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Kruk. В., Szczypaczewska M., Opaszowski В., Kaciuba Uściłko H., Nazar K. Thermoregulatory and metabolic responses to repeated bouts of prolonged cycle-ergometer exercise in man. Acta Physiol. Pol., Changes in body temperature, oxygen uptake (VO₂ ), heart rate (HR), sweating rate and plasma osmolality were examined in 10 human subjects, performing four successive 30 min exercise-bouts of the same intensity (50% VO₂ max) separated by 30 min rest periods. In spite of the rest intervals and replacement of body fluid loss there was a progressive increase in VO₂ . HR, rectal (Tre) and mean body (Tb) temperatures in consecutive exercise bouts. The thermoregulatory efficiency showed an increasing tendency, and a delay in the sweating response at the beginning of each exercise was shortened. It is concluded that a drift in metabolic and temperature responses to exercise, reported throughout a long-term continuous work, occurs also in the euhydrated subjects performing a prolonged intermittent exercise. It is not caused by an impaired thermoregulation during exercise but rather by insufficient restitution of metabolic processes during rest intervals.