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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Science of Exercise by University of Colorado Boulder

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About the Course

Learners who complete Science of Exercise will have an improved physiological understanding of how your body responds to exercise, and will be able to identify behaviors, choices, and environments that impact your health and training. You will explore a number of significant adjustments required by your body in order to properly respond to the physical stress of exercise, including changes in carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism, nutritional considerations, causes of muscle soreness & fatigue, and the effectiveness and dangers of performance enhancing drugs. Active learning assessments will challenge you to apply this new knowledge via nutrition logs, heart rate monitoring, calculations of your total daily caloric expenditure and body mass index (BMI). Finally, learners will examine the scientific evidence for the health benefits of exercise including the prevention and treatment of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, obesity (weight loss), depression, and dementia....

Top reviews

DB

Aug 10, 2020

This course was outstanding. There is so much that I learned that I will be able to apply to my own exercise routine. The videos were easy to follow and the quizzes tested the material thoroughly.

LM

Oct 16, 2020

Totally enjoyed this course. It was informative and helped me to understand how my body works so that i can adapt my training and those in my family so we can live a much better life style. Thank you

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By Deleted A

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Apr 17, 2019

Excelente curso, realmente aprendes nuevos conocimientos y reafirmas algunos que viste durante la carrera de Nutrición. Lo recomiendo ampliamente.

By Alina V D

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Oct 5, 2017

A well organized course with practical examples and useful information.

And to use a quote of the professor: Never too late to start exercising !

By Karla S G B

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Mar 17, 2021

I do love to learn about the body and the changes the body does to adapt t the different circumstances and also avoid or prevent many illnesses.

By Deleted A

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Feb 1, 2021

Very good course its also very useful in life to stay fit, healthy and help you and people around to stay in share, build muscle or lose weight.

By Diego A G B

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Jul 15, 2020

Muy feliz. Yo soy Licenciado en educacion Fisica, pero este curso me permitio ahondar mas,aclarar conceptos y consolidar otros. Muchas Profesor!

By Margarita R D

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Sep 13, 2018

This course delivers what it promises which is a good understanding of the most important elements underlying exercise and or physical activity.

By Pongthep N

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May 14, 2018

It is indeed a fantastic course. I have leaned so many things in this course that I didn't know about. I would definitely recommend this course.

By Ingrid W

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Aug 27, 2022

Very nice and informative course, the way of learning has been make it very effective when there is summary and also quiz during every module.

By Mohamed A

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Jun 8, 2020

I learned a great deal from this course. The course is designed to be engaging which helped me stay focused and better understand the material.

By stoyan s

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May 27, 2020

It may be for beginners but i can assure that it will help you create better patterns in your professional and personal life! highly recommend

By Ruben D H J

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Aug 23, 2021

Good course. It would be a great idea if the notes are organized in a PDF course booklet that you can read for review or for future reference.

By Pedro G Z

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Jan 9, 2018

I reviewed many clearly taught concepts. Maybe I would like some images to be sharper by adding where they are taken from.

thank you very much

By Ingkar A

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Jul 31, 2020

Very comprehensive course, that help me to clarify how our body responds to exercising and its positive consequences. Definitely recommended!

By Duangporn Y

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Jun 21, 2020

This course make me more understand about exercise and how to improve our health. Thanks to the instructor team and my peers for my learning.

By Carmen C A

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Apr 19, 2020

Very useful to deepen the physiology of exercise. It clarifies and defines very well all the concepts that intervene in this complex process.

By Sirjohn W

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May 24, 2024

Excellent course, I have learned many things. This course covers almost everything like athletes, nutrition, biology, biochemical, exercise.

By Amanda C

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Jun 18, 2022

Me encanto!

Aprendi muchisimo, y siendo nutriologa, aplicare mucho lo aprendido en varias situaciones profesionales.

Lo recomiemdo muchsiimo

By Yadap P T

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Apr 26, 2021

It has lots of positive impacts and it's a good tool to enhance one's knowledge would like to thank the team and management for this course.

By Ng F K

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Oct 28, 2020

Amazing course! Please note that this course isn't for complete beginners. You need at least some biology knowledge to complete this course.

By Jose O R R

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Jun 11, 2020

The course is great, covering the basics and highlighting the relevance of exercise in every aspect of everyday life and disease. Thank you!

By Chieh W K

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Jun 17, 2021

A good course for people who would like to know more about our body mechanisms during exercise. Especially, recommend for personal trainer.

By Maurizio C

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Oct 24, 2020

Corso preparato molto bene. Dettaglio in tutti i capitoli delle settimane. Spiegazioni chiare e test molto seri. Ottimo corso. Complimenti.

By joelo2928

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Oct 19, 2020

I really like ths course. there is new information about physioloy of exercise and it comes to complement my knowledge as a physioterapist.

By Lissette D B

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May 11, 2020

Really interesting, I wish was longer! The only recommendation I would make is to update some of the web links that are no longer activate.

By Michael A M H

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Jun 11, 2023

Excelente información, se aprende muchas cosas nuevas y se repasan algunos temas importantes relacionados con la fisiologia del ejercicio.