His research interests include improving exercise performance and health outcomes through evidence-based practice, quantifying the energy expenditure of outdoor and non-traditional types of physical activity, and studying historical perspectives in health, fitness and exercise physiology. Samuel S. Van De Velde is a graduate student in the High Altitude Exercise Physiology program at Western State Colorado University. His research interests include the impacts of acute and chronic environmental stressors on endurance performance. He is also interested in primary/secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, and quantifying the energy expenditure of outdoor and non-traditional types of physical activity.