Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
180600104104	EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY	Compulsory	2	4	5

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to provide students with; to introduce the muscle cell, to enable him to understand the muscle contraction process, muscle fiber types and the changes that will occur according to the type of exercise, to comprehend the types of contractions and their relationship with exercise, to understand the ways of energy production, energy production in the exercise and recovery process, the circulatory system, respiratory system, blood, hormones, acute and to learn the changes in chronic exercise.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Öğr. Gör. Cansu ÇOLAK

Learning Outcomes

To be able to understand the muscle cell, organelles and functions that form the basis of movement, to explain the process that enables contraction to take place. To be able to learn fibril types and their properties, to understand the concept of motor unit and its interaction with the fibril it is attached to. To be able to describe the effect of strength, speed and endurance exercises on fibrils. To be able to distinguish the types of contractions and to understand their use during exercise. To be able to distinguish the energy formation processes in the body and the ways of ATP production according to the type of exercise. To be able to describe the circulatory system, its functioning, the structure and characteristics of the heart and vessels, and to understand the acute and chronic responses of the circulatory system to different types of exercise. To be able to explain the athlete's heart, its types, characteristics, to define blood pressure and to distinguish its changes according to the type of exercise. To be able to distinguish the respiratory system, its functioning, changes in a single exercise and as a result of regular exercises. To be able to distinguish the blood system, its functioning, changes in a single exercise and as a result of regular exercises. To be able to describe the endocrine system, its functioning, the hormones that are effective in exercise and their effects on performance. To learn the basic principles of training programming in children and young athletes.

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Muscle physiology and its functioning during exercise, production routes of ATP in exercise and recovery, circulatory system, respiratory system, blood system, hormonal system and exercise-related changes.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Physiologic formation of muscle contraction, sarcomere and its structure, changes in sarcomere, sliding filaments theory General characteristics of skeletal muscle and functions, motor unit types and characteristics, distribution of fibers in muscle, and effects on sportive performance	-	-
2	Metabolic response to speed, strength and endurance exercise, muscle proprioceptors and coordinating of movements Muscle contraction types (isometric, concentric, isotonic, isokinetic contractions) and movement samples	-	-
3	Energy systems (phosphogen, lactic acid, aerobic), Energy production during aerobic and anaerobic exercises and recovery period,	-	-
4	Physiological basis of flexibility and plyometric training,	-	-
5	Strength Training, Physiological Basis	-	-
6	Energy systems in recovery, Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS)
7	Intermediate examination	-	-
8	Cardiovascular system and functions, structure of heart and blood vessels and functions, Starling’s low, acute responses to different types of exercise	-	-
9	Chronic responses of cardiovascular system to different types of exercise, Blood pressure and changes in different type of exercise, distribution of cardiac output during exercise, Venous return to heart and effective factors, athlete heart, it’s types and characteristics	-	-
10	VO2max Concept	-	-
11	Endurance training and its physiological basis	-	-
12	Respiration system, functions and acute and chronic responses to different types of exercise	-	-
13	Blood, characteristics, functions and composition, acute and chronic responses to different types of exercise	-	-
14	Endocrine system, functions of glands and their hormones, general hormonal response to acute and chronic exercise	-	-
15	Basic principles about training programming of children and young athletes	-	-