causes of muscle soreness & fatigue, and the effectiveness and dangers of performance enhancing drugs. Active learning assessments will challenge you to apply this new knowledge via nutrition logs, heart rate monitoring, calculations of your total daily caloric expenditure and body mass index (BMI). Finally, learners will examine the scientific evidence for the health benefits of exercise including the prevention and treatment of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, obesity (weight loss), depression, and dementia....

Top reviews

NT

Apr 14, 2020

Love everything about this course. Nice module. Professor is really nice. However, I need to learn further about weight training (Pros, cons , etc). Looking forward to attend in weight training class.

BO

Oct 3, 2020

An exceptionally great course. I enjoyed every bit of it. Thanks to the organizers for making these as easy and simple as possible. Now I can live a more healthy lifestyle with the principles learned!

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By Irina L

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Aug 13, 2020

This course is excellent. It is very complete in terms of biochemistry and physiology. I specially liked week 4.

By Paula A J

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Jul 16, 2020

Fue un curso maravilloso. Muchas gracias por este aprendizaje tan valioso para el ambito profesional y personal.

By Sofía C H

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Jul 8, 2019

Very complete course, I loved the quiz during the video! Will very much recommend the course to interested peers

By Prateek D

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Aug 18, 2020

Excellent course, but it would be better if the questions are at the end of the video lectures than in between.

By Ali H

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Jul 29, 2020

Iinformative and enjoyable, just as D.Robert mazzoa said.

It's a big door to enter exercise Physiology Science

By Yash M

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Jun 20, 2020

Excellent course . It surely tests your understanding of the topic and makes sure your fundamentals are clear.

By Khushboo K

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Jan 4, 2019

This course really helped me to understand the physiology of the athlete and understand the systems in detail.

By Dermot K

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Jan 10, 2022

Super course for anybody interested in fitness and training who wants to get a grasp on the science behind it

By Tuan Q N

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Jun 20, 2019

I found this course very fascinating and learned so much that I can use for further advancement in my career!

By Reza s

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Jun 19, 2021

honestly this course help me to improve my knowledge about so many detailed information its really helpfull

By Peter W

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Oct 1, 2020

Great class that taught me a lot. It will positively motivate me exercise more and live and healthier life.

By Chaitanya K

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Aug 14, 2020

it will helps us to stay fit and healthy as well as we will instruct our clints to do right way of exercises

By Alisa M

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May 30, 2019

Motivational to start moving more

Interesting for a regular person who wants to understand their body better

By Raj S

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Mar 23, 2023

We knowledgeable, informative, content is very good, well prepared and very well presented course provided.

By Noor S B S

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Nov 13, 2020

Great course. I learned a lot. Gained so much info for my own knowledge & I would like to share with others

By Catherine O

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Apr 10, 2019

Excellent course to better understand exercise and the many benefits it has for the body regardless of age.

By Ruth M

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May 19, 2020

Muy completo y explica de manera específica el funcionamiento del cuerpo durante el ejercicio. Me encantó!

By KRATI G

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May 9, 2020

great learning , thank u for making it free.hope to see more free courses and course % on certificate too.

By Sheela R

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Aug 29, 2020

Very useful course, describes the mechanism of exercise and its benefits.

Motivates us to take up exercise

By Ahmad S C K

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Aug 1, 2020

Great presentation by Prof. Robert Mazzeo. Even the beginners in biology can learn this course perfectly.

By Tishtar C

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Jun 17, 2020

Very well compiled and at the right level wherein its not too difficult but one still gains new knowledge

By DR R A K

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Apr 29, 2020

A lovely course on science of exercise covering almost every important aspect in brief.thank you so much.

By Mohammed S

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Apr 6, 2022

Thank you very much for providing such a wonderful course may god bless the persons behind this service.

By Swan Y P S

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Oct 31, 2020

This course was one of the best course I have attended on coursera and I learned a lot from this course.

By Francesco

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Sep 21, 2020

It is a Very great course ,Explain everything very well I am glad that I Chose and finished this course.