NORCO Building
Visitors to the NORCO building will see The Human Performance Laboratory. This is a facility designated to teach, conduct research and provide service to faculty, staff, students and individuals in the community. Among the physiological and fitness parameters measured in the laboratory are:
- Cardiorespiratory endurance
- Lactate, Maximal and Sub-Maximal Heart Rate
- Body composition
- Anaerobic power
- Muscular fitness (Strength and Endurance) and flexibility
- Resting and stress electrocardiography
- Pulmonary Function
- Agility, Balance, Coordination, Power, Reaction time, and Speed
NORCO Building Presenters
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Shawn Simsonson
Professor and Director of the Human Performance Lab
Simonson conducts research in exercise (novel conditioning programs) and environmental physiology as well as in the scholarship of teaching and learning. He provides workshops in a variety of active learning strategies and pedagogies.
Simonson says “From the Health and Wellbeing standpoint, we research novel conditioning programs. Our most recent project was developing and verifying the laterally resisted split squat to improve change of direction. We also have worked with Boise and Nampa Fire Departments and various police agencies throughout the state in aspects of job-specific health, fitness and physical performance.”
Simonson conducts research in exercise (novel conditioning programs) and environmental physiology as well as in the scholarship of teaching and learning. He provides workshops in a variety of active learning strategies and pedagogies.
Simonson says “From the Health and Wellbeing standpoint, we research novel conditioning programs. Our most recent project was developing and verifying the laterally resisted split squat to improve change of direction. We also have worked with Boise and Nampa Fire Departments and various police agencies throughout the state in aspects of job-specific health, fitness and physical performance.”