ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2021
Intermittent post-exercise sauna bathing improves markers of exercise capacity in hot and temperate conditions in trained middle-distance runners.
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- Post-exercise hot water immersion enhances haemodynamic and vascular benefits of exercise without further improving cardiorespiratory fitness, glucose, lipids or inflammation.The Journal of physiology · 2025Trial
- The effect of a 4-week, remotely administered, post-exercise passive leg heating intervention on determinants of endurance performance.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Trial
- Effects of regular sauna bathing in conjunction with exercise on cardiovascular function: a multi-arm, randomized controlled trial.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2022Trial
- Women's perceptions of sauna bathing and its impact on health and well-being: insights from a cross-sectional study.International journal of circumpolar health · 2025Article
- Sleep and Athletic Performance: A Multidimensional Review of Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Combined Active and Passive Isothermic Heating Leads to Similar Core Temperature Compared With Exercise Alone.Journal of athletic training · 2025Article
- The effect of post-exercise heat exposure (passive heat acclimation) on endurance exercise performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Mapping the evidence on the impact of heat stress on exercise and work performance in females: a scoping review.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Review
- Post-exercise hot or cold water immersion does not alter perception of effort or neuroendocrine responses during subsequent moderate-intensity exercise.Experimental physiology · 2024Article
- Heat suit training increases hemoglobin mass in elite cross-country skiers.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2022Article
- Road to Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Training Characteristics of a World Class Male Triathlete.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Standalone sauna vs exercise followed by sauna on cardiovascular function in non-naïve sauna users: A comparison of acute effects.Health science reports · 2021Article
- The Prevalence of Use of Various Post-Exercise Recovery Methods after Training among Elite Endurance Athletes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Sex differences in adaptation to intermittent post-exercise sauna bathing in trained middle-distance runners.Sports medicine - open · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study investigated whether intermittent post-exercise sauna bathing across three-weeks endurance training improves exercise heat tolerance and exercise performance markers in temperate conditions, compared to endurance training alone. The subsidiary aim was to determine whether exercise-heat tolerance would further improve following 7-Weeks post-exercise sauna bathing.
methodsTwenty middle-distance runners (13 female; mean ± SD, age 20 ± 2 years, [Formula: see text]O
resultsDuring the HTT, SAUNA reduced peak rectal temperature (T
conclusionsThree-weeks post-exercise sauna bathing is an effective and pragmatic method of heat acclimation, and an effective ergogenic aid. Extending the intervention to seven weeks only marginally improved T
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