When taking on summer exercise outdoors, we need to be aware of the increase in heat and humidity.

I love the heat, especially when Minnesota only gets a few months of it! It is easy to forget to replenish our bodies when it does get hot and humid outside, but it is super important to make hydration apart of your routine.

Typically, our bodies are warmer than the environment. When that begins to change, our muscles regulate heat by releasing sweat, which allows the body to cool itself. But when the body is sweating, it’s losing fluid. That is where heat exhaustion and heat stroke, happen. It is dangerous side effects of overdoing summer exercise, come when the body can no longer sustain the pace, the heat, the humidity, or the loss of fluid. The body cools off by sweating, and if you remain hydrated, the body can cool itself off. But if not properly hydrated we can become dehydrated, then the problems start. For more information on this topic click the episode and let me know what you think!

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