Endurance Innovation 32 – Thermal Stress Management with Paul Laursen

Endurance Innovation 32 – Thermal Stress Management with Paul Laursen

  • 3:30 the sources of heat stress and its effects
  • 10:45 the heat ‘bucket’
  • 12:30 the bucket overflowing example
  • 12:45 factors contributing to overheating
  • 19:00 how Andrew filled his bucket at IM Cozumel
  • 23:00 summary of Paul’s research into managing heat stress
  • 25:45 why ingested ice drinks / slushies are so effective at cooling
  • 30:00 the Floe bottle
  • 33:15 slushie machines at races?
  • 35:00 Paul’s study using slushie drinks vs cold water allowed subjects to run an average of 10 minutes longer in a time to exhaustion run test.
  • 40:30 slushie drinks used to great effect in Qatar at a UCI TT championship. Details here.
  • 42:30 the psychological effects of an ice mouth rinse vs actual ingestion
  • 46:15 cooling strategies using ice cubes
  • 48:30 the psychological benefits of agency
  • 50:15 heat adaptation training: critical component is time at a high core temperature
  • 55:00 training quality prioritized over heat training!
  • 56:30 non-responders to heat adaptation training
  • 58:00 hot conditions demand changes to race plans!

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