HHP 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Stress Management, Electrocardiography, Catecholamine

• School: University of Iowa
• Department: Health and Human Physiology
• Course: HHP 2500
• Professor: Allison Phillips

Document Summary

Sport vs. exercise: breathing, participating in thrilling sport and exercise activities, verbal cues, using the environment. Exercise and stress management: exercise: ideal stress management technique. Exercise and stress management: diverse benefits, magnitude of the stress response, duration of the stress response, cardiovascular health, weight management, fitness, subjective well-being. Weight training vs. control for 6 weeks: aerobic exercise had stress-protective benefits when completing stressful task, alderman et al. (2007): high intensity vs. low intensity vs. control. Exercise and magnitude of stress response: heart rate recovery - mixed findings, +exercisers have higher level of brain chemicals and more rapid hr recover than non- exercisers. No exercise related benefits for stressors measures by hr, ekg, or blood pressure: aerobic exercise vs. yoga vs. music listening, quicker autonomic recovery after stress test at 6 and 10 weeks for exercisers. Possible mechanisms: coping hypothesis, physical activity produces a more efficient system so recovery of the autonomic nervous.