Public Health and Personal Fitness
Module 6
Biology, Biomechanics and Biohacking
9 Courses
Chemistry: Building Blocks of the World Platform: Open2Study Institution: Swinburne University of Technology Started: 22/03/2018 Finished: 11/03/2019 Biochemistry: The Molecules of Life Platform: FutureLearn Institution: University of East Anglia Started: 30/06/2018 Finished: 02/07/2018 Biochemical Principles of Energy Metabolism Platform: Coursera Institution: KAIST Started: 29/06/2021 Finished: 01/07/2021 The Human Body as a Machine Platform: Open2Study Institution: Flinders University Started: 23/03/2015 Finished: 10/10/2017 Science of Exercise Platform: Coursera Institution: University of Colorado Border Started: 17/03/2018 Finished: 01/09/2020 The Musculoskeletal System: The Science of Staying Active into Old Age Platform: FutureLearn Institution: University of Sheffield, University of Liverpool & Newcastle University Started: 21/09/2017 Finished: 11/10/2017 Managing Your Health: The Role of Physical Therapy and Exercise Platform: Coursera Institution: University of Toronto Started: 15/03/2019 Finished: 20/08/2019 Exercise Prescription for the Prevention and Treatment of Disease Platform: FutureLearn Institution: Trinity College Dublin Started: 21/03/2018 Finished: 21/03/2018 Biohacking Your Brain's Health Platform: Coursera Institution: Emory University Started: 05/03/2019 Finished: 06/03/2019
3 Books
Anatomy and Physiology
The Body: A Guide for Occupants Author: Bill Bryson Publisher: Doubleday Books Published: 2019 Started: 14/05/2020 Finished: 31/05/2020 The Biohacking Manifesto: The Scientific Blueprint for a Long, Healthy and Happy Life using Cutting Edge Anti-Aging and Neuroscience Based Hacks Author: James Lee Publisher: Stem Cell Media Published: 2015 Started: 04/10/2017 Finished: 04/01/2019
“One of the characteristics of a complex system is that you cannot predict its behavior unless you have perfect knowledge of all the variables and how they interact. Even very small errors in measurement of the initial conditions of the system will lead to huge errors in prediction after a little time passes. Therefore, to the extent that the body’s interactions are complex, which they often are, it is unlikely that we can predict how changes in one area will affect a distant area. We might be confident that one will affect the other, but exactly how might be very hard to determine.“
Todd Hargrove, The Complexity of Biomechanics, bettermovement.org, 2013
Biology studies the physical structure, chemical processes, molecular interactions, physiological mechanisms, development and evolution of living organisms.
Biomechanics is the science of how muscles, bones, tendons, and ligaments work together to produce movement in a living body.
Biohacking, or do-it-yourself biology, is concerned with making small, incremental diet or lifestyle changes to achieve improvements in your health and wellbeing, often with the aim of achieving optimum health and performance.
This module came about when I started to more closely study how the human body develops and what makes it function; with the aim of using this information to improve my own health, wellbeing and exercise performance.
Getting into shape was something I invested more and more time into while building my MTA Portfolio. I did this as a part of improving my overall health, but also because I liked the challenge and seeing what my body was capable of doing.
I also became increasingly interested in the concept of biohacking and the more I educated myself about do-it-yourself biology, the more I applied it to my physical and psychological development.