Pågående forskningsprosjekter:

• Acute Effects of Various Whole Body Vibration Frequencies on Lower-Body Power in Trained and Untrained Subjects. Involverte personer: Bent Rønnestad (HIL)
• Effect of strength training on 5-min all out performance following 185 min of submaximal cycling. Involverte personer: Bent Rønnestad (HIL), Ernst Albin Hansen (NIH) og Truls Raastad (NIH)
• Satellite cell activation during strength training. Involverte personer: Knut Egil Hanssen (NIH), Nils Helge Kvamme (NIH), Tormod Nilsen (NIH), Bent Rønnestad (HIL) , Wilhelm Egeland, Fawzi Kadi (UIÖ), Truls Raastad (NIH).
• Effect of strength training on freely chosen pedal rate. Involverte personer: Bent Rønnestad (HIL), Ernst Albin Hansen (NIH) og Truls Raastad (NIH)
• The effect of heavy strength training on muscle adaptations and physical performance in elite cross-country skiers. Involverte personer: Thomas Losnegard (NIH), Bent Rønnestad (HIL), Kristin Mikkelsen (NIH), Jostein Hallén (NIH) og Truls Raastad (NIH).
• Effect of strength training on muscle characteristics and traditional indicators of cycling performance. Involverte personer: Bent Rønnestad (HIL), Ernst Albin Hansen (NIH) og Truls Raastad (NIH)
• Effect of concurrent strength and endurance training. Involverte personer: Bent Rønnestad (HIL), Ernst Albin Hansen (NIH) og Truls Raastad (NIH).
• Effect of maintenance strength training throughout a cycling season. Involverte personer: Bent Rønnestad (HIL), Ernst Albin Hansen (NIH) og Truls Raastad (NIH).
• The effect of heavy strength training on muscle adaptations and physical performance in elite nordic combined athletes. Involverte personer: Øystein Kojedal (NIH), Bent Rønnestad (HIL), Thomas Losnegard (NIH), Bent Kvamme (NIH) og Truls Raastad (NIH).
• Effects of physiologically elevated hormone levels on muscle hypertrophy and strength gain. Involverte personer: Bent Rønnestad (HIL) og Truls Raastad (NIH).
• Effects of 1 vs. 2 strength training sessions a week during competition season in professional soccer players on strength, running speed, running economy and power. Involverte personer: Bent Rønnestad (HIL), Truls Raastad (NIH) og Bernt Sivert Nymark (HIL)

Publikasjoner

• Rønnestad, B.R. 2009. Acute Effects of Various Whole Body Vibration Frequencies on 1RM in Trained and Untrained Subjects. J. Strength Cond. Res. Accepted.
• Rønnestad, B.R., Kvamme, N.H., Sunde, A. & Raastad, T. 2008. Short – Term Effects of Strength and Plyometric Training on sprint and jump performance in Professional Soccer Players. J. Strength Cond. Res. 22, 773-780.
• Rønnestad, B.R og Raastad, T. 2008. Dissimilar effects of 1 and 3 set strength training on strength and muscle mass gains in upper and lower body in untrained subjects. Giessing, Jürgen; Frölich, Michael (eds.): Current results of strength training research. Cuvillier, Göttingen, Germany.
• Raastad, T., S. Karlsen, S. Madsgaard, B.R. Rønnestad, N.H. Kvamme, & W. Egeland. 2007. Styrketrening og beinmineraltetthet : effekter av øvelsesvalg, ytre motstand og treningsvolum Norsk Idrettsmedisin, 3, 25.
• Rønnestad, B.R., Egeland, W., Kvamme, N.H., Refsnes, P.E., Kadi, F. & Raastad, T. 2007. Dissimilar effects of 1 and 3 Set Strength Training on Strength and Muscle Mass gains in Upper and Lower Body in Untrained Subjects. J. Strength Cond. Res. 21, 157-163.
• Rønnestad, B.R. 2007. Styrke og utholdenhetstrening for barn. Friidrett, 3, 38-39.
• Kvamme, N.H. Rønnestad, B.R., Sunde, A., & Raastad, T. THE EFFECT OF HEAVY STRENGTH TRAINING AND PLYOMETRIC TRAINING ON SPRINT AND JUMP PERFORMANCE IN PROFESSIONAL SOCCER PLAYERS. Book of abstracts. ICST 5th Congress, Odense.2006
• Rønnestad, B.R., Kvamme, N.H., Sunde, A., & Raastad, T. The Effect of Heavy Strength Training in Professional Soccer Players – A Controlled Study. Book of abstracts. ICST 5th Congress, Odense.2006-10-04
• Hanssen, K.E., Kvamme, N., Rønnestad, B.R., Egeland, W., Kadi, F. & Raastad, T. 2006. Effects of single and multiple set strenght training on the number of satellite cells and myonuclei in m. vastus lateralis and m. trapezius in untrained men. Book of abstracts. ECSS 11th annual congress, Lausanne, 2006.
• Egeland, W., Kamme, N.H., Rønnestad, B.R., Hansen, K.E., Kadi, F. & Raastad, T. 2006. Enhancement of capillary tortuosity after resistance training. Book of abstracts. ECSS 11th annual congress, Lausanne, 2006.
• Kvamme, N.H., Egeland, W., Rønnestad, B.R., Hansen, K.E., Kadi, F. & Raastad, T. 2006. Indices of new fibre formation after strength training in young, healthy men. Book of abstracts. ECSS 11th annual congress, Lausanne, 2006.
• Rønnestad, B.R. Ressurstrening – Treningsmetoder og fysiologiske adaptasjoner. Høgskolen i Telemark, Bø. 2005.
• Rønnestad, B.R., Verney, J., Kadi, F., Hallèn, J. & Raastad, T. Effect of 1 and 3 set strength training on hypertrophy. I: van Praagh, E, Coudemert, J., Fellmann, N. & Duche, P. (red). Book of abstracts. ECSS 9th annual congress, Clermont-Ferrand, 2004, side 80-81.
• Verney, J., Rønnestad, B.R., Kadi, F., Refsnes, P.E. & Raastad, T. Effect of single and multiple set strength training on maximal strength. I: van Praagh, E, Coudemert, J., Fellmann, N. & Duche, P. (red). Book of abstracts. ECSS 9th annual congress, Clermont-Ferrand, 2004, side 14.
• Rønnestad, B.R. Effekt av ett og tre setts styrketrening på styrke og muskeltverrsnitt i under- og overkroppsmuskulaturen. Hovedfagsoppgave, Norges idrettshøgskole. 2004.
• Rønnestad. B.R. Comparing the performance-enhancing effects of squats on a vibration platform with conventional squats in recreationally resistance-trained men. J. Strength Cond. Res. 18, 839-845. 2004.