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By Mayo Clinic staffExercise headaches are more likely to occur while you're exercising in hot weather or at high altitude. People who have a personal or family history of migraine are more likely to experience exercise headaches.
Primary exercise headaches occur most often in young men in their 20s. People with secondary exercise headaches tend to be a little older — average age 42 — and of either sex.