U of M Researchers Looking for Study Participants

Subject: University of Minnesota study looking for active, slightly overweight subjects(BMI >25 kg/m2.) to see how exercise benefits metabolism, the TrainMeUp MN study.

Active people (Age 18-40) who run regularly (>45 minutes running, 5 days per week) and who are otherwise good health. We are interested in how your body has adapted to exercise.

The study will involve 2 outpatient visits to the University of Minnesota. The study will take about 2 months after enrollment, depending on your schedule.

At your first visit, we will measure your fitness by having you run on a treadmill to measure your VO₂max. At your second visit, we will draw blood, measure your body composition by using a noninvasive Dual Energy X-ray Absorptometry (DXA) machine, have you run on a treadmill at 90 minutes (speed will be tailored given your VO2 max level) and repeat the blood and body composition after the prolonged run. We are interested in how a prolonged run can change your blood and body composition.

Compensation will be provided.

If interested, please email endores@umn.edu

Sign Up for the TrainMeUp MN Study

A University of Minnesota study is looking for active, lean subjects to see how exercise benefits metabolism, for the TrainMeUpMN study. Researchers are looking for active, lean people (Age 18-40) who run regularly (>45 minutes running, 5 days per week) and who are otherwise in good health. Researchers are interested in how the subject’s body has adapted to exercise.

The study will involve 4 outpatient visits to the University of Minnesota. The study will take about 3 months. Researchers will measure VO₂max, body composition using DXA, and muscle fat content. Researchers will measure muscle fat content by sampling muscle using a small needle in an outpatient procedure with local anesthesia (1 from each leg, 2 biopsies total).  Each muscle sample will be roughly the size of 2 pencil erasers. The procedure is a well-established technique which has been performed on high-level athletes for muscle evaluation.

Compensation will be provided. If interested, please email Tyler Bosch or Anne Bantle at endores@umn.edu or call 612-301-8309