This course provides a comprehensive survey of exercise physiology, examining muscular, metabolic, and cardio-respiratory adaptations to acute and chronic exercise.
Emphasis is on the major concepts in terms of normal responses to exercise.
This course is a prerequisite for KINO 6312, Training and Conditioning Methods. He currently teaches classes in exercise physiology, cardiorespiratory physiology, cardiac rehabilitation, heat stress and renal physiology, exercise for special populations, and research methods. Prior to his arrival at UTPB, he was an Assistant Epidemiologist and Biostatistician at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center where he conducted cancer prevention trials for the Department of Behavioral Science from 1990 - 1995. He has also worked as a Research Associate for the Vice President of Student Affairs at Southwest Texas State University from 1995-1997, where he worked closely with students in an effort to help meet their needs for a quality education. Dr. Eldridge's completed research projects include Fluid Volume Shifts in the Canine Model during Simulated Weightlessness , The Effects of Oral Tobacco on Blood Lactate Levels and Perceived Exertion During Submaximal Workloads , and The Function of Maximal Oxygen Consumption, Tobacco Use, and Job Task in Predicting the Probability of Worksite Injuries .