Dr Clare Minahan

B Applied Science B Exercise Science (Hons), PhD

Senior lecturer

Contact details for Dr Clare Minahan

Research expertise

• Physiological responses to severe-intensity exercise and training
• High-performance exercise and training
• Gender-related differences in the responses to exercise and training

Current teaching areas

• Exercise prescription and practice.

Selected publications

• Minahan,C., and Wood, C. (2008). Strength training improves supramaximal cycling but not anaerobic capacity. European Journal of Applied Physiology.. 102(6): 659-666
• Minahan, C., Chia, M., and Inbar. O. (2007). Does power indicate capacity? Wingate vs O₂ deficit. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 28(10): 836-843.
• Loveless D.J., Weber, C.L., Haseler, L., and Schneider, D.A. (2005). Maximal leg-strength training improves cycling economy in previously untrained men. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 37: 1231-1236.
• Barclay, C.J. and Weber, C.L. (2004). Slow skeletal muscles of the mouse have greater initial efficiency than fast muscles but the same net efficiency. Journal of Physiology. 559: 517-531.
• Weber, C.L., and Schneider, D.A. (2002). Increases in maximal accumulated oxygen deficit following high-intensity interval training are not gender dependent. Journal of Applied Physiology. 92: 1795-1801.

• Extended research profile (PDF)