Environment Training

Looking for some advice and resources regarding exercise in a extreme environment, such as the heat of the of the Sahara or the cold of the Antarctic.

The thing is myself and another family member have the chance, to take part in a charity event, which is going to include walking and running in very cold parts of the world, alpine skiing run in Svalbard etc!

The human body must adapt in order to survive in environments where extreme temperatures are experienced and it is my duty to develop our guidelines for training and participation.

Thanks

This isn't really my area of expertise.

There are quite a few good org's out there that you can talk to regarding this, there's information about readily available as they don't like their competitors getting into trouble.

This might help a little more than the generic info I would supply here.

Drew Price BSc MAppSc R.Nutr. CSCS
Sports Nutritionist and S&C coach
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a place you may want to ask this question is on ukclimbing.com many on that forum have trained in extreme temperatures

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some new PB's 17 August 2008

From the triathlon bods I know, there's faking it at home and adapting onsite.

Faking it at home means trying to reproduce the environment - not all at once, build up to it - and the case I can remember was using a gym sauna to fake somewhere ridiculously hot like Death Valley.
You obviously have to be very careful of heat exhaustion doing this!

Cold-water swimmers have been known to ply up and down the Scottish lochs in speedos, bless their loony selves.

Acclimatisation onsite means getting there as early as possible and then training in the race environment for real.  Budget is the key limiting factor: this is standard for pros, but can be challenging for a normal human budget!

www.ravenfamily.org/andyg/training