About the Authors

Arnt Erik Tjønna

arnt.e.tjonna@ntnu.no

Affiliation K.G. Jebsen Center for Exercise in Medicine at Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Trondheim, Norway

Ingeborg Megaard Leinan

Affiliation Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Anette Thoresen Bartnes

Affiliation Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Bjørn M. Jenssen

Affiliation Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Martin J. Gibala

Affiliation Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada

Richard A. Winett

Affiliation Center for Research in Health Behaviour, Department of Psychology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. United States of America

Ulrik Wisløff

Affiliation K.G. Jebsen Center for Exercise in Medicine at Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Trondheim, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AET UW RW. Performed the experiments: AET IML ATB. Analyzed the data: AET IML ATB UW RW MJG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AET IML ATB UW MJG. Wrote the paper: AET IML ATB UW RW MJG BMJ.