About the Authors

Javaid Nauman

Javaid.nauman@ntnu.no

Affiliation The K.G. Jebsen Center of Exercise in Medicine at Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Stian Thoresen Aspenes

Affiliation The K.G. Jebsen Center of Exercise in Medicine at Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Tom Ivar Lund Nilsen

Affiliation The Human Movement Science Programme, Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Lars J. Vatten

Affiliations The K.G. Jebsen Center of Exercise in Medicine at Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Ulrik Wisløff

Affiliation The K.G. Jebsen Center of Exercise in Medicine at Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JN STA LJV UW. Analyzed the data: JN STA TILN. Wrote the paper: JN STA LJV UW. Interpreted the results: JN STA TILN LJV UW.