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Precooling With Crushed Ice: As Effective as Heat Acclimation at Improving Cycling Time-Trial Performance in the Heat.

Updated Oct 16, 2026

Human researchInternational journal of sports physiology and performance2018Read the source on PubMed

From the closing abstract passage

“Precooling with ice ingestion offers an alternative method of improving endurance-cycling performance in hot conditions if heat acclimation cannot be attained.”

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PubMed 28605253
Indexed subjects
Body Temperature · Perception · Ice · Acclimatization · Oxygen Consumption
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2026-10-16

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