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Tips To Stay Cool When Exercising This Summer

• Plan ahead and workout in the morning to avoid exercise during the hottest times of they day, which is between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
• Avoid exercise if the temperature and humidity are in the "high risk" category of the Heat Stress Index, or the temperature is 90 degree F or higher.
• Wear lose fitting, light colored mesh or dry-fit clothing to allow for the evaporation of sweat.
• Drink 1 - 2 cups of fluid one hour before exercise.
• Twenty to thirty minutes prior to exercise, drink 8 ounce of fluid.
• After every ten to fifteen minutes of exercise, drink 4 to 8 ounces of fluid.
• Within thirty minutes into your exercise session, drink an additional 8 ounces of fluid.
• After your exercise session, replace water losses by drinking 2 cups for every one pound of body weight lost during that exercise session.

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