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ORIGINAL ARTICLE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL MEDICINE
The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2021 January;61(1):109-16
DOI: 10.23736/S0022-4707.20.11091-0
Copyright © 2020 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA
language: English
Testing traditions in cycling: newspapers are effective thermal insulators during simulated downhill cycling
Harry BEAL 1, Stuart GOODALL 2, Akash MODHWADIA 3, Martin J. BARWOOD 1 ✉
1 Department of Sport, Health and Nutrition, Leeds Trinity University, Horsforth, UK; 2 Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK; 3 Department of Sport Science and Medicine, MK Dons Football Club, Milton Keynes, UK
BACKGROUND: Cycling downhill accelerates heat loss and requires lower work rates leading to cold discomfort. Historically, cyclists have behaviorally thermoregulated prior to cycling downhill by inserting newspapers into their jerseys. Yet, there is no experimental data to support such a method showing improvements in thermal perception and profile; we hypothesized it would.
METHODS: Two cohorts (N.=8 each) of male participants completed two main trials each involving 30-minutes simulated uphill cycling (65% VO
RESULTS: After uphill cycling thermal and perceptual profiles were similar. In study 1, only TC was transiently improved 1-minute after newspaper insertion. In study 2, T
CONCLUSIONS: Thermal perception and profile during downhill cycling was improved by inserting two newspapers but not one newspaper into the jersey, supporting our hypothesis.
KEY WORDS: Sports; Exercise; Bicycling