KINE 2P84 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hypertrophy, Hyperplasia, Model Organism
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Physical activity and performance- trainability (timing of, type of, how to), attainment of physical performance goals. Examples of practical applications: maturity- related behaviors. Schools, teams, sports: response to performance pressure? a. Is the activity in the best interest of the individual: gender differences a. When should they separate: maturation considerations, what to do about early of late maturating children, nature (genotype) or nurture (phenotype, how are skills developed? a. Sequence: university versus variability (key word in this course) a. If something doesn"t happen during this period, its either not going to happen or its not going to come and it will effect us in the long run i. E. g. , osteoporosis (loss of bone mass) - we only gain bone mass in growing years, which is a sensitive period. If we don"t add a lot of bone mass (bad nutrition, no physical activity), you will never catch up when you"re older.