Here's a thread for the ladies to discuss anything that relates to women and swimming. For example, feel free to discuss how disgustingly ugly fastskins are, how the "curse" can kill a meet, how suits don't fit, how swimming wrecks your hair, how hormones unhinge you, etc.
So this is an endorsement of bikram yoga then? :)
Yes, I suppose it is. I came across some reference in an ex phys journal article that made mention of how a significant part of the training effect is simply getting better at dealing with heat. You don't usually think of sports like swimming or cross country skiing as "hot", but if you've ever gotten out of the pool, or off the snow, and continued to sweat for the next hour, you know your body is overheated from the internal muscle contractions.
It would be interesting to see if bikram yoga would have a positive effect on swimming. I suspect it would not be terribly important for sprints, but it could really affect long distance stuff of the sort Andre mentioned.
You would think hot yoga would be more effective than passive sauna exposure. But then again, a lot of what seems intuitively correct is not always so.
More study needed!
Interesting, I heat up when I do longer swims & my performance is effected by my ability to keep cool. I noticed on longer swims my full B70 held more heat. I also prefer to work out with out a cap.
I thought it would be interesting to throw a bunch of ice in the pool to keep the water in the resting section cooler
Our pool is often too warm for comfort--84 or 85 degrees. It's particularly onerous of distance days. The only consolation I have managed to give myself is that perhaps this is forcing more heat adaptation to occur, and when I get to race in more hospitable temperatures, I will benefit. But who knows?
They used to think training at altitude was an advantage. Now it's known that this may help some blood changes that should theoretically be beneficial, but you can't work out hard enough at altitude to get other, and arguably more important, changes associated with being in peak condition.
So this is an endorsement of bikram yoga then? :)
Yes, I suppose it is. I came across some reference in an ex phys journal article that made mention of how a significant part of the training effect is simply getting better at dealing with heat. You don't usually think of sports like swimming or cross country skiing as "hot", but if you've ever gotten out of the pool, or off the snow, and continued to sweat for the next hour, you know your body is overheated from the internal muscle contractions.
It would be interesting to see if bikram yoga would have a positive effect on swimming. I suspect it would not be terribly important for sprints, but it could really affect long distance stuff of the sort Andre mentioned.
You would think hot yoga would be more effective than passive sauna exposure. But then again, a lot of what seems intuitively correct is not always so.
More study needed!
Interesting, I heat up when I do longer swims & my performance is effected by my ability to keep cool. I noticed on longer swims my full B70 held more heat. I also prefer to work out with out a cap.
I thought it would be interesting to throw a bunch of ice in the pool to keep the water in the resting section cooler
Our pool is often too warm for comfort--84 or 85 degrees. It's particularly onerous of distance days. The only consolation I have managed to give myself is that perhaps this is forcing more heat adaptation to occur, and when I get to race in more hospitable temperatures, I will benefit. But who knows?
They used to think training at altitude was an advantage. Now it's known that this may help some blood changes that should theoretically be beneficial, but you can't work out hard enough at altitude to get other, and arguably more important, changes associated with being in peak condition.
