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What is exercise physiology

Exercise Physiology Definition


Exercise physiology is the study of the body’s responses to physical activity. These responses
include changes in metabolism and in physiology of different areas of the body like the heart,
lungs, and muscles, and structural changes in cells. The word exercise comes from the
Latin exercitus, “to drive forth,” while physiology comes from the words physis (“nature”)
and logia (“study”).
Types of Exercise Physiology
The two types of exercise physiology are sport and clinical.
Sport exercise physiology is, as its name suggests, related to athletes. Sport physiologists use
knowledge of the body’s response to exercise in order to develop training regimens for athletes.
Such regimens include fitness conditioning, which is the process of training to become more
physically fit through periods of exercising certain muscles and resting.
Clinical exercise physiology is the use of physical activity for therapy, treatment, and
prevention of chronic diseases. Exercise uses the body’s stored glucose, so a diabetic may use
exercise to help keep their blood sugar levels down. Another disease treated with exercise
therapy is osteoporosis, the loss of bone tissue that commonly occurs in old age.

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