This podcast EXP is all about exercise physiology. Your guide is Dr. John Higgins MD: physician, professor, and marathoner, who takes you step by step through the major cores concepts of exercise physiology, explaining exactly how things work and why. Ever wondered how different types of exercise affect your body in the short and long-term? After starting with an overview and the history of exercise physiology, we will get into the acute and chronic effects (adaptations) of exercise on various physiological systems: nervous, skeletal, muscular, respiratory, cardiovascular, etc. In addition, how the exercise environment can effect responses is reviewed. Special topics such as hydration, and the female athlete triad will make it to these podwaves, and we’ll try to make some sense of the latest exercise physiology journal publications and ACSM guidelines. References: 1. Exercise Physiology: Theory and Application to Fitness and Performance by Scott K Powers (Author), Edward T Howley (Author) Hardcover: 624 pages Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 6 edition (May 8, 2006) ISBN-10: 0073028630, ISBN-13: 978-0073028637 2. Anatomy and Physiology by Rod R. Seeley (Author), Trent D. Stephens (Author), Philip Tate (Author) Hardcover: 1116 pages Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; 8 edition (February 23, 2007) ISBN-10: 0073293687, ISBN-13: 978-0073293684 3. ACSM's Advanced Exercise Physiology by American College of Sports Medicine (Author) Hardcover: 704 pages Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1 edition (October 1, 2005) ISBN-10: 0781747260, ISBN-13: 978-0781747264 4. ACSM's Certification Review (Paperback) by American College of Sports Medicine (Author) Paperback: 302 pages Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2 edition (May 1, 2005) ISBN-10: 0781745926, ISBN-13: 978-0781745925 5. American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) website www.acsm.org 6. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. Official Journal of the ACSM @ www.acsm-msse.org Thanks to Paul Higgins and the band "Third Party" for the background music. And remember, FORTITUDINE VINCIMUS "By Endurance We Conquer" Sir Ernest Shackleton. If you have any questions or comments, please email me at John.P.Higgins@uth.tmc.edu