Hot weather, what to note when exercising?

Doctor CKI Dinh Tran Ngoc Mai, Department of Nutrition - Dietetics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, answered: Exercising every day is a habit that helps maintain good health, however, when the weather is hot, we should change our exercise habits to avoid dehydration, exhaustion, heatstroke, heatstroke...

Make sure to always provide enough water for your body every day.

When you exercise, your muscles need a full blood flow to keep them moving, so your heart has to work harder. In addition, when it's hot, your heart has to work harder to move blood to the skin's surface, where it cools and returns to be recirculated.

Exercising in hot weather makes it harder for the heart, muscles and lungs to function normally, so it is necessary to ensure the body is adequately hydrated, replenish electrolytes when exercising at high intensity, reduce exercise intensity, change to a covered exercise location, or switch to exercising early in the morning or late in the evening when the heat is less.

Besides, choosing sweat-wicking workout clothes and having a reasonable diet will help your body limit the effects of heat during exercise.

In addition, we need to have a diet full of nutrients; ensure to always provide enough water for the body every day; supplement electrolytes when exercising heavily, sweating a lot; increase foods rich in vitamins such as green vegetables, fruits...

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