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I've heard similar things about athletic training while mildly overheated. Training while overheated promotes adaptations to increase the cooling efficiency of
by iplaw 9y ago
I've heard similar things about athletic training while mildly overheated. Training while overheated promotes adaptations to increase the cooling efficiency of your body. These adaptations include increasing heart rate, circulation, blood plasma volume, etc. This, in turn, promotes improvements to endurance, ability to perform in both normal and overheated states, etc.
- twobyfour 9y agoThat's intriguing. Where might one be able to read more about that?
- iplaw 9y agoI can't remember what journal I was reading, but I was able to quickly find a fluff article with some decent information [1] that happens to mention an on-point cycling study [2]. For me, this involves training outside in the Texas summer heat (100F+) with plain water. When I race, it is usually earlier in the day (80-90F) and I sometimes use ice socks in my jersey and ice water in my bottles to keep my core temperature down. [1] http://blog.airiarunning.com/heat-training-does-it-boost-running-performance/ http://blog.airiarunning.com/heat-training-does-it-boost-run... [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2963322/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2963322/
- galfarragem 9y agoThat would corroborate long distance runners from Kenya and Ethiopia.
- refurb 9y agoThe body is certainly capable of acclimatizing the high body temps. I don't have the source, but I remember reading that Israeli tank soldiers (who were fighting from inside a tank in the desert) had body temperature of 101 - 102F and were completely fine. At that body temperature most people would start to feel pretty awful.