Tips to Stay Cool: Hydration is Key
CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome back to NEW DAY, everybody, it is Thursday, July 18th. I'm Chris Cuomo.</s>KATE BOLDUAN, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning, everyone. I'm Kate Bolduan. Let's get to our news anchor Michaela Pereira for the five things you need to know for your</s>NEW DAY. MICHAELA PEREIRA, CNN HOST: I'd like Chris to pay attention to Dr. Sanjay Gupta, to number one, folks, try to stay cool. It is hot out there. You shouldn't work out outside; the Eastern half of the U.S. is going to sweat it out again today, feeling and dealing with heat that feels like it's 100 degrees plus. Trayvon Martin's parents speaking out about the George Zimmerman verdict; his father, Tracy Martin, telling NBC he doesn't understand how the jury let the killer of an unarmed child go free. The former head of the Air Force Sex Assault Prevention Unit goes on trial this morning on a sexual battery charge. Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Krzinsky (ph) is accused of groping a woman in a parking lot near the Pentagon. Today, Nelson Mandela, the former South African president, turns 95. He has been in critical condition with a lung infection; but however, doctors say today that his condition is steadily improving. And at number five, the British Open begins in Scotland, Tiger Woods the favorite. He's looking to win his 15th career major and his first since 2008. You know, we're always updating the five things to know. So go to newday.cnn.com for the very latest. Did you pay attention to number one, Mr. Cuomo?</s>CUOMO: I did, Michaela. And that's why I was aghast and disgusted and dismayed when Sanjay Gupta told me I had to go outside.</s>PEREIRA: -- force Chris to do anything.</s>CUOMO: Yes, that's right. No, listen. People are going to have to exercise when it's hot outside and that's why we asked Sanjay Gupta to ask us the right way, the smart way to do it. And he is here with us right now. It's great to have you.</s>DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Great to be here. You know, one of the -- we both recovered.</s>CUOMO: -- between us now.</s>GUPTA: Here and there, now and then, there's a giant among men. Chris Cuomo is one of those giants.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Jump on (inaudible).</s>CUOMO: Three hundred five, 306 --</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: -- 110 pushups, I think. How are you doing (inaudible)?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All right, man.</s>GUPTA: First thing I want to do is actually take your body temperature. You feeling good right now?</s>CUOMO: Yes, I feel all right. Why?</s>GUPTA: You sure?</s>CUOMO: Yes, why?</s>GUPTA: It looks good. It looks good. Doctors do that.</s>CUOMO: Appreciate it.</s>GUPTA: All right. Let's do some push-ups.</s>CUOMO: Is it OK if I go all the way down?</s>CUOMO: Now what?</s>GUPTA: Are you (inaudible)?</s>CUOMO: No, I'm good.</s>GUPTA: (Inaudible). Here's a pop quiz for you. Guess how much do you weigh?</s>CUOMO: About 215.</s>GUPTA: Do you have any idea how much water you should be drinking in a day?</s>CUOMO: Eight glasses.</s>GUPTA: What they say is that take your weight, divide it in half. That's the number of ounces of water you should drink throughout the day.</s>CUOMO: All right. So like just less than 110.</s>GUPTA: Brought you some water for a workout. Keep in mind, you want to sip this, though, as opposed to chug it down.</s>CUOMO: Don't chug, take it with you when you run.</s>GUPTA: Got it.</s>CUOMO: Even I can remember that.</s>GUPTA: Cheers.</s>CUOMO: Hey. Thank you very much.</s>GUPTA: Just take a second, kind of count to 10 and measure your heart rate.</s>CUOMO: (Inaudible) look at my watch and do this. Tell me when.</s>GUPTA: OK, Go. Stop. What did you get?</s>CUOMO: Twenty-two.</s>GUPTA: (Inaudible).</s>CUOMO: (Inaudible).</s>GUPTA: Your heart rate is 88, though. That was 15 seconds, multiply that times four, 88 beats per minute. That's actually pretty good. Here's something, a little tidbit, for every increase of 1 degree Celsius of your body temperature, you're going to increase your heart rate by about 30 beats. So even if you can't take your temperature, you can check your heart rate and get an idea of how you're doing in terms of your body temperature. You feel thirsty at all right now?</s>CUOMO: Maybe a little dry mouth.</s>GUPTA: A little bit thirsty -- and they always say that if you are feeling thirsty, you may be already a little bit behind in terms of your drinking.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I can't keep up. You're going too fast.</s>GUPTA: Time for the moment of truth. Wow. Exactly three degrees higher than it was.</s>CUOMO: Thank you very much, Doc. I couldn't have done it without you.</s>GUPTA: (Inaudible).</s>BOLDUAN: I mean, does your back hurt?</s>GUPTA: The MRI turned out fine, just so you know?</s>PEREIRA: Can we point out something that is important to note? You are not a short man. This man is just a gigantor. He's a massive human being. You are.