mouth breether wrote:
Imagine thinking passive heat acclimation training is new.
Have you people ever heard of a sauna?
mouth breether wrote:
Imagine thinking passive heat acclimation training is new.
Have you people ever heard of a sauna?
H_Emer_Troy wrote:
I wonder if anyone splits their time between Siberia and Somalia/Arabia? Has anyone tried this? For cold and heat adaptation
People that live in the Dakotas do this without going anywhere.
Gustav wrote:
H_Emer_Troy wrote:
I wonder if anyone splits their time between Siberia and Somalia/Arabia? Has anyone tried this? For cold and heat adaptation
People that live in the Dakotas do this without going anywhere.
This. Also, have you ever lived in PA? Half the year is hot and humid as hell, half the year is bitter cold, and you even get a few weeks of flawless racing weather in the fall. Great place.
I lived in year-round heat in the Philippines for about 10 years, trained and ran competitively before, during and after my time there, no AC. Did not notice any improvement in my times run prior to moving there when I returned to temperate areas
Cranking the thermostat likely won't do it. All of the tested protocols involve saunas or hot tubs. It's likely that you need to significantly elevate your core temperature in order to trigger the adaptations. Earlier research involved exercise in a sauna (low intensity). More recent studies have demonstrated that passive heat works as well. You could get a sauna suit and run outside on a warm day. You could also get one of those portable sauna chairs (basically a tent that goes over a chair, with a whole for your head. The hot tub works well, and sounds really pleasant, but you really need to be up to your neck and in there for 40 minutes. After 20, you will be suffering. It's not easy. Also, no water, as dehydration MIGHT be one of the signals for adaptation, though that's not yet clear.
The other problem with having your thermostat set high is that it's a 24/7 stress on the body. Typically, people respond better to acute and intermittent stress, across a wide variety of domains. Chronic low-level stress causes breakdowns. This is one advantage that heat training has over altitude.
Rupp has the heat cranked up in his house while running on his treadmill. The announcers mentioned this during the 2016 Olympic Trials 10K I think. I guess he was with Al Sal then, wonder if he still does it with Mike Smith.
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