Exercise Physiology
    The study of the effects of exercise on the body.
    Body’s responses and adaptations to exercises
    System to subcellular level
     Acute (short term) to chronic (long term) adaptations
    Population served
     Elite performer
     People of all ages and abilities
  Historical Development
    Specialized area of study mid 1960s and 1970s.
    Late 1800s, the use of anthropometry to measure 
    changes in students’ development after training 
    programs.
    McKenzie: Investigating effects of exercise on 
    various systems of the body and the idea of 
    preventative medicine (early 1900s)
    After WWII: increased interest in fitness as a 
    result of youth fitness tests and the results of the 
    physicals of men in the military.
  Historical Development
   1970s: American Physiological Society recognized exercise 
   physiology as a specialized area of physiology.
   1974: ACSM: Guidelines for Graded Exercise Testing and Prescription
   1980s and 1990s: Understanding of the relationship between 
   physical activity and health.
   1996:
   2000: 1st certification exams for Clinical Exercise Physiologists
   Healthy People 2010
  Areas of Study 
    Effects of various exercises on various systems of 
    the body
    Relationship of energy metabolism to performance
    Effectiveness of training programs 
    Effects of environmental factors
    Effects of individual differences on fitness 
    development and performance
  Areas of Study
    Identification of factors that limit performance
    Effectiveness of various rehabilitation programs 
    Ergogenic aids and exercise
    Health and therapeutic effects associated with 
    exercise
    Effects of nutrition on performance