Summer weather is no excuse to “chill out” indefinitely in your air-conditioned family room. The guideline still applies: Get 60 minutes of moderate activity every day if you can.
In the summer heat, try air-conditioned action, such as indoor mall walking or inside home improvement projects. Enjoy summertime sports such as swimming, bicycling, tennis, canoeing, or in-line skating.
Active outdoor leisure can include early-morning or late-afternoon walks, nature hikes, playing with your kids in the sprinkler. And remember outdoor chores, like gardening and car, bike, or dog washing.
For safety’s sake in hot, steamy weather:
- Dress for it. Wear a hat to shade your head and light-colored, light-weight, loose-fitting clothes.
- Stay hydrated. Drink plenty of fluids. Even when you swim, you sweat.
- Go easy. Wait until later in the day if the heat, humidity, and air quality are potentially dangerous.
- Wear sunscreen.
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