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Effect of two-weeks endurance training wearing additional clothing in a temperate outdoor environment on performance and physiology in the heat

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posted on 2020-01-16, 13:43 authored by Christopher J. Stevens, Storme L. Heathcote, Daniel J. Plews, Paul B. Laursen, Lee TaylorLee Taylor
This investigation assessed performance, physiological and perceptual responses to wearing additional clothing during endurance training for two-weeks in temperate environments, to determine if this approach could be used as a practical, alternative, heat acclimation strategy for athletes. Fifteen trained male triathletes assigned to performance-matched groups completed a two-week unsupervised endurance cycling and running program in either (i) shorts and a short sleeve top (CON; n = 8) or (ii) additional clothing of full-length pants, a “winter” jacket and gloves made from nylon, polyurethane and polyester (AC; n = 7). Participants completed three separate (i.e. familiarisation, pre-program and post-program), identical, pre-loaded cycling time-trials (20 min at 180 W followed by a 40 min self-paced time trial) in 32.5 ± 0.1°C and 55 ± 6% RH. Core and skin temperatures, heart rate, sweat rate, perceived exertion, thermal sensation and thermal comfort were measured across the pre-loaded time trials, and heart rate and thermal sensation were measured across the training program. All of the participants recorded in their diaries that they completed all of the programmed training sessions in the required attire. Mean thermal sensation was most likely hotter in AC (5.5 ± 0.4 AU) compared to CON (4.4 ± 0.4 AU; ES = 1.61, ± 0.68) during the training sessions. However, follow up tests revealed no physiological or perceptual signs of heat acclimation, and the change in time-trial performance from pre-post between groups was trivial (CON: −3.5 ± 12.0 W, AC: −4.1 ± 9.6 W; difference = -0.7%, ± 5.4%). Training in additional clothing for two-weeks in a temperate environment was not an effective heat acclimation strategy for triathletes.

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School

  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Published in

Temperature

Volume

5

Issue

3

Pages

267 - 275

Publisher

Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Rights holder

© Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group

Publisher statement

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Temperature on 5 September 2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/23328940.2018.1474672.

Acceptance date

2018-05-05

Publication date

2018-09-05

Copyright date

2018

ISSN

2332-8940

eISSN

2332-8959

Language

  • en

Depositor

Dr Lee Taylor. Deposit date: 15 January 2020

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