hubcaps wrote:
Is adaptation to the sun needed also? Any studies or data on this?
I've been doing some heat acclimation, and it seems to be helping. However, I always do it when the sun is low or indoors. I try to avoid the sun as much as possible because I've had melanoma.
Perhaps only in the sense that the sun adds an elements of Radiant heat that drastically affects thermal balance. Such that training in a hot and humid sauna, even if it matches the ambient conditions of raceday, still lacks an additional element that will affect your ability to regulate your body heat.
However, when moving through a heat adaptation protocol, you are not trying to stew in a particular (representative) environment. Just an environment that is enough to elicit an adaptation response. Therefore, I do not believe you need specific protocols or efforts for the sun.
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