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Are strength athletes strong because they are built differently, or do they develop their remarkable bodies due to the sports they do? We may get a little bit closer to the answer after this interview with Javier Botella. We talk about his recent paper investigating how the mitochondria of Olympic weightlifters and powerlifters differ from the mitochondria of 'normal controls.'
Javier has a PhD from Victoria University (Australia). He has authored 43 publications in exercise physiology and sports science. Javier's areas of interest include the physiology of endurance performance, how mitochondria remodel following endurance training, and the effect of exercise on autophagy and mitophagy regulation in human skeletal muscle.
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Original research paper:
Botella J, Schytz CT, Pehrson TF, Hokken R, Laugesen S, Aagaard P, Suetta C, Christensen B, Ørtenblad N, Nielsen J. Increased mitochondrial surface area and cristae density in the skeletal muscle of strength athletes. The Journal of physiology. 2023 Jul;601(14):2899-915.
https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1113/JP284394
Javier’s collaborator: https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/persons/jonielsen
And their previous work: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apha.13561
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