sweat suits

heffordvtr

ive seen these being used by boxers on tv and was wondering if they could be used for training on turbos/rollers.

anyone ever tried it. would you recommend it.

any reasons why you couldnt do it.

Down the Road

No reason except you sweat like mad anyway and losing weight this way is short term and only lasts until you drink

There are no shortcuts

Mike Willcox

Blimey 30 minutes of riding on the rollers/turbo wearing a sweatsuit deserves a medal.

Also a hat with nutter written on it.

Cyrenne

A pair of bib shorts and socks constitutes a 'sweat' suit when on the turbo.

Slightly o/t but a well known rider/coach once said he liked to sweat the fat off on mild days by wearing his thermal bib tights. "You can see how the veins stick out so much further when you get home" or words to that effect......

MartinL

Didn't Sean Yates train in a wet suit :shock:

Alex_Simmons/RST

heffordvtr wrote:

ive seen these being used by boxers on tv and was wondering if they could be used for training on turbos/rollers.

anyone ever tried it. would you recommend it.

any reasons why you couldnt do it.

No

No

The evaporation of sweat is a mechanism used by the body to regulate our body temperature when we exercise/get hot. By preventing this cooling from happening, a rider risks letting their internal temperature rise (hyperthermia) and this leads to sub-optimal performance.

Hyperthermia reduces exercise performance by
i. an increased perception of fatigue (extra cardiac strain and you feel bloody hot and want to stop);
ii. time to fatigue is shortened; and
iii. metabolism is shifted from aerobic to anaerobic systems, depleting muscle and liver glycogen stores more rapidly.

Also, the rate of sweating (litres/hr) is typically much higher than (double) the rate the stomach can release fluid into the body, so you're also on the way to dehydration faster and that also results in significant performance reduction.

There are plenty of studies to show these effects in trained cyclists.

Alex_Simmons/RST

Having said all that, if you are planning on riding/racing in hot conditions, then there are things you can do to aid acclimatisation and reduce the negative performance impacts.