Øyvind Sandbakk is professor with the School of Sport Science, UiT The Artic University of Norway and Sports Director at Norwegian School of Elite Sports (NTG). He is the Editor in Chief International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance and was previously professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, director the Centre for Elite Sports Research and has served as head of research and development at the Norwegian Top Sport Centre (Olympiatoppen). Professor Sandbakk has published more than 200 scientific papers in the field of sport and exercise physiology and has published several books in this field.