Saturday, July 2, 2011

Cooling Collars Help in the Heat!

Cooling the surface of the neck improves time-trial performance in a hot environment without altering physiological or neuroendocrinological responsesThe maintenance of a lower neck temperature via the replacement of a CC has no additional benefit to an acute cooling intervention.

-Neck Cooling And Running Performance In The Heat: Single Versus Repeated Application.


MY COMMENT:  I'm not familiar with neck cooling devices but check out http://www.coolcollars.net/.  Note that cooling the neck has no effect on core temperature or other variables. 

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