How Post-Run Heat Exposure Can Mimic High Altitude Training

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How Post-Run Heat Exposure Can Mimic High Altitude Training

Run Long Run Healthy

42 minutes 18 seconds

6 months ago

How Post-Run Heat Exposure Can Mimic High Altitude Training

In today's episode, Thomas and Brady discuss altitude training, heat training, cross-adaptation...and how hot baths and saunas AFTER your run can mimic the benefits of altitude training.The paper:Heat to hypoxia cross-adaptation: Effects of 6-week post-exercise hot-water immersion on exercise performance in acute hypoxiaLink to paper:https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/EP092726Run Long Run Healthy is brought to you by Marathon Handbook.➡ https://marathonhandbook.comSubscribe to the Run Long Run Healthy podcast:➡ Spotify: https://bit.ly/RLRH-spotify➡ Apple podcasts: apple.co/43iqUKxGet the RLRH weekly newsletter (choose free or paid):➡ https://marathonhandbook.com/run-long-run-healthy/➡ https://runlongrunhealthy.substack.com/Follow us online:BRADY ON X ➡ https://x.com/B_Holmer/PHYSIOLOGICALLY SPEAKING (Brady's Newsletter) ➡ https://www.physiologicallyspeaking.com/MARATHON HANDBOOK IG ➡ https://instagram.com/marathon.handbook00:00 Introducing post-exercise hot water immersion 01:50 Altitude training, how it works and practicalities10:20 Heat training14:34 The study - hot water immersion post exercise23:20 hot water immersion post-exercise or at other times24:18 Will hot baths slow recovery?28:00 how Brady uses a sauna for post-exercise heat exposure31:30 Sauna vs hot baths - afterglow32:30 Infrared sauna blankets?35:18 How heat and humidity outdoors can help