Cooling During Exercise: An Overlooked Strategy for Enhancing Endurance Performance in the Heat.

摘要: It is well established that endurance performance negatively affected by environmental heat stress due to a complex interaction of physical, physiological and psychological alterations. Numerous scientific investigations have attempted improve in the with pre-cooling (cooling prior an exercise test), as such this has become well-established ergogenic practice for athletes. However, use mid-cooling during test) received considerably less research attention comparison, despite recent evidence suggest advantage gained from may outweigh pre-cooling. A range strategies are beneficial heat, including ingestion cold fluids ice slurry, both without menthol, cooling neck face region via collar or water poured on head face. The combination also been effective, but few comparisons exist between timing type interventions. Therefore, athletes should experiment suitable their event mock competition scenarios, aim determine individual tolerable limits benefits. Based current evidence, effect core temperature appears largely irrelevant any subsequent improvements, while cardiovascular, skin temperature, central nervous system function psychophysiological factors likely involved. Research lacking elite athletes, it currently unclear how population benefit mid-cooling.