Tuesday, May 29, 2012

How your body beats the heat


                                     D.C. hit its first 90-degree day of the year on Monday.

Why do those first hot days of the year feel so bad? Because our bodies' best methods of coping with heat haven’t been tested in three seasons. But if you’re slogging though your work or workout now, you are already starting the process of acclimatization, which will make you better able to withstand heat all summer. These changes can happen in as little as two weeks, according to Lawrence Armstrong, a bioenergetics expert who has studied heat’s effect on the body since 1982.

How your body beats the heat. 

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