Keep Cool During Hot-Weather Exercise with Precooling and a Water Dump
But only when cold water was poured over their heads did the volunteers report feeling blessedly cooler than in the other exercise session. They also said that the workout felt noticeably easier, and their skin temperatures were lower than in other sessions.
That said, dumping water on your head doesn't improve performance. It simply makes the heat more tolerable so you actually finish your workout. Just remember to actually drink a bit of that water too.
Now if you use a Phase Change Cooling Vest or a Liquid Circulatory Cooling undergarment as a precooling technique, you improve your endurance in hot weather exercise by nearly 20-30 percent, because you are maintaining your core temperature. Plus the cooling of the 14-15C temperature Phase Change Cooling Vests and Liquid Circulatory undergarments actually remain for more than an hour, thus your performance increases as well in the hot weather. Not to mention you burn more calories this way too!
Another important factor to be considered is the cooling down work out, where you can utilize the cooling products to get your vitals back to norm and quickly return to a safe body core temperature.
So, keep yourself cool, fresh and safe....use your Personal Cooling system/devices to maintain a safe body core temperature at all times!
Image above: Courtesy of CoolShirt Systems - Orthopedic Cooling Therapy after work out.