Your Body Inside and Out: Using Exercise Physiology to Slow Aging

Overview

What you'll learn

• Lifestyle Activities – Like the lettuce in your salad, lifestyle activities will provide the foundation for your healthy lifestyle. Whether it is walking the d…
• Cardiovascular System – Your heart, vessels and blood provide a network that delivers oxygen and nutrients while removing waste products, essentially keeping y…
• Muscles – Preventing muscle loss as you age is critical to maintaining function and independence. Using your muscles regularly at all ages also reduces the ris…
• Bones – Often considered a “dead” tissue, bones are surprisingly responsive to the loads that are placed upon them. Keeping a healthy skeleton through physical…
• Joints – Smooth, pain free joints are critical to continued movement throughout the lifespan, so keeping them functioning should be a priority. In contrast to…
• Brain – One of the best things you can do to maintain your brain as you age is to engage in regular physical activity. New information is emerging every day as…
• Cellular Aging – Many of the benefits you see from physical activity at the whole body level are results of what is happening down in the individual cells. Phy…

Skills you'll practise

Aging ProcessesOptometryPhysiologyHuman Musculoskeletal SystemCardiovascular DiseaseExercise PhysiologyDiabetes MellitusInformation SciencesLecturingDementia

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Before you start

An excitement for learning about the human body! The course aims to be accessible to everyone. However, it is still challenging. A background in basic human physiology will prepare you to get the most out of this experience. However, for those non-scientists in the bunch, don’t fret. We have added glossaries and additional resources that will help you get through the material.

Taught by

• Anne FriedlanderAdjunct Professor, Program in Human Biology