- Title
- A comparison of mixed-method cooling interventions on preloaded running performance in the heat
- Creator
- Stevens, Christopher J.; Bennett, Kyle J. M.; Sculley, Dean V.; Callister, Robin; Taylor, Lee; Dascombe, Ben J.
- Relation
- Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research Vol. 31, Issue 3, p. 620-629
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000001532
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- The purpose of this investigation was to assess the effect of combining practical methods to cool the body on endurance running performance and physiology in the heat. Eleven trained male runners completed 4 randomized, preloaded running time trials (20 minutes at 70% V[Combining Dot Above]o2 max and a 3 km time trial) on a nonmotorized treadmill in the heat (33° C). Trials consisted of precooling by combined cold-water immersion and ice slurry ingestion (PRE), midcooling by combined facial water spray and menthol mouth rinse (MID), a combination of all methods (ALL), and control (CON). Performance time was significantly faster in MID (13.7 ± 1.2 minutes; p < 0.01) and ALL (13.7 ± 1.4 minutes; p = 0.04) but not PRE (13.9 ± 1.4 minutes; p = 0.24) when compared with CON (14.2 ± 1.2 minutes). Precooling significantly reduced rectal temperature (initially by 0.5 ± 0.2° C), mean skin temperature, heart rate and sweat rate, and increased iEMG activity, whereas midcooling significantly increased expired air volume and respiratory exchange ratio compared with control. Significant decreases in forehead temperature, thermal sensation, and postexercise blood prolactin concentration were obser ved in all conditions compared with control. Performance was improved with midcooling, whereas precooling had little or no influence. Midcooling may have improved performance through an attenuated inhibitory psychophysiological and endocrine response to the heat.
- Subject
- precooling; ice slurry; menthol; cold-water immersion; water spray
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1384373
- Identifier
- uon:32056
- Identifier
- ISSN:1064-8011
- Language
- eng
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