Heat stress from the environment can be detrimental to sporting performance, challenging the limits of the human cardiovascular system, temperature regulation and altering body fluid balance (Samuel et al., 2010). Human temperature regulation is at the forefront of maintaining core body temperature and has the ability to do this over a narrow range even with […]
Exercising in exceedingly high temperatures puts significant physiological strain on the body and can markedly impair prolonged physical performance and accelerate time to fatigue (Cheuvront, Kenefick, Montain, & Sawka, 2010). The opening games of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil are imminent with expected temperatures of 30°C and humidity levels reaching 75%. Furthermore, these high […]