{"id":9101,"date":"2024-07-06T09:01:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T09:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=9101"},"modified":"2024-07-06T09:23:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T09:23:23","slug":"how-olympians-prepare-for-extreme-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=9101","title":{"rendered":"How Olympians Prepare for Extreme Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sauna training, frozen balloons and \u201cmarshmallow suits\u201d help athletes manage extreme temperatures.<\/p>\n

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The Tokyo Olympics<\/a> in 2021 were the hottest in history. But the Paris Games could soon edge them out for the title.<\/p>\n

A June report<\/a> highlighted the potential health risks for athletes competing in extreme heat at this year\u2019s Games. According to the report, which was published by the British Association for Sustainable Sport and the Australian environmental organization Frontrunners, the average temperatures during July and August in Paris have increased by an average of more than 5.5 degrees Fahrenheit since the Olympics were last held in Paris, in 1924.<\/p>\n

Training for the Olympics is now as much about athletes\u2019 ability to handle the heat as it is about strength and speed. That\u2019s especially true for endurance events like the marathon, race walk and triathlon, where many competitors will compete for hours without breaks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best way a person can prepare is acclimatization,\u201d said Dr. Carolyn Broderick, the medical director of the Australian Olympic team at the Paris Olympics. \u201cBut that involves training in the heat \u2014 not just being in the heat,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It can take two to three weeks of heat training to fully adjust, Dr. Broderick said, but some of the effects can be seen in the first seven days. At that point, athletes should notice a lower sweating threshold and a lower heart rate for the same level of exertion.<\/p>\n

In the final weeks of preparation before the Games, here\u2019s how athletes are structuring their heat-training plans.<\/p>\n

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Sauna training, frozen balloons and \u201cmarshmallow suits\u201d help athletes manage extreme temperatures.The Tokyo Olympics in 2021 were the hottest in history. But the Paris Games could soon edge them out for the title.A June report highlighted the potential health risks for athletes competing in extreme heat at this year\u2019s Games. According to the report, which was published by the British Association for Sustainable Sport and the Australian environmental organization Frontrunners, the average temperatures during July and August in Paris have increased by an average of more than 5.5 degrees Fahrenheit since the Olympics were last held in Paris, in 1924.Training for the Olympics is now as much about athletes\u2019 ability to handle the heat as it is about strength and speed. That\u2019s especially true for endurance events like the marathon, race walk and triathlon, where many competitors will compete for hours without breaks.\u201cThe best way a person can prepare is acclimatization,\u201d said Dr. Carolyn Broderick, the medical director of the Australian Olympic team at the Paris Olympics. \u201cBut that involves training in the heat \u2014 not just being in the heat,\u201d she said.It can take two to three weeks of heat training to fully adjust, Dr. Broderick said, but some of the effects can be seen in the first seven days. At that point, athletes should notice a lower sweating threshold and a lower heart rate for the same level of exertion.In the final weeks of preparation before the Games, here\u2019s how athletes are structuring their heat-training plans.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9103,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9101"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9104,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9101\/revisions\/9104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}