Research Papers

The following abstracts and research papers are from peer-reviewed journals, across all disciplines, that I have recently read and hopefully you will too. Check back periodically - I will continue to add papers as I read them. Enjoy!


  • Physiological Adaptations to low-volume, high-intensity interval training in health and disease. J Physiology 590.5, 1077-1084, 2012
  • Changes in Energy Expenditure Resulting from Altered Body Weight. N Engl J Med; 332:621-628, 1995. 
  • Role of Low Energy Expenditure and Sitting in Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Type 2 Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease. Diabetes 56(11): 2655-2667, 2007.
  • Role of Low Energy Expenditure and Sitting in Obesity. Diabetes. 56: 2655-2667, 2007
  • Relationship Between Training Status and Maximal Fat Oxidation Rate. J. Sports Science and Medicine. 9: 31-35, 2010
  • Energy Balance and Body Composition in Sports and Exercise. J. of Sports Sciences. 22: 1-14, 2004
  • Effect of a High Protein Breakfast on Ghrelin Repsonse. Am J. Clin. Nutrition. 83(2) 211-220, 2006
  • Effect of Dynamic Versus Static Stretching in the Warm-up on Hamstring Flexibility. Sport Journal. 2011.
  • International Society of Sports Nutrition position stand: Nutrient timing, J. Int. Society of Sports Nutrition, 5-17, 2008.
  • Association of Change in Step Count Over Five Years with Insulin Sensitivity, BMJ, 341:1-8, 2010.
  • Strength Training in Female Distance Runners: Impact on Running Economy, J. Strength & Cond. Research, 11(4) 224-229, 1997.
  • The A to Z Weight Loss Study: A Randomized Study. JAMA, 297(9), 969-977, 2007.
  • Metabolic Factors Limiting Performance in Runners. Computational Biology, 2010.
  • Harvard Alumni Health Study. Stroke. 29:2049-2054, 1998.
  • Lactate Metabolism: a paradigm for the third millennium. J. Physiology 558(1) 5-30, 2004.
  • Biochemical Adaptations in Muscle. J. Biol. Chemistry 424(9): 2278-2282, 1967.
  • Physical Activity and Weight Gain Prevention. JAMA 303: 1173-1179, 2010.
  • Assessment of Anaerobic Power in Female Division I Collegiate Basketball Players. J. Exercise Physiology (online) 13(1): 1-9, 2010.
  • Regulation of Body Weight in Humans. Physiological Reviews. 79: 451-480, 1999.
  • Metabolic profile of high intensity intermittent exercises. Med. Sci. Sports and Exerc. 29(3): 390-395, 1997.
  • Effects of moderate-intensity endurance and high-intensity intermittent training on anaerobic capacity and VO2max. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 28(10):1327-30, 1996.
  • Dynamic exercise performance in Masters athletes: insight into the effects of primary human aging on physiological functional capacity. J Applied Physiol 95: 2152-2162, 2003.
  • The possible mechanisms of contracting and paying the oxygen debt and the role of lactic acid in muscular contraction. Amer. J. Physiology. 106: 689, 1933. (this has become a classic paper)
  • Endurance Exercise in Masters Athletes. Journal Physiol. 586(1):55-63, 2008.

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