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Wednesday, July 12, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Fit For
Sisters
Andrew Luscutoff
Columnist
Beat the heat!
Sisters residents have
long awaited the day when it
was truly hot in Sisters. The
day has arrived.
Whether your activities
bring you to the golf course,
the trails, or sets you to pad-
dling a lake, consider these
tips to be cool under the sun.
As activity increases, the
body begins producing heat
as a byproduct of energy
usage. This heat needs to be
removed from the body, or
you will overheat and not be
able to continue.
Perspiration or sweating
does the trick; sweat glands
open up and fluid is secreted
onto our skin. The fluid
evaporates off our skin, and
this vapor brings some of the
heat with it. It is a heat trans-
fer from your body to the air.
How much someone
sweats is also a factor. The
more acclimated someone
is to hot weather, the more
they’ll sweat. The body gets
more efficient in order to
release more heat. Someone
exercising for the first time
of the season may not sweat
as much; thus they’ll over-
heat more quickly.
It is important to remem-
ber that losing too much
fluid through sweat can be
a problem. Not only is water
lost but also sodium. If our
body fluid levels fall too
low, symptoms of heat stroke
appear. In extreme cases, the
kidneys will begin to shut
down. In extra-hot weather,
it is advised to replace eight
to 16 ounces of fluid every
half hour with an addition of
some sodium (common in all
sports drinks).
How can exercise and
activity in the hot weather
be improved? Until recently,
the main goal of heat man-
agement was to strive to cool
the body. This can be using
ice towels, cooling shirts,
cold drinks etc. These are
effective in the short term,
but they are only going
to provide treatment of
the symptoms.
N o w, a c c o r d -
ing to research by the
University of Brighton
in England, there is
some clarity on what
really works well for
heat acclimation.
Two different
groups were studied, exer-
cising in a very warm and
humid lab under different
circumstances. One group
“pre-cooled” their body with
ice, while the other used a
warm tub to prime their body
for the upcoming exercise
bout. They then exercised
once in normal temperatures
and once again in temps at 99
degrees.
They then ran 5k on
treadmills and were scored
against their control time.
Interestingly the group with
the pre-heating was slightly
better, showing that someone
can prime the body to hot
workouts by exposing one-
self to the heat first.
The other group, with ice
cooling, also did better, but
the results were varying and
not as pronounced.
The practical implication
is “fooling” the body prior to
warm exercise by making it
think it’s cool might not be
as effective as attempting to
adapt the body to heat will
be more effective. If a warm
shower prior to a workout is
feasible, it may improve heat
tolerance.
As the days warm
up, here are some other
considerations:
• Shorten exercise time.
• Avoid direct sunlight
and seek out shade.
• Adjust workouts to ear-
lier in the day (the body and
air are cooler at this point).
• Drink plenty of cool
fluids.
If you are exercising
in the heat and feel dizzy,
nauseous, or cramped-up,
a break in the shade is war-
ranted. Allow the body to
cool before starting again, or
if symptoms don’t subside,
cease activity.
OTELLO: Shakespeare
will hit the big
screen in Sisters
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become foes in this dark
drama.
Musically, Verdi draws
upon Shakespeare’s harrow-
ing text to create a score that
carries heart-thumping inten-
sity and the results are thrill-
ing: from the violent storm
that opens the opera to Iago’s
blood-chilling Credo and
Otello’s increasingly desper-
ate duets with Desdemona.
Stylistically simple with slid-
ing walls and shifting scenes
by Boris Kudlika, the cast
exudes Elizabethan glamour
in their contemporary cos-
tumes by Kaspar Glaner.
“After Cosi Fan Tutte and
Il Trovatore last year, it was
tough to come up with an
encore, but Jonas Kaufmann
is the biggest name in opera
today and this is an another
amazing production from
the Royal Opera House,”
said Drew Kaza, owner of
Sisters Movie House. “We
are pleased to be able to bring
such world-class culture to
Central Oregon at a fraction
PHOTO BY CATHERINE ASHMORE
Jonas Kaufmann as Otello.
of the cost of seeing it in
person.”
Sisters Movie House
“Summer Sunday Series”
featured a John Coltrane
documentary in June and will
wrap up in August with a dig-
itally re-mastered re-release
of “Monterey Pop” to coin-
cide with the 50th anniver-
sary of the iconic music festi-
val from 1967’s “Summer of
Love.”
A lab
of lov or
e
s
Siste e r d!
Own
“Peter is a perfectionist
and master of his trade. He worked
tirelessly on our carpets until they were
immaculately clean. His work is top-notch
and we’ll definitely have him back.”
— Donna and Paul Lipscomb
Sunset Serenades are Back!
541-549-6471
35 Years Experience | Peter Herman, Owner
Sunday, July 16 at 7 p.m.
— Lino & Friends —
Classical guitar with a generous
serving of Latin spice!
FREE concert on the patio!
Come early to pick a great seat and
dinner
with friends.
enjoy di
i
541-549-3663
541-549-4653
— Golf —
presents
A
L k
www.AspenLakes.com
— Brand 33 Restaurant —
Saturday, July 15, 2017 • 10 am to 3 pm
Along East Main Avenue in Sisters
Classic car show for models up to 1989.
Enjoy music, raffl e prizes, awards and mor e!
Contact SPRD for information or to register, 541-549-2091
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