The new science of exercise: the invited lecture

The title The New Science of Exercise requires a little explanation. This is an era where exercise physiology appears the domain of anyone and everyone including physiologists, the trainer of the successful Wallabies of the 1991 World Cup, the veterinarian selling steroids to the owners of greyhounds, racehorses and putative Olympic champions, the media and the public at large. Given this societal mix of experts there is a growing public ethic of muddled information which demands a scientific body of excellence to provide advice based on good research concerning an explosion of novel questions. Such questions constitute the New Science of Exercise, which ideally demands a multi-disciplinary approach in a novel laboratory setting, namely, the community. But where does the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society stand in relation to this need?