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In this blog we will analyse and break down the effect that climate (particularly temperature, humidity and radiation) can play on your distance running performance. Understanding how to choose an …
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Douglas Casa, the chief executive of the Korey Stringer Institute at the University of Connecticut, named for a Minnesota Vikings tackle who died of heat stroke in 2001, said heat stroke is readily treatable with “100 percent survivability.”
“Jordan would have survived if he was treated properly,” Casa said of McNair, the Maryland player.
The onset of heat stroke is almost always preventable, too, Casa said, criticizing what he described as “crazy, ridiculous workouts” that players are subjected to, particularly in the off-season when training sessions are not always vigorously monitored and athletes can be subjected to “needless jeopardy.”
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Some athletes have begun to eschew fluids during hot weather workouts, in hopes that the privation might somehow make them stronger. A new study suggests it doesn’t.
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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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Whether hot yoga is dangerous remains a contentious question. There have been a few alarming incidents reported during and after hot-yoga classes, including the 2016 case of a 35-year-old woman who experienced sudden cardiac arrest during a session. And a 2015 study reported that people's core temperatures during Bikram classes could rise above 39 degrees. But that research was flawed, says Tracy, whose 2014 study showed a maximum core temperate of 38.7, with an average rise to 37.9. The danger zone, he says, begins at 38.9 degrees.