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Published on: March 15, 2019
No effect of moderate hypohydration or hyperthermia on anaerobic exercise performance
Samuel N Cheuvront1, Robert Carter, Emily M Haymes
1U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA 01760, USA. Samuel.cheuvront@na.amedd.army.mil
Purpose:
This study examined the effects of hypohydration and moderate hyperthermia (core temperature elevation) on anaerobic exercise performance in a temperate environment.
Methods:
Eight active males completed two passive heat exposure trials (180 min, 45 degrees C, 50% rh) with (EUH) and without (HYP) fluid replacement. A single 15-s Wingate anaerobic test (WAnT) was used to assess anaerobic performance (peak power, mean power, and fatigue index) before (-180 min) and again at three time points after passive heat exposure to include immediately (0 min), 30 min, and 60 min after in a temperate environment (22 degrees C). Rectal temperature (Tc) was measured throughout the experiment.
Results:
HYP reduced body mass (2.7+/-0.7%) (P<0.05) but had no effect on any WAnT performance measure. Passive heat exposure elicited moderate hyperthermia in both trials (EUH: 0.6 degrees C; HYP: 1.0 degrees C) and returned to baseline within 30-60 min following similar decay curves. HYP Tc remained higher (0.4 degrees C) than EUH throughout testing (P<0.05), but moderate hyperthermia itself produced no independent effect on anaerobic exercise performance in either trial.
Conclusions:
This study demonstrates that neither moderate HYP nor the moderate hyperthermia accompanying HYP by passive heat exposure affect anaerobic exercise performance in a temperate environment.
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