Research & Writing
Justin Kompf holds a PhD in Exercise and Health Sciences from the University of Massachusetts Boston and has studied resistance training behavior with Dr. Ryan Rhodes at the University of Victoria. His work sits at the intersection of exercise science and health psychology: why people start training, why they stop, and what actually keeps the behavior going.
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine · 2024
With Ryan E. Rhodes. Links behavior change technique clusters to capability, opportunity, and motivation in resistance training interventions.
Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine · 2025
With Ryan E. Rhodes.
Sports Medicine · 2016
Doctoral dissertation, University of Massachusetts Boston · 2021
NSCA Personal Training Quarterly · PTQ 3.3
Psychology Today · Ongoing
Book · Author
Also a contributor to the National Academy of Sports Medicine personal training textbook.
justinkompf.com · Free chapter
newsletter.justinkompf.com · Weekly
Writing on behavior change, training, and putting your health first.
A full citation list lives on Google Scholar.