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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Science of Exercise by University of Colorado Boulder

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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.

MB

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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 Sarmad U K S

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Jul 28, 2022

Very well taught and really a good course if you want to learn body adaptations in response to exercise. Full Marks.

By Debbie M

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Nov 17, 2020

Excellent course. Got a great foundation on the relationship between metabolism and exercise. I recommended it 100%.

By padma b

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Nov 6, 2020

I enjoyed learning this course. This course provides extremely valuable basics about aerobic and anaerobic training.

By Franciane V

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Aug 27, 2020

Awesome course! It helped me a lot with exercise physiology knowledge and improved my english as well!! Thanks a lot

By Yash D

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Apr 25, 2021

Such a good experience while learning science of exercise. i think it will going to help me out in training session

By Petal B

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Mar 30, 2021

I enjoyed this course. It was an all round great experience with how smooth everything was able to work out for me.

By smritika v

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Oct 20, 2020

Very good course. Very detailed explanation. In a very simple language and practical application was given emphasis

By Ashutosh S

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Oct 28, 2022

Loved the course, but one thing that I was looking for was missing. Coverage on resistance training was not much.

By Udson R d S

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Jul 29, 2020

The didactic way of teaching made the classes pleasant, it was very easy to understand and absorb all the content.

By Marcel E

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May 16, 2020

I really enjoyed the course and like the course format! I really want to thank the University of Colorado Boulder!

By ritu p

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May 15, 2020

Awesome so tons of knowledge I got from this course thanks to co- ordinator, university of Colorado and coursera..

By Deepa J G

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Apr 9, 2020

Loved the in between quizzes and questions. The teaching off course was wonderful! thank you for this opportunity.

By Anastasija F

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Apr 26, 2022

The lecturer has perfect skills to teach and explain difficult things! It was wonderful refreshment of knowledge.

By Rajesh K

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Apr 9, 2022

Excellent course that gives hoslitic understanding of the science exercise in a simple and eay to understand way.

By Alexander M R

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Feb 13, 2022

Excellent course very happy for everything learned, I recommend it to have a better quality of life through sport

By Aliyah M

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Mar 21, 2021

Fantastic course! I now have a thorough understanding of what occurs within my body while exercising and at rest.

By Rhea M

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Feb 15, 2021

Very interesting course that covers all the topics related to science of exercise in very well structured videos.

By Ajith P

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Sep 9, 2020

The course is a must for all as it scientifically explained the effects of exercise and the benefits of training.

By Tina d S

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Feb 28, 2018

Great induction into the theories of exercise and understanding the mental and physiological impact of exercise.

By DONNA J M B

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Apr 25, 2023

this course was a great learning experience that I will be able to apply to my lifestyle to improve my exercise.

By Stephany Y P C

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Feb 20, 2021

I loved the course. Thank you so much i've learned too many important things for me and people who I care about.

By Ohj D N

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Sep 18, 2020

A very helpful course and i enjoyed learning because everything is properly explained and things were made easy.

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