How To Beat The Heat, Olympian-Style

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🗓️ 14 August 2024

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Over the next week, forecasts project extreme heat across much of the South, Midwest and parts of the West. So, this episode, health correspondent Pien Huang helps us take heat training cues from Olympians, many of whom spent weeks preparing for a sweltering Paris Olympics, by training in the heat to get their bodies used to hot, humid weather. But heat training is not just for competitive athletes. It's recommended for people in the military and those who work outdoors in hot weather — and it could even be useful for generally healthy members of the public. Plus, we get into some important caveats about who is best positioned to heat train — and why doing so doesn't minimize the problems of a warming climate.

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0:25.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:30.0	Hey Shortwavers, Rachel Carlson here.
0:33.0	Usually I am a shortwave producer, but today I'm a host.
0:38.0	And I don't know if it's just me paying, but this summer has felt so, sweaty not just you so sweaty.
0:45.7	Okay good because I'm feeling kind of self-conscious about it but I also know it's not just me.
0:51.3	Meteorologists say the summer is on track to be one of the hottest on record.
0:56.2	And thanks to climate change, heat waves are more frequent and intense.
1:00.0	But what if I told you that if you are a generally healthy person you can actually train your body to better manage the heat?
1:07.5	Ping, this is exactly the kind of health reporting I want to hear.
1:11.5	Thanks for bringing your expertise as a health
1:13.4	correspondent on the science desk. You know Rachel I draw from the best like our dear
1:18.5	recently departed Olympics the International Olympic Committee actually recommended that athletes heat train
1:24.8	in preparation for the Paris Summer Olympics, so you know, this is tried and tested by the
1:29.6	greatest of all time.
1:30.9	I love the sound of this already. Okay but big caveat a lot of us are not
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