Training in the Summer Heat

Summer is here!  With extreme temperatures and humidity, it is important to take a minute and recognize what this means to the body during training. Extreme temperatures, hot or cold, have absolute influences on the body, especially during training of elevated intensity levels. "During exercise in the heat, skin competes with the active muscles for more of the limited cardiac output. A well-orchestrated series of cardiovascular adjustments takes place to shunt blood away from nonessential regions to the skin to aid in heat dissipation" (Wilmore, Costill, & Kenney, 2008, p. 263). The physiology behind body temperature regulation is quite extensive. The extreme temperatures of summer...(to read more please subscribe here if you are not a subscriber or go to this link if you are!)