{"id":4090,"date":"2018-01-22T16:51:58","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T05:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thrivetogether.com.au\/?p=4090"},"modified":"2026-08-21T07:25:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T21:25:50","slug":"exercising-safely-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.thrivetogether.com.au\/index.php\/2018\/01\/22\/exercising-safely-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercising Safely in Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exercising safely in Summer requires a bit of though and planning. Summer is generally more appealing to work out, than winter. It&#8217;s also a popular time for people to start a new workout regime.<\/p>\n<p>This time of year can be very hot and the sun can be very intense for outdoor training. So if you aren&#8217;t careful and don&#8217;t plan ahead, you may find your new &#8220;healthy habit&#8221; can do more harm than good.<\/p>\n<h2>Tips to Exercising Safely<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Check the forecast the night before<\/strong>. If the forecast is for hot a hot day, aim to train in the early morning. Even mid-morning can be get too hot. The earlier the better.\n<li><strong>Train in the shade<\/strong>. Avoid training in the direct sun as much as possible. A hat, sunscreen and clothing can stop you burning, but the sun&#8217;s heat can do more damage via heat stroke than you may realise.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Move your training session to a gym or air-conditioned space<\/strong>. If training before it gets hot ins&#8217;t possible, look for an indoor air-conditioned location to train.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.thrivetogether.com.au\/drink-water\/\">Don&#8217;t forget your water<\/a>!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Reduce your work intensity and\/or duration<\/strong>. If it&#8217;s going to be hot and you want\/need to workout outdoors, look after yourself and reduce how hard you push yourself. Working out in the heat places additional stress on your body, so cut it some slack!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maybe skip your usual workout and try some mediation<\/strong> being strong and fit is not just about the physical body. Looking after your self mentally is equally important be balanced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If drinking enough water (2 &#8211; 2.5L) is not currently part of your daily activities, read my post with tips to help you stay <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.thrivetogether.com.au\/drink-water\/\">hydrated<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exercising safely in Summer is an important consideration. Here are some tips on how to do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivetogether.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivetogether.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivetogether.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivetogether.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivetogether.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivetogether.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9359,"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivetogether.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4090\/revisions\/9359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivetogether.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivetogether.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivetogether.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}