Career Areas Related to Exercise Physiology
What is Exercise and Sport Physiology?
Professions of Exercise Physiology
Health Related Components of Physical Fitness
Skill-Related components of Physical Fitness
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relating to the observation and treatment of actual patients rather than theoretical or laboratory studies

Clinical

100

The study of how the body responds and adapts to physical stress

Exercise Physiology

100

What type of EX SCI professional is this?

PE Teacher

100

the ability to perform, large-muscle, dynamic exercise at high levels of intensity

Aerobic Capacity

100

The ability to chance body position quickly and accurately

Agility

200

the condition of being physically fit and healthy

Fitness

200

The application of exercise physiology principles to guide training and enhance sport performance

Sport Physiology

200

What type of EX SCI profession is this?

Athlete

200

The total proportion of total body weight made up of fat mass and fat-free mass.

Body Composition

200

The ability to maintain steady body posture

BALANCE

300

the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions

Research

300

Sudden and short-lived responses to exercise

Acute Exercise Effects

300

What type of EX SCI professional is this?

Coaches

300

The ability of the joints to move freely through their normal range of motion

Flexibility

300

The ability to perform physical tasks smoothly and accurately

Coordination

400

an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment

Sport

400

Gradual and long-term responses to exercise

Chronic Exercise Effects

400

What Ex SCI profession is this?

Dance Teacher

400

The ability of skeletal muscles to repeatedly generate force

Muscular Endurance

400

The ability to respond to stimulus quickly

Reaction Time

500

the concerted sharing of knowledge and experience

Teaching

500

What sport utilizes sand, tape, a rake, a board and spikes?

Track - Tribe Jump

500

What type of EX SCI professional is this?

Fitness Trainer

500

The ability of skeletal muscles to generate force

Muscular Strength

500

The ability to move quickly

Speed

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