Health and Fitness

What happens when things get really sport hot?

1 – Lark or Owl?

Adapt your schedule to practice physical exercise early in the morning or late afternoon, avoiding peak sunlight hours, ie from 12 to 16h, when more perpendicular sunlight reaching Earth’s surface and are therefore most damaging.

2 – Lighten your clothes.

Bring summer clothes in light colors, light and breathable fabrics and cuts net.

3 – Protect your head.

Do not forget a hat or visor to keep the head from overheating. Now there are models for praticar ultralight sport. If the heat is too intense you can put between the head and cap a damp cloth or wet hair go and cap when you drink.

4 – Drink before and during.

In efforts lasting more than 30 ‘keep in mind drink water before, during and after exercise. You can find several SYSTEMS to bring water into your workouts as belts or backpacks with water drums.

5 – Plan your route.

In outdoor trips of long duration can follow paths that pass near sources, but make sure before they are not dry or bad condiciones.Por if any, has provided a pool of water.

6 – Move to the dark side.

If possible for tours in shade or at least where the end of the training is more airy and less sunny.

7 – Do not be a “masochist”.

As much as you want, avoid exercising when the ambient temperature exceeds 35 degrees and relative humidity exceeds 60%.

8 – Say no. Avoid alcoholic beverages

(Dehydrated and contain many calories contributing to rising body heat) and caffeinated drinks (stimulate the body and have a diuretic effect promoting water loss).

9 – Eye with drugs.

Antihistamines and antidepressants can accelerate the dehydration process. Beware of the oral anti-inflammatory because they can affect the kidney, especially if you’re exercising more than an hour.

10 – When the wind blows.

On windy days it is easy to trust because the body temperature does not rise easily, but do not forget that dehydration occurs more rapidly because the wind favors the rapid evaporation of sweat.

Ultraviolet rays affect the hair fiber in three ways. In the surface layer oxidized lipid (fat) that protects the hair, which becomes dry, rough and dull. Without external protection, UV attack then the intercellular cement that is among the scales capillaries, weakening the hair and making it porous. When the ultraviolet get into the hair cortex (the inner middle layer), oxidized keratin (hair protein), getting hair breakage, split ends or discolor.

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Water is his other great enemy, as the attacks multiply wet hair from the sun, dehydration promotes the degradation of melanin and discoloration, and alters the keratin causing the hair is fragile and brittle. Sea salt also promotes dehydration and, along with the sand, causing irritation to the scalp. The chlorine in pools and depigmented hair dyes fade, leading to result in greenish blond and pink dyed in mahogany.

All this happens because the hair, unlike skin, is an inert material and does not own defenses to all these agents and also lacks regenerative properties, so that once damage has been caused is very difficult to reverse the process. That is why the best way to maintain healthy hair in summer is prevention and the use of treatments that protect specific solar before, during and after exposure.

It should wash your hair after swimming in the sea or the pool with a post-sun shampoo to remove all traces of salt, chlorine, sand and apply a suitable conditioner to hair type and your specific needs. As time of frequent washing, do not need shampooing your hair twice or rubbing vigorously to prevent excessive loss of fat. However, it should be rinsed with water to remove any traces of cosmetics, salt or sand.