Mixed-Mode Heat Training: A Practical Alternative for Enhancing Aerobic Capacity in Team Sports.

Heat training can be implemented to obtain performance improvements in hot and temperate environments. However, the effectiveness of these interventions for team sports during discrete periods of the season remains uncertain. We compared the effects of a short pre-season heat training intervention on fitness and thermal tolerance.

Sleep quantity and quality during consecutive day heat training with the inclusion of cold-water immersion recovery.

Exercise in the heat is a common occurrence among athletes and often is intentional in order to gain heat acclimation benefits, however, little is known about how such training may affect sleep. Therefore, this study investigated five days of training in the heat of varying intensity and duration and inclusion of cold-water immersion (CWI) recovery on sleep quantity and quality. Thirty recreationally-trained male participants completed five days of heat training (HT) and were randomised into three interventions including (i) 90 min cycling at 40% power at maximal aerobic capacity (P) with 15 min passive recovery (90HT); (ii) 90 min cycling at 40% P with 15 min CWI recovery (90CWI); or (iii) 30 min cycling alternating between 40% and 70% P, with 15 min passive recovery (30HT).

The effect of high versus low intensity heat acclimation on performance and neuromuscular responses.

This study examined the effect of exercise intensity and duration during 5-day heat acclimation (HA) on cycling performance and neuromuscular responses. 20 recreationally trained males completed a 'baseline' trial followed by 5 consecutive days HA, and a 'post-acclimation' trial. Baseline and post-acclimation trials consisted of maximal voluntary contractions (MVC), a single and repeated countermovement jump protocol, 20km cycling time trial (TT) and 5×6s maximal sprints (SPR).