Appalachian takes off: Treadmills, bikes drive research on exercise and nutrition
February 24, 2009
BY EMILY FORD
When they begin work this month in their new laboratory at the N.C. Research Campus, scientists from Appalachian State University will take the stairs.
“How would it look if people saw us in the elevator?” said Dr. David Nieman, the director of the ASU Human Performance Lab who has run 58 marathons and ultramarathons.
His lieutenant in Kannapolis, Dr. Andy Shanely, insists his boss is joking.
