The effect of ice slurry ingestion on intermittent activity and a run to exhaustion in the heat

Ice slurry ingestion does not enhance self‐paced intermittent exercise in the heat

“…This may be a result of the pre‐cooling technique used or the method of assessing intermittent exercise performance. High‐intensity activity has been measured using the speed to cover pre‐defined distances (Duffield & Marino, ; Minnett et al., ), sprint ability on cycle ergometers and monitoring changes in power output (Duffield et al., ), as well as intermittent exercise until exhaustion at pre‐defined speeds which correspond to a fixed percentage of starting O 2max (Jackson & Gerrett ). While self‐paced intermittent protocols are difficult to conduct in a controlled laboratory setting, the reliability of using non‐motorised treadmills to assess self‐paced intermittent exercise has recently been confirmed (Tofari et al., ).…”