Course Objectives

The course will provide students with knowledge that will enable them to question and investigate the relationship between physical activity and exercise, and physiological adaptation. Emphasising two areas: Training adaptation in circulation (oxygen uptake and adaptation to exercise in skeletal muscle) and power generation.

Course Description

This course will mainly focus on:

• Circulation:
  • Supply and consumption of oxygen in the working muscle – limitations
  • Endurance training and training adaptation
  • Aerobic capacity, work economy and lactate threshold
• Power generation:
  • Skeletal muscle’s architecture and morphology
  • Muscle fibre types and contractile, oxidative and glycolytic properties
  • Neural-muscular properties
  • Training for neural and hypertrophic adaptation

Learning Methods

Ten 3-4 hour lecture sessions, and three 3-4 hour laboratory seminars, spring semester.
Lectures, seminars, testing and laboratory work.

Assessment Methods

Thirty-minute trial lecture on a given subject, and on the basis of an approved text. The text should demonstrate the student’s ability to work independently, include an overview of published research and be produced by the student. Graded mark. 75% mandatory attendance requirement.

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean