Running economy: measurement, norms, and determining factors

KR Barnes, AE Kilding - Sports medicine-open, 2015 - Springer
Running economy (RE) is considered an important physiological measure for endurance
athletes, especially distance runners. This review considers 1) how RE is defined and …

A critical analysis of codon optimization in human therapeutics

VP Mauro, SA Chappell - Trends in molecular medicine, 2014 - cell.com
Codon optimization describes gene engineering approaches that use synonymous codon
changes to increase protein production. Applications for codon optimization include …

Maximizing cellular adaptation to endurance exercise in skeletal muscle

JA Hawley, C Lundby, JD Cotter, LM Burke - Cell metabolism, 2018 - cell.com
The application of molecular techniques to exercise biology has provided novel insight into
the complexity and breadth of intracellular signaling networks involved in response to …

Human heat adaptation

NAS Taylor - Comprehensive Physiology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In this overview, human morphological and functional adaptations during naturally and
artificially induced heat adaptation are explored. Through discussions of adaptation theory …

Crisis of confidence averted: Impairment of exercise economy and performance in elite race walkers by ketogenic low carbohydrate, high fat (LCHF) diet is …

LM Burke, AP Sharma, IA Heikura, SF Forbes… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Introduction We repeated our study of intensified training on a ketogenic low-carbohydrate
(CHO), high-fat diet (LCHF) in world-class endurance athletes, with further investigation of a …

The “New York City Marathon”: participation and performance trends of 1.2 M runners during half-century

A Vitti, PT Nikolaidis, E Villiger, V Onywera… - Research in Sports …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of the present study was to examine trends in participation, performance, age and
nationality during a~ 50-years period in the largest dataset ever studied in the “New York …

Physiological characteristics of the best Eritrean runners—exceptional running economy

A Lucia, J Esteve-Lanao, J Olivan… - Applied physiology …, 2006 - cdnsciencepub.com
Despite their young age, limited training history, and lack of running tradition compared with
other East African endurance athletes (eg, Kenyans and Ethiopians), male endurance …

Impact of environmental parameters on marathon running performance

N El Helou, M Tafflet, G Berthelot, J Tolaini, A Marc… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Purpose The objectives of this study were to describe the distribution of all runners'
performances in the largest marathons worldwide and to determine which environmental …

Body composition of elite Olympic combat sport athletes

R Reale, LM Burke, GR Cox, G Slater - European journal of sport …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Physique traits of a range of elite athletes have been identified; however, few detailed
investigations of Olympic combat sports (judo, wrestling, taekwondo and boxing) exist. This …

Kenyan and Ethiopian distance runners: what makes them so good?

RL Wilber, YP Pitsiladis - International journal of sports …, 2012 - journals.humankinetics.com
Since the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, Kenyan and Ethiopian runners have dominated the
middle-and longdistance events in athletics and have exhibited comparable dominance in …