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Overview

William J. Kraemer is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant contributions to subfields such as Physiology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Cell Biology, Rehabilitation, and Public Health, Environmental, and Occupational Health.

Their work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Sports Performance and Training
  • Muscle metabolism and nutrition
  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Exercise and Physiological Responses
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Cardiovascular and exercise physiology

Kraemer has co-authored numerous publications with several frequent collaborators, among them Jeff S. Volek, Carl M. Maresh, Mike Nitka, Lydia K. Caldwell, and Robert U. Newton.

Their research has been published in a variety of venues, with notable frequency in:

  • Strength and Conditioning Journal
  • The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • PubMed
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology

Some recent publications authored or co-authored by William J. Kraemer include:

  • "Resistance Training Load Effects on Muscle Hypertrophy and Strength Gain: Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis," 2020, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • "Growth Hormone(s), Testosterone, Insulin-Like Growth Factors, and Cortisol: Roles and Integration for Cellular Development and Growth With Exercise," 2020, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • "A Narrative Review of Handgrip Strength and Cognitive Functioning: Bringing a New Characteristic to Muscle Memory," 2020, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • "A ketogenic diet combined with exercise alters mitochondrial function in human skeletal muscle while improving metabolic health," 2020, American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • "Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use in Sports, Health, and Society," 2021, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

Best Publications

  • American College of Sports Medicine Position Stand. Progression Models in Resistance Training for Healthy Adults

    Kraemer Wj;Adams K;Cafarelli E;Dudley Ga

  • Fundamentals of resistance training: progression and exercise prescription.

    William J. Kraemer;Nicholas A. Ratamess

  • Science and Practice of Strength Training

    V. M. Zat︠s︡iorskiĭ;William J. Kraemer

  • Hormonal Responses and Adaptations to Resistance Exercise and Training

    William J. Kraemer;William J. Kraemer;Nicholas A. Ratamess

  • Designing Resistance Training Programs

    Steven J. Fleck;William J. Kraemer

  • Muscular adaptations in response to three different resistance-training regimens: specificity of repetition maximum training zones.

    Gerson E R Campos;Thomas J Luecke;Heather K Wendeln;Kumika Toma

  • Youth resistance training: updated position statement paper from the national strength and conditioning association.

    Avery D Faigenbaum;William J Kraemer;Cameron J R Blimkie;Ian Jeffreys

  • Compatibility of high-intensity strength and endurance training on hormonal and skeletal muscle adaptations.

    W. J. Kraemer;J. F. Patton;S. E. Gordon;E. A. Harman

  • Hormonal and growth factor responses to heavy resistance exercise protocols.

    William J. Kraemer;Louis Marchitelli;Scott E. Gordon;Everett Harman

  • Skeletal muscle adaptations during early phase of heavy-resistance training in men and women

    Robert S. Staron;D. L. Karapondo;William J. Kraemer;Andrew C. Fry

  • Changes in agonist-antagonist EMG, muscle CSA, and force during strength training in middle-aged and older people

    K. Häkkinen;M. Kallinen;M. Izquierdo;K. Jokelainen

  • Resistance Training for Older Adults: Position Statement From the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

    Maren S. Fragala;Eduardo Lusa Cadore;Sandor Dorgo;Mikel Izquierdo

  • Neuromuscular adaptations during concurrent strength and endurance training versus strength training

    K. Häkkinen;M. Alen;W. J. Kraemer;E. Gorostiaga

  • Effects of heavy-resistance training on hormonal response patterns in younger vs. older men.

    William J. Kraemer;Keijo Häkkinen;Robert U. Newton;Bradley C. Nindl

  • Endogenous anabolic hormonal and growth factor responses to heavy resistance exercise in males and females.

    W. J. Kraemer;S. E. Gordon;S. J. Fleck;L. J. Marchitelli

  • Developing Explosive Muscular Power: Implications for a Mixed Methods Training Strategy

    Robert U. Newton;William J. Kraemer

  • American College of Sports Medicine roundtable. The physiological and health effects of oral creatine supplementation.

    R.L. Terjung;P. Clarkson;E.R. Eichner;P.L. Greenhaff

  • Position statement on youth resistance training: the 2014 International Consensus

    Rhodri S Lloyd;Avery D Faigenbaum;Michael H Stone;Jon L Oliver

  • Muscle hypertrophy, hormonal adaptations and strength development during strength training in strength-trained and untrained men.

    Juha P. Ahtiainen;Arto Pakarinen;Markku Alen;William J. Kraemer

  • Performance and muscle fiber adaptations to creatine supplementation and heavy resistance training.

    Jeff Volek;Noel Duncan;Scott Mazzetti;Robert Staron

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeff S. Volek
Jeff S. Volek The Ohio State University
Carl M. Maresh
Carl M. Maresh The Ohio State University
Keijo Häkkinen
Keijo Häkkinen University of Jyväskylä
Robert U. Newton
Robert U. Newton Edith Cowan University
Nicholas A. Ratamess
Nicholas A. Ratamess College of New Jersey
Lawrence E. Armstrong
Lawrence E. Armstrong University of Connecticut
Andrea M. Mastro
Andrea M. Mastro Pennsylvania State University
Maria Luz Fernandez
Maria Luz Fernandez University of Connecticut
Mikel Izquierdo
Mikel Izquierdo Universidad Publica De Navarra
Jay R. Hoffman
Jay R. Hoffman Ariel University

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