While some athletes seek the latest in lightweight apparel, others are turning up the heat on a lucrative market.
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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)."
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A new perspective on contra-indicated exercises.
Ffrom this article, I've learned that in order to be a successful personal trainer, you need to know the history of your client. Whether it's a terminal illness, or physical problems they may have. This will be helpful so you can tell them what to avoid whilst exercising and to prevent further injury.
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The benefit of this has to be balanced with the potential risks:
http://healthland.time.com/2012/06/04/extreme-workouts-when-exercise-does-more-harm-than-good/
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When spring comes, it's not only plants that leap into life.
People pull on their sports gear and get moving, often with too much enthusiasm. Then they come unstuck.
New Plymouth Physiotherapy owner Anita Walsh says her practice sees more preventable injuries in spring than in any other season.
"The injuries people get at this time of year are from moving too fast, too soon."
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How much fluid should runners drink? The health risk of too much water is far greater than dehydration, writes George Winter.
Have you ever used a sweat suit?
If so please share with us if it worked. I'm not convinced.