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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....

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This course was very informative and had a good approach. The course design kept me motivated through out the time to complete it. I am thankful to Dr. Robert Mazzeo for providing a wonderful course.

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It is a very great course. This course taught me many great things about the human body like how the body responses to exercise and nutrition. What, when, how we should do exercise and take nutrition.

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By Mohamed A C A N

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May 26, 2020

Happy to have taken this course. It gave me a better understanding about the science behind exercise, and how it affects and impacts our daily lives. Also while providing excellent resources, studies and articles for review.

By Juan T S

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Sep 18, 2017

Es súmamente importante este curso, me ha enseñado mucho para poder hacer ejercicio de una forma adecuada y ha despejado varios mitos de este tema tan importante y porqué este es tan importante para tener una vida saludable.

By Alex B

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Aug 29, 2024

This was a really comprehensive course. The videos were very educational. I would have liked a bit more interactive exercises, beyond prompts during videos, but the module assessments were good for checking my progress too.

By Diogo R

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Mar 25, 2024

I want to congratulate Robert Mazzeo, Ph.D., for transmitting his knowledge, which was extremely important for my learning and knowledge. I want to express my sincere thanks to Robert Mazzeo, thank you very much, professor!

By CECILIA A C V

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Nov 8, 2020

Excelente curso. Para el tiempo que tiene el contenido que se da es buenísimo. Los videos explicativos son didácticos y claros. Las tareas y los exámenes una excelente herramienta para afianzar los conocimientos aprendidos.

By Lenah S

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Nov 29, 2020

it helped me understand exercise better

The content is new, there's some extra reading material that you can benefit from.

the lectures content were informative and easy to follow, also the units are divided well.

thank you

By Omkar S

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Jun 13, 2020

Short and Nice course! Best for beginners and for those who just want proper knowledge of the exercise field. The images and graphs were very useful in completing the course in short duration. Instructor is also very good.

By Manuel P

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Aug 6, 2018

Excelent course. I have learned how works, adapt and response during exercise in a scientific view. I have learned new tips to improve my perfromance. The Mentor are excelent willing to help your questions. I recommend it.

By Sara D

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Sep 20, 2017

This course was well worth the investment of time and money. All of the content is well thought out and written / spoken in a way that's easy to follow.

I recommend this course to anyone who is interested in the human body.

By Sanjai B

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Oct 12, 2020

Excellent Course designed by Robert Mazzeo. This will help me in my post retirement career plans as a Fitness Coach. This course will also help me in my marathon training. Now I know where I was going wrong in my running.

By Ffion R F

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Sep 6, 2020

Amazing course! You learn so much and in great detail moving you forward with the knowledge needed for other similar courses! Very easy to use even though online and you can always make notes as you go along! Thank you!

By SIMÓN A S G

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Jun 14, 2021

Muy ompleto, bien sintetizado aborda la gran cantidad de temas relacionados a entrenamiemto y actividad fisica, además aborda algunos de los principales mitos y creencias, por último se encuentra bastante actualizado.

By Dilusha M

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Jun 16, 2020

This course is really interesting. I love all the study material and our lecturer. Thank you for being a great help. This added really a great value for my career. Thank you coursera and University of Colorado Boulder.

By Ashish s

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Sep 30, 2020

Communication. Every human interaction begins with communication, but not all communication is verbal. ...Active Listening. People want to be heard and to know that what they're saying is being understood. .well done

By Nazim A C G

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Aug 22, 2020

Got a bunch of information regarding exercise, really a must do course for all. Thanks alot to the tutor. Knowing the physiological changes occuring during exercise itself is a great motivator to do regular exercise

By Roberto A P L

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Aug 2, 2020

This course was so useful for me because it explains many key concepts in an easy way. In addition, the references presented are a good source for increasing our knowlege in Science of Exercise. Thank you very much.

By Gilberto R

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Aug 10, 2022

Really good introduction to the benefits of exercises and the impact to the boudy and therefore to our lives. Good videos and good support material. It is up to each individual to take it from there and go deeper.

By Umme A J S

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Oct 19, 2020

Its a very simplified course on Exercise Physiology that makes one understand the basics of our body's mechanisms that adapt to exercise, and its consequent benefits in various areas of health. Thank you so much!

By Nathan P

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Mar 15, 2020

High-quality course. Short, to-the-point lessons with just the right amount of information in each, evidence cited for every claim, and an engaging instructor. Enjoyable for students and sports enthusiasts alike.

By Lillian C

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Mar 16, 2021

Good info!

Week 1 and 2 are more science-based. Mostly useful for athletes.

Week 3 and 4 are good info for everyone to have.

Super enjoyable if you're someone like me who is passionate about movement and health!

By Anirban N

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Aug 10, 2020

Loved the course and the structure which enabled you to regularly revise and comprehend the details better through the quizzes, assignments and reviews. We can increase the number of quizzes during the modules.

By Kwena M

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Nov 27, 2023

This course is very informative and has opened my eyes a lot and since i started studying science of exercise i now exercise with more understanding of what i am really doing and can clearly see the benefits .

By Nicole S F d O

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Nov 12, 2020

Excellent course. Succinct lectures backed up heavily by scientific evidence and easy to understand points. Each lesson also allows you to consolidate learning points by in-video questions and weekly quizzes.

By JUNIO C S S

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May 18, 2020

This course was really cool I was able to learn more about exercises and their adaptations in the body. Therefore, I recommend this course to every trainer, physical educator and everyone who works in sports.

By giorgia r

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Aug 17, 2023

I'm a Nutritionist and this course helped me to refresh some crucial topics to improve my nutritional consultation for athletic individuals. The Professor is amazing, every explanation is clear and detailed.