Muscle Physiology Lectures

Fall 2024 Syllabus

ACSM On Campus podcast excerpt about muscle hypertrophy
(this is a glimpse at where we're headed this semester):



BLOCK ONE:

Quiz 1 | Quiz 2 | Quiz 3 | Quiz 4 | Quiz 5 | Quiz 6 | Quiz 7 | Quiz 8

Lecture 1: Pre-Exercise Screening

ACSM Risk Factor Screening Information


Lecture 2: Exercise Physiology Fundamentals

Note: At 30:00, I misspoke, describing HR as a relative assessment of exercise intensity,
but callling it an absolute measurement. It is a relative measurement, not absolute.

Lecture 3: Skeletal Muscle Structure


Lecture 4: Skeletal Muscle Function


Lecture 5: The Neuromuscular System


Lecture 6: Excitation-Contraction Coupling


Lecture 7: Reflex Arcs


Lecture 8: Muscle Fiber Types


Lecture 9: Size Principle


Lecture 10: Practical Applications


Lecture 11: Specificity of Adaptation, Part 1


Lecture 12: Specificity of Adaptation, Part 2


EXAM 1


BLOCK TWO:

Quiz 9 | Quiz 10 | Quiz 11 | Quiz 12 | Quiz 13 | Quiz 14 | Quiz 15 | Quiz 16

Lecture 13: Introduction to Biomechanics (Part 1)


Lecture 14: Introduction to Biomechanics (Part 2)


Lecture 15: Levers


Lecture 16: Determinants of Force Production


Lecture 17: Joint Compression and Neural Rewiring


Lecture 18: Molecular Mechanisms of Nociception


Lecture 19: Injuries, Clotting, and Inflammation


Lecture 20: Inflammation and Tissue Healing


Lecture 21: Active and Reactive Hyperemia


EXAM 2


BLOCK THREE:

Quiz 17 | Quiz 18 | Quiz 19 | Quiz 20 | Quiz 21 | Quiz 22 | Quiz 23 | Quiz 24 | Quiz 25 | Quiz 26 | Quiz 27 | Quiz 28 | Quiz 29

Lecture 22: Introduction to the Endocrine System


Lecture 23: Endocrine Function


Lecture 24: Hormone Actions


Lecture 25: Introduction to Anabolic Steroids


Lecture 26: Anabolic Steroids


Lecture 27: Enzymes


Lecture 28: Anabolic Cellular Signaling (Part 1/7)


Lecture 29: Anabolic Cellular Signaling (Part 2/7)


Lecture 30: Anabolic Cellular Signaling (Part 3/7)


Lecture 31: Anabolic Cellular Signaling (Part 4/7)


Lecture 32: Anabolic Cellular Signaling (Part 5/7)


Lecture 33: Anabolic Cellular Signaling (Part 6/7)


Lecture 34: Anabolic Cellular Signaling (Part 7/7)


EXAM 3