Exercise safely in summer..
Posted 06-30-2009 at 01:14 PM by connor
Being physically active year round is a positive way to improve health and protect against heart disease, diabetes, obesity and osteoporosis. Physical activity also increases a person's sense of well-being.
Exercising outdoors in warm weather can be refreshing, especially after spending months inside during a long and frigid winter. In the summer months, when it is hot, hazy, and humid, it is important to understand how to safely and effectively exercise in the heat and smog.
Even healthy people should take it easy during extremely high temperatures or high pollution days to avoid medical emergencies, but those with respiratory illnesses, such as asthma, emphysema, and bronchitis or people with heart disease and the elderly must be especially careful,
Overdoing it can lead to heat exhaustion, fatigue, heat cramps or even heat stroke. There are a number of things one can do to avoid heat and smog-related problems while exercising in the summer.
Exercising outdoors in warm weather can be refreshing, especially after spending months inside during a long and frigid winter. In the summer months, when it is hot, hazy, and humid, it is important to understand how to safely and effectively exercise in the heat and smog.
Even healthy people should take it easy during extremely high temperatures or high pollution days to avoid medical emergencies, but those with respiratory illnesses, such as asthma, emphysema, and bronchitis or people with heart disease and the elderly must be especially careful,
Overdoing it can lead to heat exhaustion, fatigue, heat cramps or even heat stroke. There are a number of things one can do to avoid heat and smog-related problems while exercising in the summer.
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