• EXERCISING IN HOT WEATHER PUTS MORE STRESS ON OUR BODY.

• IF WE DON’T TAKE CARE IT WILL LEAD TO SERIOUS ILLNESS.

• AIR TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY INCREASES OUR CORE TEMPERATURE.
• OUR BODY SENDS MORE BLOOD TO CIRCULATE THROUGH OUR SKIN TO COOL ITSELF.
• DUE TO HIGH RATE OF CIRCULATION OUR HEART RATE INCREASES.
• VASODILATION: INCREASES (DIAMETER OF CAPILLARIES) .
• CORE TEMPERATURE: INCREASES.
• SKIN TEMPERATURE: INCREASES.
• FLUID LOSS: INCREASES.
THE HEAT TRANSFER FROM HIGH TO LOW TEMPERATURE AREA.
SOME OF THE TRANSFER METHODS ARE:
• CONDUCTION: DIRECT TRANSFER BY TOUCH.
• CONVENTION: TRANSFER THROUGH A MEDIUM.
• RADIATION: TRANSFER BY MEANS OF SOME WAVES.
• EVAPURATION: TRANSFER BY CHANGE OF FORM FROM
LIQUID TO VAPOUR. (OCCURE COOLING)
WHEN TEMPERATURE INCREASES HYPOTHALAMUS SENDS
SIGNAL TO INCREASE SIZE OF CAPILLARIES, HENCE BLOOD
FLOW INCREASES IN THROUGH THE SKIN.
• HUMIDITY IS THE WATER CONTENT PRESENT IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
• WHEN HUMIDITY INCREASES THEN RATE OF EVAPURATION DECREASES.
• IN KERALA HUMIDITY IS 70% SO RATE OF EVAPURATION WILL BE ONLY 30%.
• MOST COMMON WAY OF HEAT TRASNFER IS EVAPURATION.
• DRINK MORE WATER.
• STAY HYDRATED.
• WEAR CAP OR HATS.
• USE SUNSCREEN TO PROTECT THE SKIN.
• WEAR LOOSE FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING.
• WHEN EXPOSED TO COLD TEMPERATURES, OUR BODY BEGINS TO LOSE HEAT FASTER THAN IT CAN BE
PRODUCED.
• EXERCISING IN COLD INCREASE THE RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA.
• WHEN ITS COLD BLOOD FLOW IS CONCENTTRATED TO OUR BODY’S CORE LEAVING OUR HEAD,HANDS &
FEET VULNERABLE TO FROSTBITE.
• WHILE EXERCISING IN THE COLD ALSO MAKES US DEHYDRATED DUE TO THE HEAVY BREATHING AND
DRYING POWER OF THE WINTER WIND & INCREASED URINE PRODUCTION, THAT CANNOT BE NOTICED
EASILY.
• SLOW REACTION TIME DUE TO COLD NERVES
• HEART CONDITIONS- COLD TEMPERATURES PUT EXTRA STRAIN ON THE HEART.

• ASTHMA- CAN BE TRIGGERED BY COLD AIR RAPIDLY FILLING THE LUNGS AND AIRWAY.

• RAYNAUD’S DISEASE - A CONDITION RESTRICTING BLOOD CIRCULATION TO THE PERIPHERAL PARTS OF

THE BODY THAT CAN LEAD TO AN INCREASED CHANCE OF DEVELOPING HYPOTHERMIA.
THE CONDITION OF HAVING AN ABNORMALLY (typically dangerously) LOW BODY TEMPERATURE
(Body temp falls from 37C to 35C or less)
• CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY THE SKIN TURNING A VERY UN-NATURAL PALE COLOUR AS THERE IS LITTLE OR
NO BLOOD PASSING THROUGH IT. (first affect the nose, ears, cheeks, fingers, toes etc)
• ICE CRYSTALS FORMING INSIDE BODY CELLS AND KILLING THEM IN PROCESSES, SIMILAR MANNER TO
BURNS
• COLD WIND LEADING IN DROPING CORE TEMPERATURE(how much the wind blows that much fast core
temperature goes down)
• STAY WARM.
• HYDRATE PROPERLY
• WEAR PROTECTIVE GEARS (sweater, ear plug, gloves etc).
• PROPER WARM-UP BEFORE STARTING EXERCISES.