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  2. Elsworth R. Buskirk - Wikipedia

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    In 1963, Buskirk was hired by the Pennsylvania State University [2] where he spent the remaining three decades of his academic career.. The team of McCoy and Lawther made the first major move to greater academic and research respectability in 1963 when they hired Elsworth Buskirk, with a Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Minnesota.

  3. Exercise physiology - Wikipedia

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    Exercise physiology is the physiology of physical exercise. ... Scandinavian scientists Per-Olof Åstrand and Bengt Saltin in the 1950s and 60s, ...

  4. Bengt Saltin - Wikipedia

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    Bengt Saltin (3 June 1935 — 12 September 2014) was a Swedish professor in exercise physiology, who spent parts of his career in Denmark.. After starting his medical studies at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, in the 1950s, he commenced his doctoral studies at the Department of Physiology at the Royal Gymnastic Central Institute (GCI/GIH) in Stockholm in 1960.

  5. Bill Orban - Wikipedia

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    While studying the effect of exercise at the University of Illinois in the 1950s, Orban noticed when testing oxygen intake that long periods of exercise did not necessarily lead to significant improvement. This led him to the conclusion that the intensity of exercise was more important, than the amount of time spent on it.

  6. Hypoventilation training - Wikipedia

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    The first known form of hypoventilation occurred in the 1950s during training of the runners of Eastern Europe and former USSR. [3] One of the most famous athletes to have used this method is Emil Zátopek, the Czech long-distance runner, four times Olympic gold medalist and former holder of 18 world records. Zátopek, who was a precursor in ...

  7. Presidential Fitness Test - Wikipedia

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    The Presidential Fitness Test was a national physical fitness testing program conducted in United States public middle and high schools from the late 1950s until 2013, when it was replaced with the Presidential Youth Fitness Program. National interest in physical fitness testing existed in the United States since the late 1800s. [1]

  8. Your Body Never Forgets Muscle. So Here's How Long It ... - AOL

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    Luke Carlson, CPT, ACSM-EP, is a fitness trainer, exercise physiologist, and CEO of Discover Strength. Kristin Lettenberger , PT, DPT, CSCS, is a physical therapist at Bespoke Treatments in New ...

  9. Category:Exercise physiology - Wikipedia

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    Exercise physiology is "the identification of physiological mechanisms underlying physical activity, the comprehensive delivery of treatment services concerned with the analysis, improvement, and maintenance of health and fitness, rehabilitation of heart disease and other chronic diseases and/or disabilities, and the professional guidance and counsel of athletes and others interested in ...