Athletes Should Prepare For Heat Of Summer Now

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -  One of the main problems we see in sports and competition for high school, college and sometimes even the professional leagues is that athletes late in the summer who are performing at these camps over do it or are put in the situation where they over do it in temperatures that are excessive.

Clearly, sports medicine experts and coaches alike are much more aware now of the potential dangers and they have to make sure that athletes are not put in these situations and that they hydrate appropriately.

In addition to that, studies are now showing that if athletes begin their workouts early in the summer and continue to stay in condition and acclimate themselves to the warm weather they can do much better in those late summer months. Of course, you want supervision or guidance in those early workouts as well.

Reported by Dr. Brian McDonough, KYW Newsradio