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CLIMATE-WISE EXERCISE PROJECT
Shaping the Future of Exercise in a Warming World
Shaping the Future of Exercise in a Warming World
Have you noticed how your regular running route feels harder on hot days? Or how your usual workout leaves you more exhausted during summer? You're not alone. As our climate changes, we need to adapt how we stay active - but current fitness apps and training programs haven't caught up with this new reality.
Our warming world isn't just changing the environment - it's transforming how our bodies respond to exercise. When you exercise in heat, your body faces a double challenge: managing the stress from the workout itself while also trying to keep cool. Yet most fitness technology treats every day the same, regardless of the temperature outside.
The HeatBeat project, a collaboration between the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital Health and Prevention (LBI-DHP), Paracelsus Medical University (PMU), and the Paris Lodron University Salzburg (PLUS) - Mobility Lab, studies how environmental heat affects exercise performance. We combine multiple aspects of exercise science: physiological monitoring, environmental factors, and contextual elements. Our research focuses on real-world exercise situations, not just laboratory conditions, because we know that's where the real challenge lies. In addition to this project, LBI DHP, PLUS, and PMU collaborate on other climate change-related research initiatives, such as KlimaFIT.
Our research examines the relationship between heat stress and exercise to develop better activity guidelines for warmer conditions. These findings can also enhance digital health applications, enabling them to provide personalized, heat-adapted exercise recommendations. By integrating environmental data and individual responses, future fitness technology can help people stay active safely, even as temperatures rise.
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By participating in this study, you're contributing to research that will help shape how we exercise in a changing climate. Together, we can find better ways to keep people exercising safely and confidently, regardless of the temperature outside.
For any questions about the study, please reach out to us at:
rania.islambouli@dhp.lbg.ac.at