The organ systems - in-depth look at the basic functions of the human body

Performance does not arise in the muscle alone. The heart and circulation deliver, breathing supplies, the nervous and the hormonal system regulate, and digestion provides the building blocks. This workshop goes through the organ systems one after another and sorts them into two groups: the systems that matter for performance and are called on directly in training, and the regulating systems that hold everything together in the background.

What you learn

• The basics of the working system and the control system in overview
• The heart: how it is built, what it does and a closer look
• The blood vessels of the circulation and how the cardiovascular system adapts to training
• The blood: components, leucocytes, thrombocytes, blood groups and a special topic on erythropoietin (EPO)
• The lymphatic system
• The respiratory system and respiratory physiology, plus a special topic on training and breathing
• The nervous system and the hormonal system as the regulating systems
• The digestive system with the upper, middle and lower digestive tract
• The skin as an organ in its own right

Who the workshop suits

The workshop fits fitness trainers, personal trainers and nutrition advisers who want to argue physiologically instead of only showing exercises. If you want to explain to clients what endurance training changes at the heart, why breathing reacts under load or how digestion is put together, you get the foundations for that here in an ordered form.

How the workshop runs

With your registration you receive the login details for the learning platform. The workshop consists of the manual on the organ systems, the audio files for every chapter and three interactive learning videos: on the organ systems that matter for performance, on the regulating organ systems and on the remaining organ systems. You set the pace, the place and the order yourself.

You can clarify questions about the material by email to info@update-akademie.ch or in an online consultation session. The workshop ends with the assessment in the specially developed examination tool, at a moment of your choosing. Taking content one to one from AI output or internet sources is not allowed and is counted as a fail. An expert takes on the correction by hand, the feedback normally comes within seven working days, and the workshop confirmation follows after that.

Where things go from here

The content stays open to you after you finish as well. If you want to build up the layer beneath it cleanly once more, you will find it in The Human Body with cytology and histology. What happens when these systems are affected by disease is dealt with by Pathophysiology. The whole series in overview is under Fitness workshops, and as a coherent qualification the Fitness and Movement Trainer Basic covers these topics in their wider context.