Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.12467
Title: Consensus recommendations on training and competing in the heat
Authors: Racinais S.
Alonso J.M.
Coutts A.J.
Flouris A.D.
Girard O.
González-Alonso J.
Hausswirth C.
Jay O.
Lee J.K.W. 
Mitchell N.
Nassis G.P.
Nybo L.
Pluim B.M.
Roelands B.
Sawka M.N.
Wingo J.E.
Périard J.D.
Keywords: Acclimation
Acclimatization
Cold water immersion
Cooling
Dehydration
Exercise
Heat exhaustion
Hydration
Performance
Temperature
Thermoregulation
Wet bulb globe temperature
Issue Date: 2015
Publisher: Blackwell Munksgaard
Citation: Racinais S., Alonso J.M., Coutts A.J., Flouris A.D., Girard O., González-Alonso J., Hausswirth C., Jay O., Lee J.K.W., Mitchell N., Nassis G.P., Nybo L., Pluim B.M., Roelands B., Sawka M.N., Wingo J.E., Périard J.D. (2015). Consensus recommendations on training and competing in the heat. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports 25 (S1) : Jun-19. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.12467
Abstract: Exercising in the heat induces thermoregulatory and other physiological strain that can lead to impairments in endurance exercise capacity. The purpose of this consensus statement is to provide up-to-date recommendations to optimize performance during sporting activities undertaken in hot ambient conditions. The most important intervention one can adopt to reduce physiological strain and optimize performance is to heat acclimatize. Heat acclimatization should comprise repeated exercise-heat exposures over 1-2 weeks. In addition, athletes should initiate competition and training in a euhydrated state and minimize dehydration during exercise. Following the development of commercial cooling systems (e.g., cooling vest), athletes can implement cooling strategies to facilitate heat loss or increase heat storage capacity before training or competing in the heat. Moreover, event organizers should plan for large shaded areas, along with cooling and rehydration facilities, and schedule events in accordance with minimizing the health risks of athletes, especially in mass participation events and during the first hot days of the year. Following the recent examples of the 2008 Olympics and the 2014 FIFA World Cup, sport governing bodies should consider allowing additional (or longer) recovery periods between and during events for hydration and body cooling opportunities when competitions are held in the heat. © 2015 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Source Title: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
URI: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/177596
ISSN: 09057188
DOI: 10.1111/sms.12467
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