Renowned exercise physiologists Martin Gibala and Stuart Phillips of McMaster University teach the surprising new science of cardio fitness and strength-building鈥攁nd then provide you with hacks to get fit and strong (and healthy!) in less time than you ever thought possible. What鈥檚 the right mix of exercise between cardio and strength? How do you know if you鈥檙e working out hard enough? What鈥檚 better, heavy or light weights? These questions and more are addressed through a course designed to provide even the most inexperienced of exercisers the tools you need to design time-efficient workouts that can be done virtually anywhere, from your own home to a city park or even at your workplace.
Hacking Exercise For Health. The surprising new science of fitness.
Hacking Exercise For Health. The surprising new science of fitness.
Instructors: Martin Gibala
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How to evaluate the role that physical activity plays in your health
How your cardiorespiratory fitness can be improved with aerobic training
How strength training results in strength gains and improve your health
How to formulate you own cardiorespiratory and musculoskeletal exercise routine to improve your health
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The human body is rare in that it actually improves with use. In fact, the changes that various kinds of exercise trigger in the body are downright miraculous. This week, Marty and Stu explain the mechanics behind that process. They start by breaking down the two types of fitness: 鈥淐ardiorespiratory鈥� and 鈥渕usculoskeletal.鈥� Next, they鈥檒l tell you why each one is important to living a long and healthy life. With a can-do attitude designed to inspire, they鈥檒l inform you how much of each activity you鈥檙e supposed to get, then wrap up the week by posing a question that exercise scientists have been debating for years: Which type of exercise is better for you?
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This week Marty tells you all about cardiorespiratory fitness, and the latest research in terms of time-efficient ways to get fitter faster. Why do some scientists think that cardiorespiratory fitness should be the fifth vital sign? What is VO2max? What鈥檚 an easy way to determine your own VO2max? And how does aerobic exercise boost it? The week wraps up with Marty teaching a series of techniques to build cardiorespiratory fitness in less time than you ever thought possible.
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Many people believe strength training isn鈥檛 for them. They might feel intimidated by lifting weights because they think it鈥檚 only for big hulking bodybuilders. Besides, what are the health benefits of lifting weights? During week 3, Stu argues that everyone should engage in some form of strength training鈥攁nd the practice becomes more important, not less, as you age. Once you鈥檙e convinced, Stu teaches techniques that will help everyone to be stronger, to stave off the decline in muscle strength that otherwise happens as we age. Finally, Stu provides hacks to get you comfortable performing strengthening exercises鈥攁nd teaches you to design your own resistance-training workouts.
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6 videos9 readings4 discussion prompts1 plugin
Remember the question Marty and Stu posed in the first week? What鈥檚 more important, cardiorespiratory or musculoskeletal health? In the last week they鈥檒l finally answer it for you. They鈥檒l talk about some of the surprising benefits of exercise鈥攍ike the fact that it can help you mentally retain information (sweat so you don鈥檛 forget!). They鈥檒l discuss the debate over the exercise pill. They鈥檒l teach you hacks that help you boost muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness, together鈥攁nd finish the course by teaching you techniques to design your own fun, combined workouts designed to keep you exercising for the rest of your life!
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i loved it and learnt alot about how to help people exercise to get results with factoring in shortage of time todays life style of people being busy all the time
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