About the Authors

Henrik Loe

Affiliations K.G. Jebsen Center of Exercise in Medicine at Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Valnesfjord Rehabilitation Center, Valnesfjord, Norway

Bjarne M. Nes

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

Ulrik Wisløff

Ulrik.wisloff@ntnu.no

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

Competing Interests

This study was funded by in part Roche Norway Incorporated Center. There are no disclosures to report or any conflicts of interest. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UW. Performed the experiments: UW BMN. Analyzed the data: HL BMN UW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HL BMN UW. Wrote the paper: HL BMN UW. Drafting of manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content: HL BMN UW. Final approval of the version to be published: HL BMN UW.