About the Authors

Håvard Hatle

These authors are joint first authors on this work

Affiliations K.G. Jebsen Centre of Exercise in Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

Per Kristian Støbakk

These authors are joint first authors on this work

Affiliations K.G. Jebsen Centre of Exercise in Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

Harald Edvard Mølmen

Affiliations K.G. Jebsen Centre of Exercise in Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

Eivind Brønstad

Affiliations K.G. Jebsen Centre of Exercise in Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, St Olav University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

Arnt Erik Tjønna

Affiliations K.G. Jebsen Centre of Exercise in Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

Sigurd Steinshamn

Affiliations K.G. Jebsen Centre of Exercise in Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, St Olav University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

Eirik Skogvoll

Affiliation Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

Ulrik Wisløff

Affiliations K.G. Jebsen Centre of Exercise in Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

Charlotte Björk Ingul

Affiliations K.G. Jebsen Centre of Exercise in Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

Øivind Rognmo

oivind.rognmo@ntnu.no

Affiliations K.G. Jebsen Centre of Exercise in Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exists.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HH PKS HEM EB AET SS ES UW CBI ØR. Performed the experiments: HH PKS HEM EB AET CBV ØR. Analyzed the data: HH PKS HEM EB SS ES UW CBV ØR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HH PKS HEM EB CBV ØR. Wrote the paper: HH PKS HEM UW ØR.