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Science of Exercise
Basic Science
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Instructor: Robert Mazzeo, Ph.D.
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9 hours to complete
3 weeks at 3 hours a week
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What you'll learn
Explain the relationship between exercise and the
body's physiological responses, including
carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism
Describe the role of nutritional choices and their
impact on health and training
Summarize the factors that contribute to muscle
soreness, fatigue, and the dangers associated with
performance-enhancing drugs
Skills you'll gain
Training Nutrition Fitness And Nutrition
Public Health
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There are 4 modules in this 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
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The Energetics of Exercise
Module 1 • 2 hours to complete
Physiological Systems During
Exercise
Module 2 • 2 hours to complete
Exercise for Fitness & Performance
Module 3 • 2 hours to complete
Exercise in Health, Wellness and
Disease
Module 4 • 3 hours to complete
Instructor
Instructor ratings 4.8 (1,294 ratings)
Robert Mazzeo, Ph.D.
University of Colorado Boulder
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5 · Reviewed on Jun 8, 2021
excellent i really loved the pre recorded
videos and the quiz and the assignment
given the response was quite quick i
received my certificated as soon as i
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5 · Reviewed on Jun 20, 2020
Great course. Easy to follow along. The
content is very in depth but it was broken
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5 · Reviewed on Nov 24, 2019
Very well informed course. The range of
topic covered is brilliant. I enrolled on the
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