Heat alleviation strategies for athletic performance: a review and practitioner guidelines

OR Gibson, CA James, JA Mee, AGB Willmott… - Temperature, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
International competition inevitably presents logistical challenges for athletes. Events such
as the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games require further consideration given historical climate data …

Passive heating: reviewing practical heat acclimation strategies for endurance athletes

SL Heathcote, P Hassmén, S Zhou… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Heat acclimation protocols—both active and passive—have been employed by athletes in
an effort to attenuate the detrimental effects of heat stress on physical capacities and sports …

Heat-related issues and practical applications for Paralympic athletes at Tokyo 2020

KE Griggs, BT Stephenson, MJ Price… - Temperature, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
International sporting competitions, including the Paralympic Games, are increasingly being
held in hot and/or humid environmental conditions. Thus, a greater emphasis is being …

A comparison of medium-term heat acclimation by post-exercise hot water immersion or exercise in the heat: adaptations, overreaching, and thyroid hormones

RD McIntyre, MJ Zurawlew, JA Mee… - American Journal …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
This research compared thermal and perceptual adaptations, endurance capacity, and
overreaching markers in men after 3, 6, and 12 days of post-exercise hot water immersion …

Application of evidence-based recommendations for heat acclimation: individual and team sport perspectives

JL Pryor, EC Johnson, WO Roberts, RR Pryor - Temperature, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Heat acclimation or acclimatization (HA) occurs with repeated exposure to heat inducing
adaptations that enhance thermoregulatory mechanisms and heat tolerance leading to …

Post-exercise hot water immersion elicits heat acclimation adaptations in endurance trained and recreationally active individuals

MJ Zurawlew, JA Mee, NP Walsh - Frontiers in physiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Hot water immersion (HWI) after exercise on 6 consecutive days in temperate conditions has
been shown to provide heat acclimation adaptations in a recreationally active population …

Methods for improving thermal tolerance in military personnel prior to deployment

ET Ashworth, JD Cotter, AE Kilding - Military Medical Research, 2020 - Springer
Acute exposure to heat, such as that experienced by people arriving into a hotter or more
humid environment, can compromise physical and cognitive performance as well as health …

Heat-induced hypervolemia: Does the mode of acclimation matter and what are the implications for performance at Tokyo 2020?

LS Kissling, AP Akerman, JD Cotter - Temperature, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Tokyo 2020 will likely be the most heat stressful Olympics to date, so preparation to mitigate
the effects of humid heat will be essential for performance in several of the 33 sports. One …

Mixed active and passive, heart rate-controlled heat acclimation is effective for paralympic and able-bodied triathletes

BT Stephenson, K Tolfrey… - Frontiers in physiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Purpose: The aims of this study are to explore the effectiveness of mixed active and passive
heat acclimation (HA), controlling the relative intensity of exercise by heart rate (HR) in …

Perceptual and physiological responses to carbohydrate and menthol mouth-swilling solutions: A repeated measures cross-over preliminary trial

R Best, PS Maulder, N Berger - Beverages, 2021 - mdpi.com
Carbohydrate and menthol mouth-swilling have been used to enhance exercise
performance in the heat. However, these strategies differ in mechanism and subjective …