It might be specific for each person but for me I believe it.
This summer I did hard workouts in mid day in 90+ degree and high dew point. Then my family and I went on a long vacation to a 7k+ altitude town in August. I normally feel like sh*t the first few days at altitude and expected to not be able to run at all but the first day there I felt fine and did a 13+ mile run without issues. Has to be that there is some adaptations from heat training that cross over to benefitting at altitude.
Athletes aren't taking EPO to perform better in the heat. I think many are hung up on heat training for adapting to hot races, which is something different from getting EPO like effects from heat training to perform better anywhere.
Sure, but why do they believe that they don't have enough red blood cells to optimise their performance?
I don't know, but then why do cyclists, swimmers, and runners illegally take EPO? It is illegal, there are health risks, yet these athletes think it is required to optimize their performance. I think the science is pretty solid that EPO helps your performance, so if this type of heat training has EPO like effects, then it helps your performance as well?
Sure, but why do they believe that they don't have enough red blood cells to optimise their performance?
I don't know, but then why do cyclists, swimmers, and runners illegally take EPO? It is illegal, there are health risks, yet these athletes think it is required to optimize their performance. I think the science is pretty solid that EPO helps your performance, so if this type of heat training has EPO like effects, then it helps your performance as well?
You believe the science is pretty solid, but no-one can answer the question can they?
We are supposed to believe that your natural human limits can be exceeded but why do you believe that?
It's like saying that your VO2max isn't really your VO2max.
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