Table 1.

Examples of heat-acclimatization strategies

	Objective	Duration	Period	Content	Environment
Pre-/in-season training camp	Enhance/boost the training stimulus	1–2 weeks	Pre-season or in-season	Regular or additional training (75–90 min/day) to increase body temperature and induce profuse sweating	Natural or artificial heat stress
Target competition preparatory camp	Optimize future re-acclimatization and evaluate individual responses in the heat	2 weeks	1 month before competing in the heat	Regular or additional training, simulated competition, and heat response test	Equivalent to or more stressful than target competition
Target competition final camp	Optimize performance in the heat	1–2 weeks, depending on results of preparatory camp	Just before the competition	Pre-competition training	Same as competition