Editorial
Tommy Boone
Professor and Chair
Department of Exercise Physiology
The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Ave
Duluth, MN 55811

"Leading means creating a shared culture and values, communicating goals...throughout the organization...." -- Richard L. Daft and Dorothy Marcic

THE FUNDAMENTAL way professors and students think about exercise physiology during the 20th century has been a belief in "specialist" thinking and/or "fitness instructor" thinking, that exercise physiologists are products of sports medicine.  A new way of viewing exercise physiology, that is, the 21st century paradigm is far more engagaing.  Exercise physiology per se will never be the same.  The world of heart rate counters has changed.  Today's students can now see themselves as healthcare professionals, much like physical therapy and nursing students when they graduate.  The new exercise physiology paradigm is a new way of thinking about exercise physiology.  Students expect at graduation to find increased career opportunities for personal growth and mastery of professional skills.  The new, 21st century exercise physiologist is a leader or is learning how to lead.  Leadership is imperative as exercise physiology continues to evolve.  The authors of the articles in this issue demonstrate their shared understanding of the power and necessity of leading a new kind of exercise physiology.