BPK 143 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Weight-Bearing, Skeletal Muscle, Exercise Intensity

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Biomedical Physio & Kines
• Course: BPK 143
• Professor: Tony Leyland

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Scientific method: observation, ask question, form hypothesis, conduct experiment, accept or reject. Reject: form hypotheses, conduct experiment - accept or reject - repeat. We are taught what to think, not how to think! . 3. comprehensiveness (all evidence) - checking all the possibilities and being honest about it: reproducible, sufficiency, honesty. Overload principle: you have to stress your systems for improvement. If you want to be good at running, run. Individual differences principle: do what"s good for you. Principle of reversibility: use it or lose it. Frequency: how many days/week - 3, 3-4, 5+ Intensity:% of max hr - 50-80%, 60-85%, 70-90% Type: any rhythmic activity that uses large muscle groups: walking, cycling, stair machine, jogging, swimming, etc. Heart rate reserve: 50-85% of heart rate reserve (resting heart rate. Talk-test method: if you can speak while running, you"re okay. If you can"t, you"re too intense for long distance. Be a little breathless, but have a conversation.