The Importance of Exercise Intensity for Health and for Prescribing Exercise DVD

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Produced in cooperation with the ACSM

James S. Skinner, Ph.D., FACSM

Indiana University

2006

US Price: $49.95

DVD | Length: 70 minutes

827008248698

While the frequency and duration of exercise are the same for all persons, exercise intensity is more complex because it can be expressed in absolute terms (METs, Kcal/min) and in relative terms (%VO2 max, %1Rm).

Disagreement exists whether exercise intensity should be expressed relative to a maximal value (%VO2 max, %HRmax) or to a submaximal value (percent above or below the lactate or ventilatory threshold).

The Importance of Exercise Intensity for Health and for Prescribing Exercise discusses

• importance of exercise intensity
  • for various health states as well as its importance for prescribing exercise
• absolute and relative intensity of exercise
  • definition and discussion
• importance of exercise intensity for
  • total mortality, coronary heart disease, serum lipids, stroke, hypertension, weight loss, type 2 diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, and peripheral arterial occlusive disease
• problems associated with high-intensity exercise
• effects of exercise intensity and fitness on exercise duration and response to exercise
• need for more detailed information in order to give more individualized exercise prescriptions

Produced in cooperation with the American College of Sports Medicine.