I think of exercise physiology as a respected profession like so many other professional academic programs, I think long and hard about why I decided to put myself on the line. As an educator, I must confess that exercise physiologists have achieved a lot with relatively little. This is probably one area non-PhD exercise physiologists fail to understand.
Exercise physiology is entrenched in the practice of research.
However, the practicing professionals have failed to think in the present moment. They have been instead consumed by the past. While I also treasure our heritage, it is time for new visions. Academic exercise physiologists who do not, cannot or will not move their attention to their students and the issues they face at graduation today should not be college professors. I appreciate that giving advice in this area is questionable except for the fact that the tendency is to continue as we have for years if someone doesn't introduce a vastly different idea.