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The problem with heat training is that what goes up must come down, if your body acclimatises to the heat in 8 days, then it will return to normal in 8 days when you return. If heat training was truly an advantage we would be seeing QLD dominate every sport they compete in against the southern states and the United Arab Emirates would also be a sporting force worldwide.
Absolutely. heat training is meant for players to acclimatize to heat before a tournament such as the Australian Open. Losses in tolerance to heat does drop off. As for the gains in V02 max and lactate threshold and power- the coaching staff instructs the players how to maintain their gains.
“The biggest thing we saw was that the heat-acclimation group increased their time-trial performance by 6 percent in cool weather, and by 8 percent in hot weather,” study co-author Chris Minson, Ph.D.
“What was really neat was that we also saw a 5 percent increase in VO2 max in cool conditions,” said Minson, who is a cyclist himself as well as the University of Oregon’s Human Physiology department head. “The question remains for me as to the real-world application. But the lactate threshold, VO2 max and power output increases in the lab were profound.”
Read more at http://velonews.competitor.com/2010...onditions-study-finds_148767#I05sBMgpc3UIF5sU.
Even then, the heat acclimation is only helpful when done in addition to solid training.
“What people are taking from this unfortunately is that they should do all their training in the heat,” Minson said.
Minson said you could draw a parallel to altitude training: living high and training high will result in less neuromuscular acclimation, not more; one still needs to train with normal amounts of oxygen to see performance gains. “You have the same corollary here: you still have to train fast (in normal weather). But if you can then add heat acclimation on top of that, you will get a boost.
Read more at http://velonews.competitor.com/2010...itions-study-finds_148767#I05sBMgpc3UIF5sU.99
The problem with heat training is that what goes up must come down, if your body acclimatises to the heat in 8 days, then it will return to normal in 8 days when you return. If heat training was truly an advantage we would be seeing QLD dominate every sport they compete in against the southern states and the United Arab Emirates would also be a sporting force worldwide.
Absolutely. heat training is meant for players to acclimatize to heat before a tournament such as the Australian Open. Losses in tolerance to heat does drop off. As for the gains in V02 max and lactate threshold and power- the coaching staff instructs the players how to maintain their gains.
“The biggest thing we saw was that the heat-acclimation group increased their time-trial performance by 6 percent in cool weather, and by 8 percent in hot weather,” study co-author Chris Minson, Ph.D.
“What was really neat was that we also saw a 5 percent increase in VO2 max in cool conditions,” said Minson, who is a cyclist himself as well as the University of Oregon’s Human Physiology department head. “The question remains for me as to the real-world application. But the lactate threshold, VO2 max and power output increases in the lab were profound.”
Read more at http://velonews.competitor.com/2010...onditions-study-finds_148767#I05sBMgpc3UIF5sU.
Even then, the heat acclimation is only helpful when done in addition to solid training.
“What people are taking from this unfortunately is that they should do all their training in the heat,” Minson said.
Minson said you could draw a parallel to altitude training: living high and training high will result in less neuromuscular acclimation, not more; one still needs to train with normal amounts of oxygen to see performance gains. “You have the same corollary here: you still have to train fast (in normal weather). But if you can then add heat acclimation on top of that, you will get a boost.
Read more at http://velonews.competitor.com/2010...itions-study-finds_148767#I05sBMgpc3UIF5sU.99
