What are the precautions after exercising in summer?

The hot summer is a good time for exercise. Every girl hopes to lose weight successfully in the summer. Not only will she look good in clothes, but a good figure will also highlight her unique temperament. In addition to running, swimming, jogging, yoga and other exercise methods, we must also pay attention to some things after exercise. Many people suffer from muscle strain because they do not rest well after exercise. So what are the precautions after exercise in summer?

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(1) It is not advisable to stop and rest immediately:

During strenuous exercise, blood is mostly concentrated in the limb muscles. Due to the strong contraction of the limb muscles, a large amount of venous blood will quickly flow back to the heart, and the heart will then send the nutritious arterial blood to the whole body, and the blood circulation will be extremely fast.

If you stop to rest right after strenuous exercise, a large amount of venous blood in your limbs will accumulate in the veins, causing the heart to be deprived of blood. The brain will also experience symptoms of hypoxia such as dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and shock due to insufficient blood supply from the heart. Therefore, you should do some relaxation and adjustment activities after just finishing strenuous exercise.

For example, after a long run, gradually change to jogging, walk a few steps, rub your legs, and take a few deep breaths. This can slowly calm down the rapid blood circulation, help clear lactic acid from the muscles and eliminate fatigue.

(II) It is not advisable to drink a lot of water immediately:

If you drink too much water at one time due to thirst after strenuous exercise, the salt content in the blood will decrease. When it is hot, we sweat a lot, which makes it easier to lose salt, and lower the cellular osmotic pressure, leading to an imbalance in sodium metabolism and phenomena such as muscle cramps. Because the gastrointestinal tract has less blood and poor function during strenuous exercise, its ability to absorb water is weak.

Excess water penetrates into cells and intercellular matrix. The brain tissue is fixed in the hard skull. The swelling of brain cells can cause high cerebral blood pressure, resulting in symptoms of water poisoning such as headache, vomiting, drowsiness, blurred vision, and slow heart rate.

If you drink too much water at one time, your stomach and intestines will feel uncomfortable and bloated. If you lie down to rest, the diaphragm will be squeezed, affecting your cardiopulmonary activity. Therefore, even if you feel thirsty after strenuous exercise, you should not drink too much water at one time. You should drink water in small amounts multiple times.

(III) Do not take a cold shower, swim, blow dry or use air conditioning immediately:

Some people, in order to feel momentary pleasure, immediately turn on an electric fan, go into an air-conditioned room or sit in a cool vent to cool off as soon as they finish strenuous exercise. This will take away a lot of body heat, causing the skin temperature to drop too quickly. Through the reflex activity of the nervous system, it will cause the blood vessels in the upper respiratory tract to constrict, the nasal cilia to swing slower, and the local disease resistance to decrease. At this time, the bacteria and viruses parasitic in the respiratory tract will multiply in large numbers.

It is very easy to cause diseases such as colds, flu, tracheitis, etc. Some people go swimming or take a cold water bath immediately after strenuous exercise. Due to the large difference in temperature between the limbs and the water, calf cramps are also likely to occur. Therefore, you should wipe off the sweat after strenuous exercise. It is more appropriate to swim or take a cold bath when the sweat stops.

(IV) It is not advisable to drink beer immediately:

After strenuous exercise, some people drink beer in big gulps as if it were water, which can easily cause a sharp increase in uric acid in the blood and lead to gout.

(V) It is not advisable to eat immediately:

During strenuous exercise, blood is mostly concentrated in the limb muscles and respiratory system, while the digestive organs have relatively less blood and the digestion and absorption capacity is poor. It takes a period of adjustment after exercise before the digestive function can gradually return to normal. Therefore, if you eat immediately after strenuous exercise, you usually don’t enjoy the food and your ability to absorb the nutrients in the food is also poor.

What are the precautions after exercising in summer? Perhaps most people know that you need to drink water before exercise, but everyone does not know what are the taboos after exercise. First of all, we must pay attention to that you cannot drink alcohol, beverages, or drink water quickly after exercise. After exercise, the body's blood circulates rapidly. If you eat cold things at this time, it is easy to cause gout or gastrointestinal dysfunction.