# Exercise Physiology

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Category: Health
Slides: 31
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:18:10.442Z
Tags: health, exercise, physiology

## Summary

Exercise is the single most powerful intervention in the prevention of chronic disease. The data on cardiorespiratory fitness as a mortality predictor is more robust than the data on smoking, blood pressure, or LDL. Key sections include: Exercise Physiology.; Opening Why this matters.; Chapter I A.V. Hill, 1923.; Chapter II The headline number.; Chapter III Lactate, the misunderstood metabolite.; Chapter IV LT1 and LT2.; Chapter V Zone 2 training.; Chapter VI Slow- and fast-twitch.; Chapter VII The pump.; Chapter VIII The energy organelle..

## Slide Outline

1. Exercise Physiology.
2. Opening Why this matters.
3. Chapter I A.V. Hill, 1923.
4. Chapter II The headline number.
5. Chapter III Lactate, the misunderstood metabolite.
6. Chapter IV LT1 and LT2.
7. Chapter V Zone 2 training.
8. Chapter VI Slow- and fast-twitch.
9. Chapter VII The pump.
10. Chapter VIII The energy organelle.
11. Chapter IX Three systems.
12. Chapter X Resistance training.
13. Chapter XI The age curve.
14. Chapter XII Intervals.
15. Chapter XIII Structuring the year.
16. Chapter XIV The four-minute mile.
17. Chapter XV HR and HRV.
18. Chapter XVI Sleep, food, time.
19. Chapter XVII The training cliff.
20. Chapter XVIII Female physiology.
21. Chapter XIX The two big environmental stresses.
22. Chapter XX The shadow.
23. Chapter XXI The 2020s popularisers.
24. Chapter XXII The grip-strength signal.
25. Chapter XXIII Mobility and flexibility.
26. Chapter XXIV The data revolution.
27. Chapter XXV Exercise and the heart.
28. Chapter XXVI How little is enough.
29. Chapter XXVII Twenty essentials.
30. Chapter XXVIII Watch & read.
31. The end of the deck.

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