A pre-exercise cold shower significantly lowered exercise heart rate and recovery oxygen uptake compared to a hot shower, exercise warm-up, or rest.
Do pre-exercise conditions (cold shower, hot shower, exercise warm-up) affect heart rate and oxygen uptake during exercise and recovery compared to rest?
A pre-exercise cold shower significantly lowers exercise heart rate and recovery oxygen uptake compared to hot shower, warm-up, or rest.
Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of four pre-exercise conditions—cold shower, hot shower, exercise warm-up, and rest—on heart rate and oxygen uptake. Five subjects rode a bicycle ergometer at 1080 kgm/min. for 5 min. Heart rate and O2 uptake during exercise and recovery were measured. Exercise heart rate and recovery oxygen uptake were found to be significantly lower after a cold shower than after the other conditions. There was a significant interaction between subjects and pre-exercise conditions on recovery heart rate.
Falls et al. (Fri,) reported a other. Cold shower, hot shower, and exercise warm-up vs. Rest was evaluated on Heart rate and oxygen uptake during exercise and recovery. A pre-exercise cold shower significantly lowered exercise heart rate and recovery oxygen uptake compared to a hot shower, exercise warm-up, or rest.
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