Summer stops some from working out

Summer seems to be a time when many people seem to quit their normal exercise plans. Exercise is not something you just go out and do; it is something you have prepare yourself for mentally and physically. A few reason people might give up on their exercise plans over the summer is that they are not in their normal routine with going on vacations and spending time outdoors not exercising. It is also about the time people think that their New Years resolutions are complete. The last and probably the biggest reason might be that during the summer the temperatures get very hot and people don’t want to be to be any more miserable than they are already by working in the heat.

“ I enjoy working out inside on a treadmill, rather than outside because it is to hot,” Alexus Davis said.

There are a number of changes people could make to their workout plans that would keep them out of the heat of the summer. The first change could be that the person runs early in the morning or late at night. Many people find it hard to get up early in the morning or stay up later.

“It is really hard to wake up in the morning early but I know that if don’t do it then I won’t want to do it for the rest of the day either,” Kenny Petre said.

Another way a person might be able to beat the heat is to workout inside. Ole Miss offers the Turner Center to full-time students the ability to use their indoor facility. The Turner Center offers two Olympic size swimming pools; a gym with 120 different machines, freestanding weights, a spinning room, and many classes are offered to help students stay in shape indoors.

“I enjoy going to the Turner Center to workout because I can swim laps or use the weights,” Austin Miller said, “but I would rather run outside because I get to see a lot more places.”

The heat has not been below 95 degrees for the high in over a month and the heat index has broken the 100-degree mark over 20 times.

“ I can’t remember when it has been this hot out in Mississippi for this long,” Steve Whitaker said.

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