Heating Up to Keep Cool: Benefits and Persistence of a Practical Heat Acclimation Protocol in Elite Female Olympic Team-Sport Athletes.
Stephen P FenemorMatthew W DrillerNicholas D GillBrad AndersonJulia R CasadioStacy T SimsChristopher Martyn BeavenPublished in: International journal of sports physiology and performance (2023)
Ten days of passive HA can elicit some thermoregulatory and performance benefits when integrated into a training program in elite female team-sport athletes. However, such a protocol does not provide a sufficient thermal impulse for thermoregulatory adaptations to be retained after 15 days with no further heat stimulus.