Thomas, C. M., Pierzga, J. M., & Kenney, W. L. (1998). Resistance training does not improve the skin blood flow response to exercise in the heat. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 30(5), Supplement abstract 1610.

Young male adults (N = 7) exercised on a cycle ergometer for one hour at 60% VO2max at 36 degrees Celsius prior to and following 16 weeks of supervised resistance training.

VO2max was not affected by the resistance training nor were there any alterations in vascular responses to exercising in the heat. An aerobic stimulus sufficient to increase VO2max appears to be necessary for improvements in heat response to occur.

Implication. Resistance training does not facilitate exercising in the heat.

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