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How to dump heat
When you get hot and tired while you are exercising on a hot and humid day, take regular breaks to dump internal body heat by grasping on...


Like hydration for your core temp
There's nothing magical about dumping heat. From a standpoint of science, you are just helping your body pull heat out of the body faster...


Heat acclimatization tips
One of the best strategies to deal with heat, especially if you know you will be exposed to heat for weeks or months ahead, is to get...


Study of cases of high school exertional heat stroke
HS football coaches/athletic trainers: we're in it-- right here, right now! study link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1941...


Why are we just doing the same things and expecting different results?
Soccer teams keeping their subs in the locker room DURING a game due to the heat.. MLB players being helped off the field and puking...


Nobody is immune to heat stress
Cramping in the heat is one of the first symptoms of heat illnesses. Combine hot/humid conditions with physical activity, and core temp...


Think of body temperature like hydration
When prepping for hot conditions, most sports teams feel like they've checked the box if they have a cold immersion tub for their...


If your body is 98.6, why does it feel hot when it's 98.6 outside?
If our internal temperature is usually around 98.6°, why does a 98.6° day feel so hot? Well, with all the processes it takes to stay...


What heat dumping does for you
Let's be crystal clear: people use heat dumping for several distinct purposes. By reducing the excessive heat building up in the body,...


What most athletes get wrong about cooling the body down
The benefits of cooling come from BEING cooler, not FEELING cooler. There is a difference! "You're putting ice on you briefly during a...


What's the point?
The body is an amazingly complex system. It works constantly to maintain a very narrow band of internal temperatures to keep operating...


I'm getting verklempt!
What DOESN'T get enough attention is the role of post-warm up core temp as a predictor of in-game fatigue. When you look at studies on...


Crazy stats from exertional heat stress in football
97% or 100% of anything over a 20-year period seems like overwhelming data. But for something as serious as heat-related deaths, I hope...


Stay in your body's temperature sweet spot
Think of your core body temperature-- from baseline to overheated-- as a spectrum, with different consequences/symptoms (like cramping,...


Should this even be posted?
We are hesitant to even include statements like these, but some previous findings of the benefits of heat dumping generate hard-to-fathom...


Meet the strongest man you'll ever see
Calling everyone interested in heat dumping in the Denver area! NICE Recovery is coming to show off the ROCC near you! Come meet the 4x...


Heat kills performance
The big takeaway about heat dumping? High internal body temperature shuts off the flow of energy to muscles, making athletes in hot/humid...


Cooling off the pros
When Novak Djokovic recently used a palm cooling technique during changeovers at a hot Miami tournament, many observers were confused...


Icing vs heat dumping
When people refer to heat dumping as palm cooling (as many people have in the past, and- quite frankly- still do), there's still...
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