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    This document provides guidelines for personal safety when participating in moderate to vigorous dance activities. It outlines four key factors to consider: knowledge and awareness of your ability and limitations, environmental conditions, state of mind, and avoiding overexertion or dehydration. Specific safety precautions are given for fluid replacement, recognizing signs of hyperthermia or hypothermia, exercising in heat or cold weather, and tips for warming up, cooling down, and stretching.

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    Personal Safety Protocol

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    This document provides guidelines for personal safety when participating in moderate to vigorous dance activities. It outlines four key factors to consider: knowledge and awareness of your ability and limitations, environmental conditions, state of mind, and avoiding overexertion or dehydration. Specific safety precautions are given for fluid replacement, recognizing signs of hyperthermia or hypothermia, exercising in heat or cold weather, and tips for warming up, cooling down, and stretching.

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    This document provides guidelines for personal safety when participating in moderate to vigorous dance activities. It outlines four key factors to consider: knowledge and awareness of your ability and limitations, environmental conditions, state of mind, and avoiding overexertion or dehydration. Specific safety precautions are given for fluid replacement, recognizing signs of hyperthermia or hypothermia, exercising in heat or cold weather, and tips for warming up, cooling down, and stretching.

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    Personal Safety Protocol

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    This document provides guidelines for personal safety when participating in moderate to vigorous dance activities. It outlines four key factors to consider: knowledge and awareness of your ability and limitations, environmental conditions, state of mind, and avoiding overexertion or dehydration. Specific safety precautions are given for fluid replacement, recognizing signs of hyperthermia or hypothermia, exercising in heat or cold weather, and tips for warming up, cooling down, and stretching.

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    Personal Safety Protocol During Refers to the detrimental cause of excessive

    training. Some athletes often push too hard


    Moderate-Vigorous Dance Activities in their pursuit of high-level performance.
    (MVDA) Participation
    Safety Precautions
     Decrease the total number of sets or
    Four Factors in Creating your Personal Safety exercises or both.
    Protocol  Need to pace your workout properly
    to avoid uninterested or bored.
     Knowledge and Awareness
     Ability  Hyperthermia
     Environmental Conditions  An alarming rise in body temperature,
     State of Mind which an effect of exercising a very
    Conditions to avoid humid environment. (normal body
    temperature - 36.5-37.5 degrees
     Dehydration Celcius)
    Excessive loss of water from the body,  Lose too much water or if your body
    usually through perspiration or sweating, temperature rises too high, it can cause
    urination, or evaporation. heart disorders such as heat
    exhaustion or heat stroke.
     Sweating - on a normal day, the
    body loses about 2.5 liters of water.
    (urine, feces, perspiration) Tips when exercising in the Heat/ Hot weather

     Thirst - a sensation of dryness in the  Slow down exercise and add rest breaks to
    mouth and throat associated with a maintain the prescribed target heart rate. As
    desire for liquids. you become acclimatized you can gradually
    increase intensity and duration.
    Safety Precautions  Drink 2 cups of fluids 2 hours before you
    Fluid Replacement begin exercising and drink 4 ounces of fluid
    every 10-15 minutes during exercise (more
     Drink at least 16-20 ounces frequently during biah intensity activities)
    of fluid 2 hours before  Wear clothing that breathes. To allow air to
    exercising. Then drink 8 circulate.
    ounces of fluid 15-30 minutes  Rest frequently in the shade.
    before you start.  Slow down or stop if you begin to feel
     Sip 4-6 ounces of fluid every uncomfortable. Watch for the signs of heat
    15-20 minutes while you disorders. If they occur, act appropriately.
    exercise or any physical
    activity.  Hypothermia
     After the physical Excessively low body temperature,
    activity/exercise, you must characterized by uncontrollable shivering, loss
    drink enough water to replace of coordination, and mental confusion.
    the body fiuid you lost during
    the activity exercises. Signs of hypothermia:
     Shivering
     Pale, cold skin
     Overexertion or Overtraining  Slow weak pulse
     Slow, shallow breathing
     Increase drowsiness
     Walking becomes clumsy and the
    tendency to lie down.
    Is it safe to exercise in cold weather?
     dress warmly in layers and not stay out in
    very cold temperatures for too long.

    HELPFUL TIPS
     Warm-up (Before)
     Fluid replacement (Before, During, and
    after)
     Cooling Down
     Stretching (help improve flexibility)

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