With Obesity Becoming the New Normal, What Should We Do?

Katherine Samaras, Hendrik Tevaearai, Michel Goldman, Johannes le Coutre, Jeff M. P. Holly

Frontiers Media SA

Obesity is a global epidemic and an urgent health crisis impacting human health and health...

Science Physiology Exercise Physiology

Keywords: Obesity,­Childhood Obesity,­Body Mass Index,­fat,­epidemic,­Weight Loss,­NAFLD,­diabetes,­Heart,­Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Recent Evolutions and Perspectives in Olympic Winter Sports Performance: to PyeongChang and Beyond…

Gianluca Vernillo, Nicolas Coulmy, Gregoire P. Millet

Frontiers Media SA

An evidence-based scientific understanding of factors determining Olympic winter sports...

Science Physiology Exercise Physiology

Keywords: Athlete,­Olympic Games,­performance,­training,­winter sports

Cross Adaptation and Cross Tolerance in Human Health and Disease

Ben James Lee, Oliver R. Gibson, Charles Douglas Thake, James David Cotter, Mike Tipton, John Alan Hawley

Frontiers Media SA

Science Physiology Exercise Physiology

Keywords: heat,­adaptation,­Preconditining,­hypoxia,­nutrition,­Dehydration

Neuromuscular Training and Adaptations in Youth Athletes

Urs Granacher, Christian Puta, Holger Horst Werner Gabriel, David G. Behm, Adamantios Arampatzis

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The Frontiers Research Topic entitled "Neuromuscular Training and Adaptations in Youth Athletes"...

Science Physiology Exercise Physiology

Keywords: Resistance Training,­strength training,­plyometrics,­Physical Fitness,­Child athletes,­Adolescent athletes,­performance,­Health

Sedentary Behaviour in Human Health and Disease

Daniel P. Bailey

Frontiers Media SA

Sedentary behaviour – too much sitting as distinct from too little physical activity – is now...

Science Physiology Exercise Physiology

Keywords: sedentary behavior,­Sitting,­physical activity,­Energy Expenditure,­Breaks in sedentary time

High-Intensity Exercise in Hypoxia - Beneficial Aspects and Potential Drawbacks

Olivier Girard, Donald R. McCrimmon, Gregoire P. Millet

Frontiers Media SA

In the past, ‘traditional’ moderate-intensity continuous training (60-75% peak heart rate) was the...

Science Physiology Exercise Physiology

Keywords: Altitude training,­Muscle deoxygenation,­Cerebral deoxygenation,­repeated sprint training in hypoxia,­resistance training in hypoxia,­Muscle activation,­HIF-1α,­Ischemic Preconditioning,­critical power,­hypoxia,­Anaerobic metabolism,­metaboreflex

Regulation of Endurance Performance: New Frontiers

Alexis R. Mauger, Florentina J. Hettinga, Dominic P. Micklewright, Andrew Renfree, Benjamin Pageaux, Hollie S. Jones, Jo Corbett

Frontiers Media SA

Successful endurance performance requires the integration of multiple physiological and...

Science Physiology Exercise Physiology

Keywords: pacing,­performance,­Fatigue,­Exercise,­Brain,­Muscle,­Running,­Cycling,­triathlon,­training

Rio, Tokyo Paralympic Games and beyond: How to Prepare Athletes with Motor Disabilities for Peaking

Pierre-Marie Leprêtre, Victoria L. Goosey-Tolfrey, Thomas W. J. Janssen, Claudio Perret

Frontiers Media SA

In 1960, the 9th Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games were supported, for the first time, by...

Science Physiology Exercise Physiology

Keywords: Paralympics,­performance,­Disability,­Athletes,­heat

Post-Exercise Recovery: Fundamental and Interventional Physiology

Sergej M. Ostojic

Frontiers Media SA

Physiological responses after maximal and submaximal exercise are routinely monitored in a plethora...

Science Physiology Exercise Physiology

Keywords: Skeletalmuscle,­Recovery,­Exercise,­nutrition,­autonomic response