</s>GUPTA: 6'2", 6'3", 215 pounds. A good workout for you, though, right, Chris?</s>CUOMO: Oh, yes.</s>BOLDUAN: What did you learn?</s>CUOMO: That, first, you don't work out with Sanjay, rule number one; that you have to be careful when you're out there. The heat gets you. It can be a little sneaky and too many people go into it unprepared.</s>GUPTA: You have to acclimate ahead of time. And we were talking about this. You really have to start hydrating almost the day before for this sort of thing. People think, I'm going to have a few glasses of water before a workout. Even without the heat, you got to start -- you got to plan beforehand. People walk around in this country chronically dehydrated. And so then they say, oh, I need to take some electrolytes. Just if you're getting enough water ahead of time -- and, again, 110 ounces for Chris on a normal day, another five to seven ounces every 15 to 20 minutes while you're exercising, very important.</s>BOLDUAN: Hit the treadmill inside, indoors where there's air conditioning if you can, right? I mean, that's the best (inaudible).</s>GUPTA: Certainly between 10:00 and 4:00. Those are going to be the hottest times of the day, but there's a lot of people still want to be outside. We were out there early in the morning to avoid some of the really -- the worst part of the day, but if you do it, you have to be prepared. And within 15 minutes, you can raise your body temperature five degrees. And then you're starting to talk about heat exhaustion and heat stroke, 15 minutes of exercise. So --</s>BOLDUAN: It happens faster (inaudible).</s>CUOMO: I was feeling -- and people kept stopping us when we were jogging, asking me if I was OK and asking Sanjay for autographs.</s>GUPTA: Hang on, I'm treating Chris Cuomo.</s>BOLDUAN: Do you even know how to sweat?</s>GUPTA: I was sweating.</s>BOLDUAN: You were?</s>GUPTA: I was sweating. Yes, you know, that's the body's cooling mechanism. It's good.</s>CUOMO: He was sweating. More worried about what was going to happen to me.</s>GUPTA: And I felt that sweaty body on my back.</s>BOLDUAN: And that's where it (inaudible).</s>CUOMO: It was the highlight for me. Sanjay, thank you so much. I appreciate it. As you all know, you get to watch Sanjay every weekend. "SANJAY GUPTA M.D." airs weekends right here on CNN Saturday 4:30 Eastern, Sunday at 7:30 Eastern time. Thanks so much to the doc. It's great to have him.</s>BOLDUAN: As we drink our water.</s>CUOMO: From bad stuff for me to good stuff for all of us, today's edition, reuniting with a long lost love. Check out this classic --</s>CUOMO: -- '72 Ford Mustang -- it's not a Pontiac, but it's nice, Mach 1, used to belong to Rick Luckbill (ph). It was his first car. But about 24 years ago, Rick had to sell it, but he never forgot it. You never do, right? We never do. He's been looking for it ever since. Well, guess what, try as he might, he couldn't find the car, but his son did.</s>RICK LUCKBILL'S (PH) SON: This car was his first car purchased in 1972. And he had to part ways with it 24 years ago. And just a few short weeks ago I was able to locate the car in Florida.</s>BOLDUAN: Oh, my God. (Inaudible). Oh, my God.</s>BOLDUAN: Look at his face.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What's the matter?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (voice-over): I think that is one of the coolest things.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Look at him running.</s>CUOMO (voice-over): There it is. He didn't know what to say, he didn't know what to think, but he knew the sound. You know the sound of the engine of your car like you know the sound of your child's voice. He ran down and convinced its current owner to sell it back. His son made a plea to the guy. He didn't want to get rid of the car, either. The first ride Rick (ph) took in the car after all that time, he took his wife around the block for the first time in a quarter century.</s>BOLDUAN: Twenty-four years later.</s>BOLDUAN: That's so sweet.</s>CUOMO: You know, they're not just cars. They're a big piece of his life, they're a piece of a bond that he had with his girl, you know, now his wife and his son to do that for a father...</s>BOLDUAN: That is something special. And you're a car guy. That one really got to you.</s>BOLDUAN: Clearly.</s>CUOMO: That was really beautiful stuff. What do you think, Doc?</s>GUPTA: The car gives you that piece of nostalgia. It takes you back.</s>BOLDUAN: (Inaudible)? Do you remember your first car?</s>GUPTA: Yes, it was a Ford Grenada. Not nearly as sexy as (inaudible).</s>CUOMO: A chink in the armor.</s>BOLDUAN: Sanjay's like I don't want that one back.</s>CUOMO: Anyway, that was great. Hey, thank you for sending us that story about the good stuff that happened for that family. Let us know others so we can keep telling you news that is good. OK? Tweet us or go to Facebook and use the #newday.</s>BOLDUAN: All right, all right. Coming up next on NEW DAY, a visit from a very big star. Even bigger than Chris Cuomo. Is it possible? And it's not Sanjay, it's Rob Lowe. He is going to be here and has a lot to say.</s>PEREIRA: (Inaudible).