Seattle Times: What Happens to Athletes Bodies in the cold.

[Jangler]

No shrinkage? That's kinda weird.

[MadHatter]

1 hour ago, VerticalThreat said:

Good graphic, but something I wonder: are these effects based on the normal human being and they're applying it to football or I wonder if they take into account the fact that a professional athlete's body functions at a different level physiologically than ours. Not to say the won't feet effects of extended time in the extreme cold just curious how a world class athlete's body reacts and if they took that into account.

A person's body reacts that same to the cold.....there is no magical difference between an athlete and a non-athlete.  Your body is the same core temperature and loses said heat (and dexterity, reaction time, etc) the same.

It is the same logic about someone being intoxicated.  Some people say one person can't hold their liquor as well as another.  However, if you take two people of the same weight and they drink the same amount.....they will have nearly identical blood alcohol content and reaction time degradation.

 

 

[Khyber53]

Here's a look at the five coldest games played so far in the NFL:

 

http://www.dailynorseman.com/2016/1/6/10725718/the-5-coldest-nfl-playoff-games-ever-played-facts-and-analysis

 

January 10, 1982, -59F windchill, Riverfront Stadium, AFC Championship Game, Bengals vs. Chargers, "The Freezer Bowl"

The 12-4 Bengals(4.5 point favorites) beat the 10-6 Chargers in that game 27-7.   This was the Air Coryell offense behind Dan Fouts vs. the Bengal offense behind Ken Anderson.  The Bengals got off to a 10 point lead in the first quarter, and basically never looked back.  There were 5 turnovers in the game, 4 by the Chargers.

 

 

[PandaPancake]

2 hours ago, Moorgan said:

I was always taught that body heat loss through the head was much higher than 10%. Growing up I remember being told it was like 70% and that's why you needed to wear a hat.

Yeah and they used to say sex positions would give you the gender you wanted.

 

http://m.livescience.com/34411-body-heat-loss-head.html

[ThPantherFan]

Everyone is conditioned to play in the cold.....well, maybe or maybe not.  I like the cold.

[Wyank]

1 hour ago, blackcat said:

Word on the street is that they'll be serving Starbucks instead of Gatorade on the Seattle sidelines.  Sorry, no link.

 

Are there no health issues to worry about when mixing large doses of Adderall and large doses of caffeine? 

[Moorgan]

35 minutes ago, osd22 said:

That is one of those myths that somehow survive for generations. 

I had no idea. Mind...blown.

[PandaPancake]

2 minutes ago, Wyank said:

Are there no health issues to worry about when mixing large doses of Adderall and large doses of caffeine? 

Is feeling awesome a health issue?

[osd22]

2 minutes ago, Moorgan said:

I had no idea. Mind...blown.

Nope. And they don`t keep the Champaign fresh either...

[nosuchthingasapanther]

all that scientific stuff goes against the fact that training/playing in the cold feels fuging awesome.

[Wyank]

16 minutes ago, PandaPancake said:

Is feeling awesome a health issue?

I'm just wondering at what point it feels like your heart is going to explode.

[L-TownCat]

I read an article the other day about the old Minnesota coach Budd Grant, he never allowed sleeves, gloves or heaters on the sideline.  Said that while the opponents were focussed on the cold and standing by the heaters, his guys were up watching the game ready to go.

His FB on cold days would walk onto the field no sleeves or socks and sit down in front of the visitors, pick his scabs off and smear the blood on his white uniform.

Dudes were fuggin crazy back then!

[PandaPancake]

24 minutes ago, Wyank said:

I'm just wondering at what point it feels like your heart is going to explode.

Human heart can explode in only one condition and that is trauma or injury due to any external element to the heart. The main aortic vessel from the heart can burst either due to injury or due to extreme hypertension in narrowing of the vessel.

Read more: http://www.justanswer.com/medical/1z4u5-human-heart-explode-yes-conditions.html#ixzz3wfm3b96s

[PandaPancake]

1 minute ago, 15 said:

lol you guys want the seahawks to lose so badly. 

And you want to be relevant.

 

What's your point?