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Five weeks of heat training increases haemoglobin mass in elite cyclists

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What is the central question of this study? Do haemoglobin mass and red blood cell volume increase in elite cyclists training in a hot environment compared to a control group… Click to show full abstract

What is the central question of this study? Do haemoglobin mass and red blood cell volume increase in elite cyclists training in a hot environment compared to a control group training at normal temperature? What is the main finding and its importance? Five weeks of heat training increases haemoglobin mass in elite cyclists. There are small to intermediate effect sizes for exercise parameters favouring heat training.

Keywords: elite cyclists; haemoglobin mass; heat training

Journal Title: Experimental Physiology
Year Published: 2020

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