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Week/Source Topic Location
Week 1: The history of the 4-min mile; Anthropology of running

Bascomb N. The Perfect Mile. 2005, Mariner Books (Houghton Mifflin Company), New York City. ISBN: 0-618-56209-05 ($14.00) Book

McDougall C. Born to Run: A hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest race the world has never seen. Random House Inc, New York, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-307-26630-9 (Amazon price = $15.00) Book
Week 2: Laboratory 1:Ergometry, Treadmill Walking and Running, Protocol Development
Yoon et al. VO2max, Protocol Duration, and the VO2 Plateau. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2007;39(7):1186-1192. pdf
Mallory L et al.  Influence of peak VO2 and muscle fiber type on the efficiency of moderate exercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2002;34(8):1279-1287. pdf
Week 3: Laboratory 2:Wingate Testing
Jastrzebski Z. Selected aspects of the assessment of anaerobic capacity by applying the Wingate Test. Biol Sport 12(3):131-135, 1995. pdf
Franklin KL et al. Davies B. Accurate assessment of work done and power during a Wingate anaerobic test. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2007 Apr;32(2):225-32. pdf
Smith JC et al. Contribution of energy systems during a Wingate power test. Br J Sports Med. 25(4):196-9, 1991. pdf
Week 4: Laboratory 3:Vertical Jump and Margaria Power Test
Hetzler RK, et al. Development of a modified Margaria-Kalamen anaerobic power test for American football athletes. J Strength Cond Res. 2010 Apr;24(4):978-84. pdf
Huskey T, et al. Factors affecting anaerobic power output in the Margaria-Kalamen test. Ergonomics. 1989 Aug;32(8):959-65. (Abstract only) pdf
Sayers SP et al. Cross-validation of three jump power equations. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1999 Apr;31(4):572-7. text

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Week 5: Laboratory 4:Earlobe Blood Lactates
Robergs RA. et al.

Biochemistry of exercise-induced metabolic acidosis. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2004 Sep;287(3):R502-16.

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Thomas C, et al.

Monocarboxylate transporters, blood lactate removal after supramaximal exercise, and fatigue indexes in humans. J Appl Physiol. 2005 Mar;98(3):804-9.

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Juel C. 

Current aspects of lactate exchange: lactate/H+ transport in human skeletal muscle. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2001 Nov;86(1):12-6.

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Chmura J, et al.

Parallel changes in the onset of blood lactate accumulation (OBLA) and threshold of psychomotor performance deterioration during incremental exercise after training in athletes. Int J Psychophysiol. 2010 Mar;75(3):287-90.

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Week 6: Laboratory 5:Resting Metabolic Rate
 van Pelt RE, et al. Age-related decline in RMR in physically active men: relation to exercise volume and energy intake. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2001 Sep;281(3):E633-9. pdf
 Gilliat-Wimberly M, et al.

 EffEffects of habitual physical activity on the resting metabolic rates and body compositions of women aged 35 to 50 years. J Am Diet Assoc. 2001 Oct;101(10):1181-8.

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Lee MG, et al. Resting metabolic rate after endurance exercise training. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2009 Jul;41(7):1444-51. pdf
Week 10: Laboratory 6:Steady State vs. Non-steady state
Carey DG et al. Transferability of running and cycling training zones in triathletes: Implications for steady state exercise. J Strength Cond Res 23(1):251-258, 2009. pdf
Week 11: Laboratory 7:VO2max Testing
Noakes TD. Testing for maximum oxygen consumption has produced a brainless model of human exercise performance. pdf
Levine BD. VO2max: What dowe know, and what do we still need to know? pdf
Noakes TD. How did AV Hill understand the VO2max and the "plateau phenomenon"? Still no clarity? pdf
Bassett D. & Howley E. Limiting factors for maximum oxygen uptake and determinants of endurance performance. pdf
Shephard RJ. Is it time to retire the "Central Governor"? pdf
Caizzo VJ et al. A comparison of gas exchange indices used to detect the anaerobic threshold pdf
Week 11: Laboratory 8: Spirometry and End-tidal Gas Fractions
Kim Prisk G, AR Elliot, JB West.

 Sustained microgravity reduces the human ventilatory response to hypoxia but not hypercapnia. J Appl Physiol 2000;88:1421-1430.

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Lane R, L Adams, A Guz. The effects of hypoxia and hypercapnia on perceived breathlessness during exercise in humans. J Physiol 1990;428:579-593. pdf
Sato F, M Nishimura, T Igarashi, M Yamamoto, K Miyamoto, Y Kawakami. Effects of exercise and CO2 inhalation on intersubject variability and heart rate responses to progressive hypoxia. Eur Resp J. 1996;9:960-967. pdf
Whipp BJ, SA Ward. Determinants and control of breathing during muscular exercise. Br J Sports Med 1998;32:199-211. pdf
Week 13: Laboratory 9: Altitude Chamber and Acute Hypoxia
Mollard P et al. Determinants  of maximal oxygen uptake in moderate acute hypoxia in endurance athletes. EurJ Appl Physiol 2007; 100:663-673. pdf
Favret F, Richalet JP. Exercise and Hypoxia: The role of the autonomic nervous system. Resp Physiol & Neurobiol 2007: 158:280-286. pdf
Woorons X.. et al. Moderate exercise in hypoxia induces a greater arterial desaturation in trained than untrained men. Scan J Med Sci Sports 2007; 17:431-436. pdf
Week 15: Laboratory 10: 1 and 5-RM Strength Testing
American College of Sports Medicine. American College of Sports Medicine position stand. Progression models in resistance training for healthy adults. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2009 Mar;41(3):687-708. pdf
Brechue WF, Mayhew JL. Upper-body work capacity and 1RM prediction are unaltered by increasing muscular strength in college football players. J Strength Cond Res. 2009 Dec;23(9):2477-86. pdf
de Salles BF, Simão R, Miranda F, Novaes Jda S, Lemos A, Willardson JM. Rest interval between sets in strength training. Sports Med. 2009;39(9):765-77. pdf
Mayhew JL, Johnson BD, Lamonte MJ, Lauber D, Kemmler W. Accuracy of prediction equations for determining one repetition maximum bench press in women before and after resistance training. J Strength Cond Res. 2008 Sep;22(5):1570-7. pdf
Reynolds JM, Gordon TJ, Robergs RA. Prediction of one repetition maximum strength from multiple repetition maximum testing and anthropometry. J Strength Cond Res. 2006 Aug;20(3):584-92. pdf