Summer is a time when people have more time to do exercises, which helps to improve physical and mental health. Summer cycling is a good choice for people as it can be beneficial in health and entertainment. However, due to the hot weather, cycling outside is really an extreme for many people. When going under hot temperature, it not only makes us easy to lose strength, but also contains risks to your health. Here are some tips that you must to know to protect yourself when cycling in hot weather.
Pick a good time in a day
The first thing you can do is to adjust the cycling time in a day. Summer is the best time to practice especially in the morning and at night. If you pick early morning time to do exercises (before 6am), you can avoid the bright sunlight and the heat. Choosing to cycle at night is another reasonable time since you could feel fresh in the air, and there will be wind and no heat or sunlight affecting your skin and health.
Drink water and electrolyte water
Water is essentially important to body health. When cycling, you should bring a bottle of water with you all the times, even when cycling in short distances. To optimize the efficiency of drinking water, you should drink every 15 – 20 minutes and take sips rather than taking too much at once. Drinking water regularly helps meet the metabolic needs of the body. However, you should avoid drinking too much cold water at once, as it is easy to cause cramps that prevent you from continuing your journey.
Protect your skin
Do not forget to protect your skin from the effects of solar radiation is the UVA, UVB rays. It’s common when almost of cyclist often rush out of the house to practice, forget to put on sunscreen; and then their skin is burned out with red dot after coming home after few hours. We recommend you to search for a suitable sunscreen that is water resistant so it will not wash off by sweat or sudden rain. In addition, you should pay attention to the sun protection index such as PA++.
Use dark clothes
Choosing the suitable outfit will help you to become more comfortable in exercising. Dark clothing will absorb sunlight and will not affect the skin. Almost people will mistakenly think in the opposite way. Absorbing the heat of dark clothes will make you feel a little bit hot but your skin will be less damage. In addition, you should get yourself a cycling outfit with sweat-absorbing properties to keep the body in dry state. Using hat to protect your face from sunburn under intense sunlight.
Above are helpful sharing that everyone must know to get better cycling experience in the summer. Like and subscribe Asama social media site to regularly update the latest products as well as information about knowledge, practice experiences and promotions!