More and more young people are taking up running as a hobby and, as we approach summer, many will be registering for various ...

Background Heat acclimation (HA) reduces the risk of exertional heat illnesses (EHI). However, HA adaptations are temporary and must be sustained to safely perform physical activity in hot ...

Thermal acclimation, widely used to increase endurance in elite athletes training for competition in hot environments, could also benefit amateur sportspeople 1. The findings, reported in the ...

In fact, a number of studies have concluded that heat training can improve fitness, with researchers at the University of Oregon seeing a difference after just ten days of heat acclimation before ...

This use of cold-water immersion is based on research that has investigated the changes in physiological mechanisms in response to cold acclimation, such as metabolic heat production, shivering and ...