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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/how-to-avoid-heat-related-injuries-in-the-hot-summer-sun/">How to avoid heat related injuries in the hot summer sun</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted July 11, 2007 at 12:25 PM by Zola Jones</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Q: What steps can an individual take to avoid heat injury when exercising in a hot environment? A: A potential health hazard of exercising in warm weather exercise is heat injury.A key point to remember is that anyone who exercises in a hot environment is susceptible to heat injury. In the excessively warm and often humid conditions that frequently occur in the summer and early fall, heat stress can be a real threat for individuals who engage in aerobic-type exercise activities - either outdoors or indoors in facilities without air conditioning. Individuals exercising in a warm, humid environment should adhere to five relatively basic guidelines to avoid heat injury. 1) First, make sure that they are adequately hydrated. This can be accomplished by consuming copious amounts of fluid (just short of feeling fully bloated) thirty minutes before exercise,…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/how-to-avoid-heat-related-injuries-in-the-hot-summer-sun/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/how-to-avoid-heat-related-injuries-in-the-hot-summer-sun/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/how-to-avoid-heat-related-injuries-in-the-hot-summer-sun/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/how-to-avoid-heat-related-injuries-in-the-hot-summer-sun/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-fitness/">her-fitness</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-nutrition/">her-nutrition</a><br /><br /> </P>