It is always recommended before a sports activity to take special care of our entire body, since it is only our work weapon, at the same time that the main objective of a work plan is precisely that: take care of the body and achieve benefits at. However, there are plots that we take care of more than others, and one of the great forgotten ones is our scalp . Do you take care of your hair when doing sports?
The hair suffers with you
You may not give it too much importance, but let's do some balance. If there is an area that stores and collects a greater percentage of sweat, that is our head and in large part it is due to the scalp and how it stores sweat . I get, in outdoor sports, is the main receiver of ultraviolet rays, or when swimming with chlorine or sea salt. For this reason, special care must be taken.
Experts say that the common thing is that 15% of our hair falls out continuously as a result of change. What does this mean? Well, 15% of the scalp will end up in the comb in the morning as another 15% grows. However, those same experts warn that a continued physical exercise together with little care for the hair end up leading to the percentage going up, and even the ghost of alopecia to appear .
We do not want you to end up having a sculpted body but you have lost a lot of hair along the way, so we are going to offer you some advice depending on the activity you do, and some general to take care of and strengthen your mane.
The hat in the pool, always
We start with water as they will be one of the activities that make our head suffer the most. From mere swimming to surfing or water polo , the exposure of our heads to water is total and its remedies are more than necessary.
Focusing on the pool, the hat will be your best ally . Not only because in most swimming pools it is mandatory to avoid hair loss in the water, but also because it will be the perfect parapet for chlorine , sea water if you are on the beach or in the sun directly. They recommend that if you are going to spend more than half an hour in the water, put it on yes or yes, although we see it convenient to broaden the matter, and always assume its use.
Along with this, washing the hair when you get home will be an obligation, at the same time that you rinse your hair with fresh water at the end of the activity to eliminate much of the chlorine. To finish closing the circle, there are masks ready to be used before putting on the hat, which will be interesting to study. If you are not convinced, a use of a basic mask once a week also nourishes the hair and never hurts.
Runner, take care of the sun
We go with the runners and by extensible all kinds of outdoor athletes. On this occasion, the agents that can create problems for your hair multiply, since the sun is joined by cold, humidity, heat, wind … In short, a series of factors that require some measures of prior care.
As in the swimming pool we recommended the hat, for running a hat in summer and a hat in winter will be recommended to protect you from the sun and avoid excessive sweating on the head. As a counterpoint, if cycling is your thing, the helmet can be a great enemy of your hair. After a route, do not hesitate to wash your hair thoroughly and apply a mask to recover nutrients.
Finally, it will always be beneficial to wear your hair up . Not only for the convenience of removing hairs from the face or covering the back, but it also allows to avoid tangles and malformations that will later end up causing one more hair to fall out. A cap and gathered hair will be the perfect formula for your run.
In the gym you are lucky
Finally you have to offer some kind of advice for gyms and all the routines given in a closed room. On these occasions you will sweat equally everywhere, and sweat will be the only enemy.
In this way, the only advice is that the rear shower has a hair wash , which can be replaced at home. Why? Because washing your hair excessively is not good either. Take your conditioner or mask to the gym, apply it and don't wash at home again. With a daily wash, it is enough and we avoid losing shine.
