Unit 2 BTEC National
Unit 2:
The Physiology of Fitness
Unit code:
R/502/5486
QCF Level 3:
BTEC National
Credit value:
5
Guided learning hours: 30
Aim and purpose
This unit provides an opportunity for learners to explore the body’s response to acute exercise and how the body adapts to long-term exercise participation.
Unit introduction
You will have no doubt experienced the effects of exercise on your body; your heart beats faster and your breathing rate increases, but have you ever wondered what else is happening inside your body to allow you to perform physical activity and exercise?
The body has a number of systems that work together to allow you to take part in exercise by increasing the oxygen and energy supply to your muscles. In this unit you will learn about how these body systems respond to exercise in both the short and the long term.
Many jobs in the sports industry require a good level of understanding of how the body reacts to exercise, for example, personal trainers, football coaches and fitness instructors. This unit provides the underpinning knowledge for progression into these types of careers.
This unit explores the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and respiratory systems responses to exercise.
All three energy systems that provide energy for exercise participation are also covered together with the energy continuum. Learners will have the chance to investigate the effects of exercise on each of the body systems by taking part in practical activities and conducting physiological tests to help ‘see’ for themselves how each of the body systems reacts.
The unit then goes on to explore how the body adapts to long-term exercise participation to help make a person fitter and more able to cope with the stresses of exercise. Again, there will be a practical investigation into the physiology of exercise participation which will help learners to explore how the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory and energy systems become
The Physiology of Fitness
Unit code:
R/502/5486
QCF Level 3:
BTEC National
Credit value:
5
Guided learning hours: 30
Aim and purpose
This unit provides an opportunity for learners to explore the body’s response to acute exercise and how the body adapts to long-term exercise participation.
Unit introduction
You will have no doubt experienced the effects of exercise on your body; your heart beats faster and your breathing rate increases, but have you ever wondered what else is happening inside your body to allow you to perform physical activity and exercise?
The body has a number of systems that work together to allow you to take part in exercise by increasing the oxygen and energy supply to your muscles. In this unit you will learn about how these body systems respond to exercise in both the short and the long term.
Many jobs in the sports industry require a good level of understanding of how the body reacts to exercise, for example, personal trainers, football coaches and fitness instructors. This unit provides the underpinning knowledge for progression into these types of careers.
This unit explores the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and respiratory systems responses to exercise.
All three energy systems that provide energy for exercise participation are also covered together with the energy continuum. Learners will have the chance to investigate the effects of exercise on each of the body systems by taking part in practical activities and conducting physiological tests to help ‘see’ for themselves how each of the body systems reacts.
The unit then goes on to explore how the body adapts to long-term exercise participation to help make a person fitter and more able to cope with the stresses of exercise. Again, there will be a practical investigation into the physiology of exercise participation which will help learners to explore how the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory and energy systems become
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