BIO SCI D124 Lecture Notes - Five Animals, Qigong, Menopause
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Qi: vital energy gong: exercise = type of exercises that can get your qi up. Five animals: tiger, deer, bear, monkey, and bird: liver, kidney, stomach, heart, lunch. Tai chi: altimate balance and hormony of yin and yang not just balance. Anterior leg muslces that act as leg and stabilizer. Fast fibers are first to go, slow fibers are less affected by age. Older you get should be doing the fast ones. Compliance: older people are more willing to do taichi than lifting. Exercise increases new neurons: better memory and suppresses the activity of other neurons that gets your excited.
