This New Training Is Why Pros Are Faster Than Ever. So We Tried It Too.

What if you could boost your performance by up to 5%—without spending hours on extra training or breaking the bank? In our latest video, we dive into heat training! We speak to experts in the field and get to the bottom of why this training method is so popular among the pros! To find out if heat training is really a game-changer or just a gimmick, Conor put it to the test himself! Is this approach really the new miracle for improved cycling performance? 👀🔥

00:00 Is heat training worth it?
00:48 What is heat training?
01:54 What are the benefits of heat training?
04:32 Time to put it to the test!
06:26 How are the pros using heat training for a performance edge?
11:11 Why is heat training so popular & what should sessions look like?
13:50 Last heat training session!
16:09 Final FTP test, results & reflections

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[gcn]

Do you think the improvement in performance from heat training is worth it?

[adamgosztolai]

I would like to see the rectal temperature as a feature on Strava.

[antonkesy]

I always do heat training. Because my indoor setup just has not enough cooling ...

[SomeoneOnUtube]

The military has been on to this for decades. We called this getting poor man's altitude training, especially in the hot and humid environments. When you then go to less humid areas you would not overheat as quickly and your endurance would feel much better. Our 3 mile run times were much faster. I averaged two to three minutes faster, because I was able to maintain speed and not cook myself. In fact, Runner's magazine published an article, circa 2012, suggesting to run steady 5ks for training in the summer and save the interval training and long runs for winter to see improvement in pace and endurance.

[CycleXplorer]

Looking forward to the new Wahoo Rectal Themoetrer that connects to zwift and shows everyone your core temp alongside your w/kg.

[Deepak]

In India, every day is heat training day

[NigelPCrane]

36C and high humidity. Sounds like a normal day in Singapore!!

[Biggsy]

Thanks for not showing Conor using a rectal thermometer! 🤣

[ru]

Just tried my first session.

I live in a tropical country and temperature in my room was 32c and 90% humidity when i did it. No fan, big jacket, door and windows closed, 45-minute session. The first 15-20 minutes was ok. After 20 minutes, things were getting harder every minute. Had to stop for a drink a few times. After 30 minutes, HELL. Struggled to hold even 55% of FTP although heart rate was still around mid zone 2. Struggled to breath with nose and felt almost like bonking.

Drank around 2.8l of water and 700ml of isotonic drink. Harder than those vo2max training by GCN training. Beyond brutal.

[pbanders]

I live in North Scottsdale in Arizona. McNulty is out there every day he's in the US, putting in 4 to 6 hours in the summer, with temps over 100 F for the last couple hours of his ride. He usually is doing structured workouts, e.g., over/unders, block intervals, etc. with peak efforts near 500 W. Just before the Vuelta, he did a ride with over/unders where one of them finished at the top of a climb (2.7 mi, 360' gain) near me. He took the KOM from Ryan Bailie, elite triathlete, who held it for 6 years, 24.3 mph and 442W. He wasn't even trying to do this. I'm not surprised he won the Giro opening TT.

[billmccaffrey]

I heat train for 8 months every year here in south central Texas. Learning how to hydrate and keep your electrolyte balance is something you learn from an early age. It can be 35C at 80% humidity at 8:00am increasing up to over 40C by 2:00pm. Heat exhaustion is a real concern just doing yard/garden work. Back in the day Lance Armstrong trained here every summer.

[nagasako]

I live in Hawaii. Avg speed rider here. Hawaii is year long 90% humidity 32C. When I traveled to cold climate country, noticed I suddenly have no shortage of energy and faster than locals. Best proof, North African riders are starting to excel in TDF too.

[Jmullane]

It’s 95F+ in my garage most of the summer in the Ca Central Valley. It’s punishing and I think of indoor training as torture. My work makes it an evil necessity. I’ve always known there was a benefit to it. Thank you for providing this confirmation of it. Acclimatizing to heat, if nothing, else trains the body to cool efficiently.

[challacustica]

I always do heat training. I live in a desert and the cooler temperatures are mid 20-30s most of the year with at least a third of the year in the 40-50 range.
Glad I've been doing miracle training all along.

[crbondur]

I live in the South in the US. Our temps in the summertime generally hover around 37-38C, so every ride is a 'heat training' ride. :)

[Frostbiker]

If the thermometer has a proper flared base a saddle may become unnecessary.

[rsybuchanan]

When I was in Scouting, our leader, Mr. Yost, always made us cook these foil packet dinners where we just bunged some meat and two veg into a little foil envelope, which we tossed directly on the fire.

That memory just kept coming back to mind while watching Conor baste in his own juices (for science).

[aaronli]

In Florida we just call that training.

[gpersonaltrainer]

Remco Evenepoel starts his day with this type of training. You can watch his video: "A day in the life on the road to my recovery". During this turbotrainer session, he has to hit a body temperature of 38.5 degrees (Celsius).

[fiddleronthebike]

of course it needs a bit more of experience and studies to proof the effects, but interesting. And I find it… funny how people are defending 1000 € ceramic bearings and 5000 € aero frames which make them 0.? % faster but say a bit uncomfortable training for 5 % or even 10 % is not worth it…😎