Heat Stress in Sport and Exercise Thermophysiology of Health and Per
The book is designed to provide a flowing description of the physiology of heat stress, the illnesses associated with heat exposure, recommendations on optimising health and performance, and an examination of Olympic sports played in potentially hot envir
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Heat Stress in Sport and Exercise
Julien D. Périard • Sébastien Racinais Editors
Heat Stress in Sport and Exercise Thermophysiology of Health and Performance
Editors Julien D. Périard Research Institute for Sport & Exercise University of Canberra Canberra ACT Australia
Sébastien Racinais Athlete Health and Performance Aspetar Doha Qatar
ISBN 978-3-319-93514-0 ISBN 978-3-319-93515-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93515-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2019933902 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
I was lucky enough to be exposed to practical and academic experiences of the effects of heat stress on performance early on in my career and almost at the same time. The practical experience came in 2008 when I qualified for the Beijing Olympics as an outsider. Heat was rightly identified as a major factor for the race in Beijing, so I spent the few months before trying out various strategies and preparing for it. This mostly involved training in hot places, but we were also experimenting with sodium loading, pre-cooling and strategies to keep cool in the race, as well as tracking core temperature with an ingestible pill. At university in Leeds, I chose an environmental physiology module which taught me the basics of how the body responds to exercise in the heat and the adaptations that occur when training in hot environments. It was a subject that fascinated me, not only for its relevance but because I felt understanding it required a really good grasp of general physiology. A few years on, at a race in London, I had my first run-in with heat stress. The race had gone well. With 400 m to go, I was running in
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