You can't turn on the air conditioner when practicing yoga in summer

The temperature is rising and the sun is shining outside. People are beginning to shy away from some outdoor sports and immediately think of the air conditioner at home. But it doesn't matter. The scorching heat doesn't bother sisters who love sports. They can also exercise at home. Practicing yoga is a good choice.

In summer, because the body's qi and blood are relatively smooth and the limbs are relatively stretched, practicing yoga at this time is not only easy, but the body after being fully stretched will become more relaxed and comfortable. Especially for friends with arthritis, some targeted yoga exercises in the summer will help the cold and blood stasis in the body to be expelled from the body in a timely manner, which will have unexpected effects on relieving damaged joints.

But in summer, not only is it hot outside, but it is also not cool inside. Coupled with the fact that I practice a set of yoga poses, I am sweating profusely, making it even more hot. Therefore, many friends who practice yoga have come up with a solution: practice yoga with the air conditioner on at home. Wouldn't it be nice to practice yoga comfortably while blowing the cool air conditioning wind? Is this really the case?

Experts tell yoga enthusiasts not to turn on the air conditioner when practicing yoga at home in summer.

Experts say that practicing yoga while blowing air in front of the air conditioner makes you sick

Many friends like to practice yoga while blowing air against the air conditioner or fan wind while practicing yoga. Coach Li pointed out that this is very dangerous. Not only does it not exercise the body, it is also easy to catch a cold.

This is because when we practice yoga, it is easy to sweat. When we sweat, our body pores will open. What happens when the air conditioner wind or fan wind blows to our body? Everyone must know that athletes cannot blow cold air or drink a lot of cold water immediately after strenuous exercise and sweating, because the pores of athletes are in a completely open state at this time. Between the "inside" and "outside" of the human body, the original various protective "barriers" are "disarmed" in order to give priority to heat dissipation. Therefore, if the cold air blows fiercely at this time, the cold air will penetrate directly into the body. It causes rapid "cold contraction" phenomenon in various tissues and organs of the human body, resulting in various discomfort.

In addition, the pores have a strong filtering effect, when sweating, the filtering effect almost disappears, and those bacteria and viruses that rely on the wind to spread, just take this opportunity to drill into the human body to make trouble. The same reason, when you sweat, blowing air conditioning wind or fan wind practice yoga, air conditioning moisture cold will enter the body along the pores, it is easy to cause your muscles or joints sore, a careless may also catch a cold.

Turn on the air conditioner, but keep a certain distance from the air conditioner and practice yoga, okay?

It is not good to practice while blowing air into the air conditioner, but the weather is so hot. Control the temperature of the indoor air conditioner within the range of 24-27 degrees Celsius to make the human body comfortable, and keep a certain distance from the air conditioner to prevent the wind from blowing directly on the body. Practice yoga is okay?

Coach Li told us that it was not impossible, but the effect of practicing yoga would be greatly reduced and it would be detrimental to our health.

We know that yoga is a form of aerobic exercise. The so-called aerobic exercise refers to physical exercise that the human body conducts when there is a sufficient supply of oxygen. Therefore, practicing yoga must be carried out in an environment with sufficient oxygen. In particular, deep breathing in yoga requires practitioners to inhale large amounts of oxygen and fresh air during practice. Usually when we use air conditioners, we have to close doors and windows in order to save energy. Over time, the indoor air will be dirty and we cannot provide enough oxygen to ensure that we practice yoga.

Moreover, the temperature of the exercise room is controlled at 24 to 27 degrees Celsius, so that the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor is large. Although people feel comfortable when exercising indoors, it hinders the perspiration from the sweat glands of the human body and the dissipation of heat energy. The slow down of the operation of the conduction system will also have a certain impact on the human body. On the contrary, yoga exercise is carried out in an environment where there is no large temperature difference between indoor and outdoor. As long as the amount of exercise is not excessive and the water is replenished in a timely and sufficient manner, it will not have much impact on the functional loss of the human body.

Turn on the air conditioner first, and when the temperature in the room drops, turn off the air conditioner before starting to practice, is it okay?

Turning on the air conditioner to practice yoga will not work, but it is also a fact that the heat is hard to stop, so some yoga netizens came up with a clever idea: turn on the air conditioner first, and when the indoor temperature drops, turn off the air conditioner before starting practicing.

In theory, it is feasible, but we know that after turning on the air conditioner first to lower the temperature, if you want to maintain the indoor temperature, you must still close the doors and windows. Closing doors and windows will cause indoor air to lack circulation, which can also cause difficulty breathing for yoga practitioners. (Editor in charge: Jiang Gang)