BPK 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Bone Marrow, Active Living, Telomere

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Biomedical Physio & Kines
• Course: BPK 140
• Professor: Andrew Blaber

Document Summary

Differentiate between pa, exercise, sport, active living. Define the fitt principle of physical fitness. Compare and contrast aerobic vs. anaerobic activity. Physical activity (pa) is one of the best things you can do to minimize disease risk and promote. Get recommended amounts of pa, plus minimize sedentary behaviours. To make pa a consistent part of your life, find activities you enjoy and people you enjoy doing them with. 150 mins a week, extends health whenever u start, but better to start earlier obviously. For emergencies (ie, fire alarm goes off need to carry someone/run, etc. ) Things that start to go wrong and increasingly wrong over time (respiratory, bone, muscle etc. deteriorates) Frailty index, people die when its . 7 (ie, 70% of things that can go wrong with ur body go wrong) Falls a huge problem, 70% of our body/blood is below heart when standing: fainting is protective, fainting = brings heart same level as body/easier to pump blood.