Health Sciences 4090A/B Lecture 4: March-4
3 Jun 2016
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A lot of the research that relates to exercise and training has been produced in london. Western conducted first study on patients who had heart attacks and then performed exercise program routines for these individuals. Proved you still could exercise: led to canadian center for research and aging on campus, cv lab. Neuromuscular lab too: london = leader in this are. Cardiovascular fitness declines with age: steady decline. Problem b/c related to whether you remain independent or become dependent. Cardiovascular fitness has been related to decreased independence, premature mortality, cv disease. A higher amount of low intensity physical activity has not been shown to result in higher vo2max: not enough. Definition of exercise: planned structured, repetitive movement that is done to improve and maintain 1 or more of the physical components. A lot of it has been moved out of our lives.
