Human Movement and Vitality
Like Duolingo, but for Human Movement and Vitality. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
78 levels across 8 sections, about 156 minutes end to end, roughly 31 days at five minutes a day. It moves through The Body in Motion, The Muscle Engine, Fueling the Machine, The Mechanics of Exercise, Internal Support Systems, Adaptation and Growth, Functional Movement Patterns, and Recovery and Longevity. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Human Movement and Vitality
- The brain initiates the intent to move
- Nerves act as the physical wiring to deliver the message
- Muscles only move when they receive a signal from the nervous system
- The body removes tissue that isn't being used to save energy
- Bone density and muscle size are responses to physical stress
- Adaptation is a reversible process based on current activity levels
- The sequence of communication required to execute a physical movement
- How the body physically changes in response to specific training loads
- Energy is a chemical substance derived from nutrition
- The body stores fuel in specific tissues like muscles and the liver
- Cells convert food into a specific chemical form to power movement
- Muscles require oxygen delivered by the blood to keep working
- The digestive system provides the nutrients that repair muscle tissue
- External performance is limited by internal system efficiency
- Connecting the source of energy to its storage and use in the body
- The dependency of movement on internal support systems
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Human Movement and Vitality the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
How does the brain's message actually reach your legs so you can jump?
Get it right to open this lesson and 77 more in the app.
Where Human Movement and Vitality takes you
Explore the intricate machinery of the human body, from the physics of a perfect squat to the cellular chemistry of the food you eat.
- 1
The Body in Motion
- The Body as an Integrated System
- Gravity and Your Skeleton
- 2
The Muscle Engine
- How Muscles Generate Force
- Fast vs. Slow: Muscle Fiber Types
- The Connective Tissue Web
- 3
Fueling the Machine
- Macronutrients: The Building Blocks
- Micronutrients: The Spark Plugs
- Digestion and Energy Metabolism
- 4
The Mechanics of Exercise
- Levers and Mechanical Advantage
- Torque and Joint Safety
- 5
Internal Support Systems
- The Cardiovascular Oxygen Loop
- The Nervous System: Command and Control
- 6
Adaptation and Growth
- Why and How Muscles Grow
- Progressive Overload Logic
- 7
Functional Movement Patterns
- The Lower Body: Squat and Hinge
- The Upper Body: Push and Pull
- Core Stability and Spinal Protection
- 8
Recovery and Longevity
- The Science of Sleep and Repair
- Inflammation and the Healing Process
- Movement for a Lifetime
8 sections · 20 units · 78 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
Human Movement and Vitality is taught in the Explain Like I'm 5 style: no big words. promise.. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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