EXSS3023 Lecture 1: Week 1 Notes

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Exercise and Sport Science
• Course: EXSS3023
• Professor: Che Fornusek

Document Summary

Physical activity: the act of movement of the muscles that increases energy expenditure from rest. Exercise and training: working at a percentage of your max hr to achieve a goal (weight loss, performance) Exercise is leisure activities that develop fitness. Physical fitness: indicator of current level of ability to perform physical activity at a certain level for a period of time. Attributes of people who have the ability to perform physical activity. Expressed as vo2max (rate of o2 consumption) Health: level of wellbeing compared to a pre existing norm. Aspects of physical fitness = cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility of hamstrings, body composition. Major causes of death = infectious disease, cvd, cancer (western countries) Identified from strong association, consistency between studies, relationship, dose-response relationship (^ = higher risk) Largest benefit (decreased risk) seen where individuals move from no exercise to low exercise. Highest energy expenditure leads to lowest risk.