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Is It Possible to Overdo It on Heated Workouts? What Experts Think (Women's Health)

Posted: Oct 28, 2025 in In the News

This article originally appeared in Women's Health on October 28, 2025.

Recently, I went to a Corepower Yoga class that I’m still talking about. Aside from the satisfying flow, I’ve never sweat more in my entire life…and I kind of liked it...

One main effect of doing a workout in a hot environment is that you’re going to sweat more. And, where your heart is responsible for pumping blood and oxygen to your muscles during a workout, when it’s hotter, it needs to work harder to also keep your body cool by shunting blood to your skin. Still, research classifies hot yoga as light-to-moderate intensity, meaning that you’ll see an increase in your heart rate, but it won’t be to the upper-limits of your heart rate zones. (An older study done by the American Council on Exercise found that women’s heart rates increased to 72 percent of their maximum heart rate, or Zone 3, during a hot yoga session.)...

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