KNES 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Net., Muscle Hypertrophy, Stress Management
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Kinesiology started in the mid 1800s: in small one room class rooms needed to do something during snowy days indoors, people began to develop a formal method of physical education rather than recreational calisthenics. The first physical educators came from medicine: these were extremely bright professionals (doctors), had a variety of roles. Amherst college, 1st college pe program in us. (1854): 3 hiring criteria. At this time, gymnastics referred to what we call now as calisthenics. A man of high aims and a christian spirit . Dr. edward hitchcock, professor of hygiene and physical culture of amherst: was not a supporter of cadavers, he had 3 major roles. Hygiene and medical doctor, teaching men how to take care of themselves. Collection of health & anthropometric (study of body measurements) data and conducted research based on this data. Over 50 years, he was able to predict who would be healthy and who would not be.
