Hi! So I have a spare room with treadmill and trainer. Unless I open the window wide the temp and humidity goes up a lot during workouts, along these lines:
Start of workout: 21 deg C/ 20% humidity
After 1 hour 24 deg C/ 50% humidity
After 2-3 hours 26 deg C/ 70 % humidity
I could of course control the room temp in different ways, but unless I am acklimating for a hot race, any pros/cons to training in heat? Anyone out there using heat stress as a training tool in a systematic way? It really feels like it's the humidity that kills me, windows get all steamy to the verge of drops forming. It gets markedly harder to finish workouts or keep the power/pace up, even if I drink a lot. HR also goes up.
Research seems inclonclusive, but some studies suggest training in heat has good effects, even if you race in cool temps, but that one should only do low intensity workouts, mening no sauna intervals..
Experiences/ tips and suggestions?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20724560
http://link.springer.com/...e/10.1007/BF00376772
http://www.sportsci.org/jour/0201/jpm.htm
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/...ur-performance/?_r=0
Start of workout: 21 deg C/ 20% humidity
After 1 hour 24 deg C/ 50% humidity
After 2-3 hours 26 deg C/ 70 % humidity
I could of course control the room temp in different ways, but unless I am acklimating for a hot race, any pros/cons to training in heat? Anyone out there using heat stress as a training tool in a systematic way? It really feels like it's the humidity that kills me, windows get all steamy to the verge of drops forming. It gets markedly harder to finish workouts or keep the power/pace up, even if I drink a lot. HR also goes up.
Research seems inclonclusive, but some studies suggest training in heat has good effects, even if you race in cool temps, but that one should only do low intensity workouts, mening no sauna intervals..
Experiences/ tips and suggestions?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20724560
http://link.springer.com/...e/10.1007/BF00376772
http://www.sportsci.org/jour/0201/jpm.htm
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/...ur-performance/?_r=0