When Brooks first met, rather encountered, Dr. Tipton during a free communications session at an annual ACSM meeting when a Tipton graduate student, Ken Baldwin, was presenting on an aspect of oxygen debt theory. Quickly to the microphone near back of the room Brooks challenged the notion of an…
When Brooks first met, rather encountered, Dr. Tipton during a free communications session at an annual ACSM meeting when a Tipton graduate student, Ken Baldwin, was presenting on an aspect of oxygen debt theory. Quickly to the microphone near back of the room Brooks challenged the notion of an O2 Debt. But, before Baldwin could respond, Professor Tipton wheeled around and answered with a glare. Subsequently, Brooks and Baldwin became great friends, and with Tom Fahey, authored the textbook on Exercise Physiology: Human Bioenergetics and its Applications. Subsequently, Tipton and Brooks enjoyed a respectful, challenging and good-natured relationship, conversations typically starting with Tipton querying: “Brooks, what did you do for science today?” Eventually, as measured by requests to include chapters in his historical reviews, Professor Tipton did acknowledge Brooks’ contributions to understanding lactate kinetics and mitochondrial form and function.
