"Warm weather training" - why?

SideWinder · 26 Jan 2015 at 21:28

Thought it would be better to put it in a new thread rather than leave it randomly in the FA Cup one.

Why do teams go for warm weather training in other countries when it's cold here?

Man City did it recently and just reading up about the game tonight and turns out Stoke have also done it last week to prepare for their match tonight.

Surely it's best to train in the cold so you're used to it?

Evo8 · 26 Jan 2015 at 23:36

Celtic done this last week also. I'm not totally sure why, it's maybe just to get away and recharge the batteries and relax and that's easy done in a warm, sunny country. Probably effects a players mood too.

div0 · 27 Jan 2015 at 13:52

Could always google 'warm weather training benefits', but to answer your question specifically, I did come across this:

A study was recently published by the University of Oregon into the athletic benefits of training in hot weather conditions. Specifically, they found that:

Heat acclimation improves the body’s ability to control body temperature, improves sweating and increases blood flow through the skin, and expands blood volume allowing the heart to pump more blood to muscles, organs and the skin as needed.
Interestingly, they found that this hot-weather training had improved the performance of the test group in cold weather conditions by as much as 7% for both the cyclists and runners.

MooMoo444 · 28 Jan 2015 at 14:00

Holiday somewhere warm for the manager ofc.

SideWinder · 1 Feb 2015 at 19:46

Thanks - /thread?

Interesting reading div - cheers!