Maximum heat loss potential is lower in football linemen during an NCAA summer training camp because of lower self-generated air flow.

The purpose of this study was to compare the maximum potential for heat loss of football linemen (L) and non-linemen (NL) during a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) summer training camp. It was hypothesized that heat loss potential in L would be lower than NL because of differences in self-generated air flow during position-specific activities. Fourteen NCAA division 1 football players {7 L (mass: 126 ± 6 kg; body surface area [BSA]: 2.

Sweating is greater in NCAA football linemen independently of heat production.

Purpose: The study's purpose was to investigate whether differences in local sweat rates on the upper body between American football linemen (L) and backs (B) exist independently of differences in metabolic heat production.

Methods: Twelve NCAA Division I American football players (6 linemen (mass = 141.6 ± 6.

Large differences in peak oxygen uptake do not independently alter changes in core temperature and sweating during exercise.

The independent influence of peak oxygen uptake (Vo(₂ peak)) on changes in thermoregulatory responses during exercise in a neutral climate has not been previously isolated because of complex interactions between Vo(₂ peak), metabolic heat production (H(prod)), body mass, and body surface area (BSA). It was hypothesized that Vo(₂ peak) does not independently alter changes in core temperature and sweating during exercise. Fourteen males, 7 high (HI) Vo(₂ peak): 60.

Describing individual variation in local sweating during exercise in a temperate environment.

It has been previously demonstrated that the individual variation in whole-body sweat rate is described by differences in each participant's heat balance status. It was hypothesized that the individual variation in local sweat rate of the forehead (LSR(head)) and forearm (LSR(arm)) would be similarly described using a whole-body heat balance approach, specifically the ratio of evaporation required for heat balance relative to the maximum evaporation possible (i.e.