The Heat Beat

Setting Individual Readiness Thresholds: Personalized Heat Monitoring for Every Athlete

One-size-fits-all thresholds don't work for heat management. Learn how to set, adjust, and refine personalized readiness thresholds based on each athlete's unique heat response.

Pre-Cooling Strategies: Getting Response-Ready Before Practice

Pre-cooling lowers your baseline core temperature before activity, extending your thermal runway. Learn evidence-based methods and how to measure their effectiveness.

Understanding Your Runway: Predictive Insights for Heat Readiness

Runway is how much thermal capacity your athlete has left before reaching their performance ceiling. Learn how predictive heat monitoring gives coaches time to adjust before performance drops.

Heat Acclimation Timelines: Understanding Your Athlete’s Individual Adaptation Journey

Heat acclimation isn’t a fixed schedule—it’s an individual progression shaped by workload, conditioning, hydration, and environment. This guide explains how athletes adapt at different rates and ho...

Pre-Season Heat Readiness Assessment: Building Athlete Baselines

Pre-season is the best time to establish individualized heat readiness baselines. By standardizing drills and capturing vital trends—core temperature, skin temperature, and heart rate—coaches can t...

Individualized Hydration: Why Every Athlete’s Heat Response Is Different

Every athlete’s heat response—and hydration need—is unique. Learn how individualized hydration powered by real-time vitals helps coaches and teams manage heat, optimize recovery, and maintain perfo...

Heat Acclimation: How to Build Your Heat Response

Heat acclimation is the gradual process of building heat-response capacity through repeated exposure. This guide explains how adaptation works, what to track (core and skin temperature, heart rate)...