Whether you're running, cycling or swimming, bad workout habits could leave you vulnerable to colds, flu, stomach bugs or skin infections.
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Whether you're running, cycling or swimming, bad workout habits could leave you vulnerable to colds, flu, stomach bugs or skin infections.
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Doctors are shocked by how quickly this season's flu is striking down the young and healthy. Last year, Amanda Nix was doing Tough Mudder, but a few weeks ago she was struck down with the infection, blacking out in an emergency ward as it took hold.
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Exercising when sick with the flu won’t make you better, but it could make your illness much worse. Here's what you should do instead.
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Heatstroke is a medical emergency and often kills. But there are many processes in the body that occur between being exposed to heat and ending up in the ED – and warning signs to look out for too.
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It seems obvious that a game should be suspended if it's too hot to play, but it's not as easy as implementing a maximum temperature.
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Banning two-a-day summer practices in high schools could help minimize the danger.
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While some athletes seek the latest in lightweight apparel, others are turning up the heat on a lucrative market.
I'm concerned about this trend, it reminds me of the rubber suits that people used to run in to 'lose weight'. While the thermic affect MAY help weight loss, there is a real danger of hyperthermia (heat stroke illness/injury - the body overheating).
We sweat to lose heat from our exercising muscles. If the sweat can't evaporate then we can overheat and get a heat illness, collapse and at the worst extreme, die. I've always said, when running races in Australia you have two enemys, the battle for the race itself and the battle to lose heat. I leave this argument with two quotes from Brahams.
“The rubber suits worn by many people to lose weight are potentially dangerous and have resulted in death from heat stroke.” Brahams 1988
"Three of the deaths were the consequence of attempts at rapid weight loss by extreme fasting and exercise (e.g., exercise wearing a rubber suit and sweat suit which led to hyperthermia)."
Have you ever used a sweat suit?
If so please share with us if it worked. I'm not convinced.
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Elite athletes who cross more than five timezones to compete, double their risk of illness, suggests a BMJ study.
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You’re not feeling your best. Should you exercise when sick or sit this one out? How to make the call.
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Has a cold or flu brought your exercise routine to a sneezing, sniffling halt? Personal trainer Andrew Cate looks at when it's safe to stride out, and when it's best to rest.