About the Author
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W. Larry Kenney, PhD, is the Marie Underhill Noll Chair in Human
Performance and a professor of physiology and kinesiology at
Pennsylvania State University at University Park. He received his
PhD in physiology from Penn State in 1983. Working at Noll
Laboratory, Kenney is researching the effects of aging and
disease states such as hypertension on the control of blood flow
to human skin and has been continuously funded by NIH since 1983.
He also studies the effects of heat, cold, and dehydration on
various aspects of , exercise, and athletic performance as
well as the biophysics of heat exchange between humans and the
environment. He is the author of more than 200 papers, books,
book chapters, and other publications.
Kenney was president of the American College of Sports Medicine
from 2003 to 2004. He is a fellow of the American College of
Sports Medicine and is active in the American Physiological
Society.
For his service to the university and his field, Kenney was
awarded Penn State University’s Faculty Scholar Medal, the Evan
G. and Helen G. Pattishall Distinguished Research Career Award,
and the Pauline Schmitt Russell Distinguished Research Career
Award. He was awarded the American College of Sports Medicine’s
New Investigator Award in 1987 and the Citation Award in 2008.
Kenney has been a member of the editorial and advisory boards
for several journals, including Medicine and Science in Sports
and Exercise, Current Sports Medicine Reports (inaugural board
member), Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, Journal of Applied
Physiology, Human Performance, Fitness Management, and ACSM’s
& Fitness Journal (inaugural board member). He is also an
active grant reviewer for the National Institutes of and
many other organizations. He and his wife, Patti, have three
children, all of whom are or were Division 1 college athletes.
Jack H. Wilmore, PhD, retired in 2003 from Texas A&M University
as a distinguished professor in the department of and
kinesiology. From 1985 to 1997, Wilmore was chair of the
department of kinesiology and education and the Margie
Gurley Seay endowed centennial professor at the University of
Texas at Austin. Before that, he served on the faculties at the
University of Arizona, the University of California, and Ithaca
College. Wilmore earned his PhD in physical education from the
University of Oregon in 1966.
Wilmore published 53 chapters, more than 320 peer-reviewed
research papers, and 15 books on exercise physiology. He was one
of five principal investigators for the Heritage Family Study, a
large multicenter clinical trial investigating the possible
genetic basis for the variability in the responses of
physiological measures and risk factors for cardiovascular
disease and type 2 es to endurance exercise training.
Wilmore’s research interests included determining the role of
exercise in the prevention and control of both obesity and
coronary heart disease, determining the mechanisms accounting for
alterations in physiological function with training and
detraining, and factors limiting the performance of elite
athletes.
A former president of the American College of Sports Medicine,
Wilmore received the American College of Sports Medicine’s Honor
Award in 2006. In addition to serving as chair for many ACSM
organizational committees, Wilmore was on the United States
Olympic Committee’s Sports Medicine Council and chaired their
Research Committee. He was a member of the American Physiological
Society and a fellow and former president of the American Academy
of Kinesiology and Physical Education. Wilmore consulted for
several professional sport teams, the California Highway Patrol,
the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sport, NASA, and
the U.S. Air Force. He has also served on editorial boards of
several journals.
Wilmore passed away during the preparation of this sixth
edition.
David L. Costill, PhD, is the emeritus John and Janice Fisher
chair in exercise science at Ball State University in Muncie,
Indiana. He established the Ball State University Human
Performance Laboratory in 1966 and served as its director for
more than 32 years.
Costill has written and coauthored more than 430 publications
over the course of his career, including six books and articles
in both peer-reviewed and lay publications. He was the original
editor in chief of the International Journal of Sports Medicine
for 12 years. Between 1971 and 1998, he averaged 25 U.S. and
international lecture trips each year. He was president of the
ACSM from 1976 to 1977, a member of its board of trustees for 12
years, and a recipient of ACSM Citation and Honor Awards. He has
received numerous other honors, including the Outstanding
Professional Achievement Award from Ohio State University, the
President’s Award at Ball State University, and the Distinguished
Alumni Award from Cuyahoga Falls Public Schools. Many of his
former students are now leaders in the fields of exercise
physiology, medicine, and science.
Costill received his PhD in physical education and physiology
from Ohio State University in 1965. He and his wife of 55 years,
Judy, have two daughters. Now retired, Dr. Costill is a private
pilot, auto and experimental airplane builder, competitive
masters swimmer, and former marathon runner.
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