Efforts to understand human physiology through the study of champion athletes and record
performances have been ongoing for about a century. For endurance sports three main …

Figure 1. Distribution of cardiac dimensions in large populations of highly trained male and
female athletes. Top, LV end-diastolic cavity dimension; 14% of athletes have enlargement …

Detraining is the partial or complete loss of training-induced adaptations, in response to an
insufficient training stimulus. Detraining characteristics may be different depending on the …

The definition of whether and how advancing age affects cardiovascular structure and
function is a formidable research endeavor because other factors that covary with age, ie …

The field of cognitive neuroscience was transformed by the discovery that exercise induces
neurogenesis in the adult brain, with the potential to improve brain health and stave off the …

Background—The clinical significance and long-term consequences of left ventricular (LV)
hypertrophy associated with intensive athletic conditioning remain unresolved. Methods and …

This part II discusses detraining following an insufficient training stimulus period longer than
4 weeks, as well as several strategies that may be useful to avoid its negative impact. The …

In the present study, we used echocardiography to investigate the morphologic adaptations
of the heart to athletic training in 947 elite athletes representing 27 sports who achieved …

Background The prevalence of hypertension and its cardiovascular complications is higher
in African Americans than in whites. Interventions to control blood pressure in this population …

In previously sedentary individuals, regularly performed aerobic exercise results in
significant improvements in exercise capacity. The development of peak exercise …