Friday 21 June 2013

cool summer

Top 5 tips to stay cool during your summer workout

They were exercising regularly but now it's summer and hot. Sometimes even dangerously hot and apparently too hot to go work out.

But not decide this is the time for a little summer break from fitness experts say because they can hurt themselves in the long run.

It is important that the exercise during the summer because the effects of endurance training are quickly lost when training stops use it or lose it.Most studies suggest many of the major advantages in four to six weeks of inactivity lost.

Be smarter than the heat

Nevertheless one can not simply ignore the heat because you could wrap with heat stress, heat stroke or other problems. So to keep the heat from melting your workout you:

Hydrate. Maintain salt water balance by drinking plenty of fluids (preferably water) before during and after physical activity. Avoid alcoholic and caffeinated beverages.

Exercise smarter not harder. Work out in the cooler hours of the day preferably when the sun's radiation is minimal in the early morning hours or in the early evening hours. Reduce exercise intensity and duration at high temperature or relative humidity. And do not hesitate to take your exercise in with him to the gym the mall or anywhere else where you can get in regular physical activity.

Ease into summer. Treat your body to adapt to partially heat gradually through repeated daily exposure. An increase in the body's circulation and cooling performance called acclimatization usually occurs only four to 14 days.

Dress the part. Minimal amounts of wear clothing to facilitate cooling by evaporation. Remember it's not the sweating cools the body but the evaporation of sweat to the atmosphere. Wear lightweight, light colored clothing in breathable fabrics such as cotton.

Team up. If you can practice with a friend or family member. It is safer and could be more fun.

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