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Heat Acclimatization
- Heat acclimatization, or adaptation, is the single most important thing you can do to avoid dehydration problems during the BP MS 150.
- It takes 10-14 days of daily heat exposure, while exercising, to acclimatize.
- Your level of acclimatization can be affected by the number of heat exposures per week, the number and type of training sessions and the increase in core temperature during the sessions.
- Benefits can be received not only from riding outdoors but also from other outdoors activities such as running, walking and even working in the yard.
- Acclimatization induces positive physiological responses such as decreased heart rate, core temperature and skin temperature during exercise. Read more on other scientifically documented physiological responses by reviewing the Acclimatization pdf.
- Heat acclimatization may vanish after only a few days of inactivity in the heat.
- Although beneficial for cycling fitness for the BP MS 150, indoor spinning classes will not help with acclimatization.
- Drinking an excess of dietary water and electrolytes will not speed up the process of acclimatization.
- Lack of acclimatization can lead to dehydration issues. Read more on proper hydration.
