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Three courses for training about physiology and nutrition

Healthy and active lifestyle is a choice

That is true. And I am not saying you need to give up anything or start eating something you don’t like, but it is just that different kind of physical activity requires different kind of food for your body, your body, to be able to do all that physical stress and to keep healthy, able to be happy in your skin, you need both exercise and good food. If you are a regular person who wants to or has started an active lifestyle and is interested how the body works and what fuels it, here are some online, free video courses from specialists. Coursera is a very nice, comfortable and good opportunity to learn new things (not just about health, also finances, programming, marketing, history). Some of the courses have started, some will start. Hope you find them interesting. Because first of all – knowledge is power!

 

Nutrition and Physical Activity for Health

Amy D. Rickman, Ph.D., RD, LDN and John M. Jakicic, Ph.D.

This course will provide a coherent, understandable look at the evidence on how nutrition and physical activity impact health through lower morbidity, longevity, and quality of life.
Workload: 3-5 hours/week
Sign up for nutrition and physical activity for health course (link brings you to Coursera page)

Introductory Human Physiology

Jennifer Carbrey and Emma Jakoi

In this course, students learn to recognize and to apply the basic concepts that govern integrated body function (as an intact organism) in the body’s nine organ systems.

Workload: 6-8 hours/week
Sign up for introductory human physiology (link takes you to Coursera page)

Exercise Physiology: Understanding the Athlete Within

Mark Hargreaves

Learn about the physiological responses to acute and chronic exercise and their relevance for athletic performance.
Workload: 4-6 hours/week
Sign up for exercise physiology: understanding the athlete within course (link takes you to Coursera page)

Hope you enjoy these courses. Send me a message how you liked it or any other walking in Ibiza, active holidays and retreats, massage or training questions at liisitoom (at) gmail.com and like our Walking lifestyle Facebook page.

About the Author

liisi

Performance coach, blogger and activist.

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