Episode 320
Episode 320 is an Expert Edition featuring Chris Blomfield-Brown sharing around Thermoregulation in Sport.
Chris Blomfield-Brown is the Performance and Technology Lead at Core Body Temperature, manufacturing devices to help athletes of all levels measure their core body temperature and through thermo regulation science achieve their physical best.
These devices made by core body temperature are being used extensively within the ranks of the world cycling peloton. Chris outlines many athletes and teams and Federation’s leading into Tokyo 2020 were using the devices to assist the athletes with their heat acclimation strategies.
In this episode Chris discusses physiology and the role of thermo regulation within sports, how we can monitor our core body temperature and why it matters, the relationship between warming up, losing power and decrement in performance, and the concept of thermal load and how we can all apply it to our training to optimise outcomes.
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“We should perform, we should train with temperature in mind”
“Thermo regulation is another stress system that we need to optimize for performance”
“Too much thermo stress can be bad”
“Be aware of your temperature” – Best advice
“Try one week of heat training and see if you get that adaptation” – Physical Challenge
Website: @corebodytemp
Twitter:@corebodytemp
Facebook: @corebodytemp
00:00 Start
03:17 The Evolution of Core Body Temperature Measurement and Thermo regulation Technology
05:00 The benefit of monitoring core body temperature
09:05 Chris explains energy transfer concept
18:00 Examples of heat training to try and improve the vascular coordination
26:08 Practical ways to go about heat training
32:20 How often an athlete would need to do a Heat Ramp Test
34:12 How often an athlete would need to undertake heat training
37:38 How Chris sees the future of Monitoring Technology with high performance
41:25 Racing Strategies
48:30 Aero vs Cooling
53:22 The Core Temp Device
57:20 Best Advice
58:35 Physical Challenge
1:04:10 Finish
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