According to a couple of Stanford biologists, the hands serve as our natural radiators. As we exert ourselves physically, overheated blood rushes from the body’s core to the skin of the hands, where heat can be rapidly dissipated.

They’ve developed a special cooling glove that uses a slight vacuum to pull blood to the hands even faster, resulting in more cooling.

The cooler the core, the more blood can be used to feed energy starved muscles - which leads to increased athletic performance.

The device is called “The Glove” and is from Avacore. (As far as I know, they are not related to the diet drug by the same name.)

The San Francisco Chronicle just ran a story about the 49ers using it during a recent football game.

There’s also a YouTube video showing a weight lifter extolling the gadget.

Tried this? Has it made a difference? Leave a comment and let us know.