working out in the HEAT help!

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  • jenns1964
    jenns1964 Posts: 384 Member
    You are incredibly dedicated and an inspiring ! I usually walk twice a day, for a total of 2-2 1/5 hrs in the Texas heat & humidity. I take two frozen 24 oz water bottles. I drink one while walking and leave one in my car to drink post walk. I also try to have a banana in my car also to help recover. I also wear a visor to keep the sun off my face, but let my head breathe. Maybe this will help.
  • carla1958
    carla1958 Posts: 30
    if you can cool off the back of your neck your whole body feel cooler. Use the water to soak a cloth around the back of your neck a little at a time. Also they do have portable fans, tiny ones. And wear a hat. Good luck, don't give up!!
  • MikeDasTrainer
    MikeDasTrainer Posts: 95
    You have to acclimatize your body to work in the heat. You cannot simply jump in to where you were when your body has to work extra hard to cool.

    2 simple ways to acclimatize to your enivroment are :10-14 days, low intensity long duration (<50% VO2max, 60-100 min) mod intensity short duration (75% VO2max,30-35 min)

    That, and as said by others. Drink a lot of water!
  • sunnysmile
    sunnysmile Posts: 1,192
    You are inspiring with your long walks. One thing I do when the weather is too hot, or even rainy or too cold, is I walk inside at a big warehouse club Ike Costco. I walk the aisles any store that is cold when I need to get out of heat. I realize you may be far away from such a store, but if not, it might be an alternative. Just don't walk with a shopping cart or you'll buy things, LOL.

    I think the ideas people mentioned so far are fantastic. Be sure to hydrate well, you need the extra after in the heat. I have one of these camel back vests for hiking, wonder if you fill it with cold water and refrigerate/freeze whole thing so it's cool, would that help you stay cooler and carry more water with you? May not be practical, just a thought.
  • ProgressNotPerfection32
    ProgressNotPerfection32 Posts: 1,155 Member
    I would go just before sunrise or just after dusk. I always go at sunrise and it is much cooler (in the Midwest) than after the sun has been out. I am not a morning person, but love the cooler temp that early.
  • NaomiJFoster
    NaomiJFoster Posts: 1,450 Member
    Oh, one more thing. Drinking water makes you have to pee more, lol. Which flushes out electrolytes from the body. Sweating also pushes electrolytes out. You have to replace the water, but you also have to replace the electrolytes or you risk heat exhaustion/stroke. Gatorade is OK, but it's pure sodium. Try to go more for the potassium side of it. Oranges, orange juice, peaches, bananas, anything with potassium. It will help you hold the water inside your body more efficiently.
  • SisterhoodoftheShrinkingPants
    SisterhoodoftheShrinkingPants Posts: 474 Member
    I LOVE ALL of your responses!!!! TY guys, I feel like I have something to work with now!
  • xxnellie146xx
    xxnellie146xx Posts: 996 Member
    I am from MA too, so I can sympathize with you. Can you work out early in the morning? I have been going for run at about 5 am. It's light out and still cool enough that I don't feel like I could fall over.
  • SisterhoodoftheShrinkingPants
    SisterhoodoftheShrinkingPants Posts: 474 Member
    I am from MA too, so I can sympathize with you. Can you work out early in the morning? I have been going for run at about 5 am. It's light out and still cool enough that I don't feel like I could fall over.

    I cant because I have a 6 yr old and Im a single mom, I dont want to leave the house for that long. BUT, Im going to take every other suggestion that I actually can. Some heat wave in MA huh? Stay cool :D
  • DonnaRe2012
    DonnaRe2012 Posts: 298 Member
    TEXAS.......nuff said. HOT from 6am till mid September !! Treadmill....
  • SisterhoodoftheShrinkingPants
    SisterhoodoftheShrinkingPants Posts: 474 Member
    TEXAS.......nuff said. HOT from 6am till mid September !! Treadmill....

    lol
  • airangel59
    airangel59 Posts: 1,887 Member
    Here in the desert (Tucson, Az) folks routinely walk holding an umbrella, we also use cool neck bands (here is one link http://www.watersorb.com/polymer_cool_neck_bands.htm), also they have misting bottles (similar to this link http://www.walmart.com/ip/O2-Cool-Deluxe-Water-Misting-Fan/15992437) which also helps you from passing out from heat exhaustion as you walk outdoors.

    I prefer the treadmill in the house with the fans blowing and even so, I'm dying of the heat. Right now we're on a record of like 35 straight days of 100+ heat. :noway:
  • NaomiJFoster
    NaomiJFoster Posts: 1,450 Member
    Here in the desert (Tucson, Az) folks routinely walk holding an umbrella, we also use cool neck bands (here is one link http://www.watersorb.com/polymer_cool_neck_bands.htm), also they have misting bottles (similar to this link http://www.walmart.com/ip/O2-Cool-Deluxe-Water-Misting-Fan/15992437) which also helps you from passing out from heat exhaustion as you walk outdoors.

    I prefer the treadmill in the house with the fans blowing and even so, I'm dying of the heat. Right now we're on a record of like 35 straight days of 100+ heat. :noway:

    Hi, I'm in Tucson too.

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