Showing posts with label cooling collars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cooling collars. Show all posts

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.