Exercise Prescription Trends Flashcards

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aerobic exercise

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  • 3-5 days a week
  • 20-30 minutes
  • 50-85% intensity
  • increasing frequency, duration, and intensity
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How do we prescribe exercise?

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FITT! - frequency, intensity, time, and type
- need to know what someone is capable of doing, then have them work at something below that!

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frequency

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how often

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intensity

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how hard

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time

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how long

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type

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what kind

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VO2max

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the maximum amount of oxygen that can be used by the body to generate energy - aerobic training

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1 repetition maximum (1RM)

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the largest load that can be lifted once and only once - resistance training

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If you are training for physiological outcomes…

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  • typically have clear underlying mechanisms (ex. increases in # of muscle fibers)
  • to get X improvement, Y is the necessary and sufficient program
  • easier to measure
  • all public health training programs are focused here = get people stronger/more fit/lessen diseases, etc.
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If you are training for psychological outcomes…

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  • have diffuse and diverse mechanisms
  • to get X improvements, Y, Z and ? are all necessary and sufficient programs
  • generally harder to measure = harder to target
  • no public health recommendations are focused here! = none exist!
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What are U shaped curves common for?

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psychological effects in literature

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What are J shaped curves common for?

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health outcomes

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Why don’t people exercise?

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  • time
  • tired
  • no instant gratification
  • soreness/injury
  • bored
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If time is the problem, what’s the answer?

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  • do something they enjoy = not such a time commitment if they like it
  • steady schedule/routine
  • do exercises between activities = distributing it throughout the day
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15
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How are prescriptions changing over time?

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  • amount of time has changed to daily -> weekly
  • improved health outcomes -> prevent diseases/specifics
  • moderate intensity -> moderate/vigorous intensity
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How does this fit the problem?

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  • allows people the opportunity to break it up/fit it in how they want = flexibility
  • tried to work with time -> but hasn’t changed much
17
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What are some problems with traditional prescriptions?

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rigid, confusing, inconsistent, wrong outcomes, or what if I fail?

18
Q

How can we bridge the gap?

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physiological response + things people will actually do = find the best prescription

19
Q

Science of Behavior Change method

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aims to identify key mechanisms underlying successful change in health behaviors like diet and exercise
- identify - measure - influence; help us understand why an intervention worked or didn’t work

20
Q

From identify, measure, and influence, how do these help us understand behavior change?

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  1. self-regulation (whether or not you wanna do something)
  2. stress reactivity & stress resilience
  3. interpersonal & social processes (how do others influence what you wanna do)
21
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self-regulation

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temporal discounting is the degree to which you favor small immediate rewards over larger future rewards

22
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How do we measure self-regulation?

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using a computerized economic choice task that assesses favoring smaller rewards now versus larger rewards in the future

23
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What is the influence of self-regulation?

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change the tendency to “discount” the future more than the present

24
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episodic future thinking

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think more about future rewards positively; helps someone think more about future benefits

25
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stress reactivity & stress resilience

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one way that your body indicates that you are feeling stressed; heart rate, skin conductance response, and startle response are all physiological indicators

26
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What is the measure and influence of stress reactivity & stress resilience?

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Measure:
- use ECG for HR responses before, during, and after stress

Influence:
- change the way your HR response
- meditation is a good intervention to teach you to be more mindful = successful behavior change

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interpersonal & social processes

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emotional responses that are one way to determine how you have been affected by interpersonal interactions; feeling angry, happy, or sad after a social interaction may make you more or less likely to engage in healthy behaviors

28
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How do we measure and influence interpersonal & social processes?

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Measure Ex:
- ask romantic partners to rate anger levels during an interaction

Influence:
- change the degree of anger you feel in response to your partner; cognitive restructuring = successful behavior change

29
Q

What are some behaviors people want to change?

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  • diet
  • medication adherence
  • smoking cessation
  • problem drug use
  • time management/wasting
  • exercise
    = linked to medical outcomes!
30
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What are some important take-aways from the SOBC?

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  • useful framework for thinking about behavior change
  • most useful for stopping negative behaviors
  • little to no research with exercise patterns as the actual outcome
31
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Do we need exercise prescriptions for mental health?

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  • physical activity, even in low doses = lower risk of mental illness
  • leisure & transport physical activity = likely to get mental health benefits
  • current guidelines may not address mental health outcomes
32
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Are current recommendations effective for mental health?

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  • recommended dose is likely higher than necessary
  • doesn’t need to be in bouts longer than one minute
  • HIIT = not useful for mental health due to stressful nature
  • aerobic + resistance = good
  • recommendations for leisure and transport are needed
  • need more research on sedentary behavior-mental health specifically
  • changing recommendations may increase flexibility/positive experience w/ exercise