Seeing as that time will sadly be soon upon us, thought I would post a link to this article.
`In other words, heat acclimation doesn't just make you better at dealing with heat; it makes you better, period.`
* As for the old `drink to thirst` versus `always drinking` debate -
`One of the key signals that tells your body to adapt may be dehydration. So if you do the heat acclimation but are super-careful to stay hydrated, you miss out on the benefits.` In the New Zealand study, the athletes were allowed 100 mL of water during the 90-minute bouts -- enough to stave of the feeling of being super-dehydrated, but not enough to stay hydrated.
`In other words, heat acclimation doesn't just make you better at dealing with heat; it makes you better, period.`
* As for the old `drink to thirst` versus `always drinking` debate -
`One of the key signals that tells your body to adapt may be dehydration. So if you do the heat acclimation but are super-careful to stay hydrated, you miss out on the benefits.` In the New Zealand study, the athletes were allowed 100 mL of water during the 90-minute bouts -- enough to stave of the feeling of being super-dehydrated, but not enough to stay hydrated.