Why wear a cooling scarf?
Why do I wear a cooling scarf?
Cooling scarves are made from smooth moisture wicking fabric designed to keep your neck cool as you sweat and contain frozen gel packs that help lower your temperature further. The net effect is that you can stay cooler for longer. I use mine when I run, or after an intense workout to get cool faster, or at a ball game.
On really hot days it's easy to overheat and I'm constantly trying to stay hydrated and avoid unnecessary exposure to the sun. Sometimes, though even on hot days I still want to go out walking and when I do, I limit my time outdoors, drink lots of water and take a cooling scarf.
My gym is about a mile walk away from my apartment and the cooling scarf is a life saver because it keeps me from overheating on my way there so that I enter my aerobics class warmed up, but not boiling! I keep a spare frozen gel pack cartridge in the insulating case that the cooling scarf comes in so that after class I can take the used gel pack out of the scarf and place the new cold gel pack in the scarf. The best part of my day is feeling the cool touch of the gel pack after a great workout.
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Here are some other ideas for ways to keep cool: