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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees InformationsCertificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
INR 2436yesCoursera

The Syllabus

Videos
  • Introduction: Who are these profs and should I care about this MOOC?
  • Week 1 Video 1 - What is fitness anyway?
  • Week 1 Video 2 - What is the exercise continuum?
  • Week 1 Video 3 - How to assess your own fitness
  • Week 1 Video 4 - How do you get the biggest bang for your exercise buck?
Readings
  • Introduction Glossary
  • Week 1 Video 1 - Glossary
  • Week 1 Video 2 - Glossary
  • Week 1 Video 3 - Glossary
  • Week 1 Video 4 - Glossary

Videos
  • Week 2 Video 1 - What’s the most important number you have?
  • Week 2 Video 2 - Where do the Physical Activity Guidelines come from, anyway?
  • Week 2 Video 3 - How can you hack cardiorespiratory fitness?
  • Week 2 Video 4 - Why does H.I.T.T. work?
  • Week 2 Video 5 - Which burns more calories: Interval or Endurance Training?
  • Week 2 Video 6 - What are some interval workouts I can do at home?
Readings
  • Week 2 Video 1 - Glossary
  • Week 2 Video 3 - Glossary
  • Week 2 Video 4 - Glossary
  • Week 2 Video 5 - Glossary
  • Week 2 Video 6 - Glossary

Videos
  • Week 3 Video 1 - Can you hack strength training?
  • Week 3 Video 2 - What’s up with muscle fibre?
  • Week 3 Video 3 - Can we actually prompt our muscles to grow?
  • Week 3 Video 4 - What does protein have to do with muscles?
  • Week 3 Video 5 - How does one hack strength training?
  • Week 3 Video 6 - What should I consider as I design my own workouts?
Readings
  • Week 3 Video 1 - Glossary
  • Week 3 Video 2 - Glossary
  • A Motor Unit-Based Model of Muscle Fatigue
  • Neither Load nor Systemic Hormones Determine Resistance Training-Mediated Hypertrophy or Strength Gains in Resistance-Trained Young Men
  • Week 3 Video 3 - Glossary
  • Week 3 Video 4 - Glossary
  • Week 3 Video 5 - Glossary
  • IOC Consensus Statement: Dietary Supplements and the High-Performance Athlete
  • Week 3 Video 6 - Glossary

Videos
  • Week 4 Video 1 - Which is better: cardio or strength training?
  • Week 4 Video 2 - What does a cardio & strength training workout actually look like?
  • Week 4 Video 3 - Can you design your own cardio & strength workout?
  • Week 4 Video 4 - How can exercise affect your mental health?
  • Week 4 Video 5 - Can't you get exercise in a pill?!
  • Week 4 Video 6 - What are our top ten tips to hack exercise for health?
Readings
  • Does Strength-Promoting Exercise Confer Unique Health Benefits? A Pooled Analysis of Data on 11 Population Cohorts With All-Cause, Cancer, and Cardiovascular Mortality Endpoints
  • Week 4 Video 2 - Glossary
  • Research studies
  • Research studies
  • Week 4 Video 5 - Glossary
  • Overall Course Glossary
Practice Exercise
  • Final Course Quiz

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