Pro tip from someone who has hypohydrosis. Take a handkerchief, roll up ice cubes in it and tie it around your neck. Keep a spare pre rolled in an ice chest and swap out as needed.
Pro tip from someone who has hypohydrosis. Take a handkerchief, roll up ice cubes in it and tie it around your neck. Keep a spare pre rolled in an ice chest and swap out as needed.
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We'd do that on hot days at work. Wrap ice in a tee shirt and put it around your neck.
Heat never really bothered me working or playing ball. Cold though, no thanks.
Back before my knees became very unhappy with running, I used to run weekly, and didn't let the Arizona summer stop me. I definitely built up a tolerance and could do a lot more physical activity in the heat as a result.
With the heat dome thing that's going on, we hit the one-teens much earlier than usual, so the jump in temperature without a chance to acclimate might have made a difference in the impact that this particular temperature made vs. years past.
The above is great advice, and all I'd add is if you're going to try to acclimate to full-speed (or as close to full-speed as is possible), do it slowly and incrementally. Be safe out there.
Oh, and nothing like sweating in a cool shower after sitting in the pool after running when it's 121...
I worked in the PHX valley a few summers as a surveyor. When the temps hit 105° or so we stopped work. That was usually around 10 or 11 AM on the really hot days. We went back to work around 4 and worked until dark. The temps I'm seeing in PHX now are hotter than I remember. I wouldn't be physically active outside in 114°. That's just asking for trouble.
Around here the pavement starts to buckle when it's over 100.
Last edited by Borderland; 06-14-2022 at 10:01 PM.
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Pre-hydrating helps me more than anything except air conditioning. I drink more water than normal the evening before along with a bottle of Gatorade before bed. Match day morning coffee is limited, I still gotta have it, but I take it easy and start the water/Gatorade mix very early compared to normal. I'm one of those that can sweat out every drop I put in and I have to get a head start on it. If I do this routine my stamina is noticeably improved. Not AZ heat but close at times. Oklahoma and Texas is where I shoot.
I actually like the heat. Love working in it and I would prefer 105 to 55. That said, not everyone can take it as well. Those of us who handle it better than others, might be at greater risk of pushing ourselves without realzing that we are entering dangerous territory.
Last week I worked hard in near 100 degree heat for three straight days. In the sun for much of it, and even spent time around a fire. Plus I worked in the second story of a shop with no AC or moving air and was lifting weights during that week. I didn't come close to passing out, but it took it out of me. The fourth day I had planned to do some more mowing but I said forget it. It was just too much to deal with.
Be very careful. Shooting a match is not worth risking your safety or the safety of others. On average I drink a gallon of water a day, and even I can feel dehydrated at times when pushing myself.
I've been out in the sun so much recently that I am more brown than my wife. That change hasn't improved my Spanish though.
I have hiked in over 100 degree heat twice in west Texas. The first time I puked that night, and the second time I saw a fat black guy with a black kid standing on the side of the road (rural middle of nowhere west Texas). My brother, who was with me, didn't see the non existent pair. I let him drive.
Going prepared is what he said
The other way around. We see signs of micro heart damage from overexertion in heat sometimes. Probably not a bad idea to know if heart is OK to begin with.
You can also run into a trouble because of how dry air is. Humidity often times slows people down while dry air is easier to handle and people keep going further than they should. I had that happen once. Took me out for a couple of days.
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Wow it’s hot!
102 yesterday, 100 right. Worked outside both days and it’s brutal. Also did outside workouts as well.
While I wanted Mexican food tonight but my wife wants Asian. All that work for nothing!
AZ summers are no joke. Many years ago, when I was younger and dumber, I took a 2-day AK class up at Ben Avery in July. It was 117 both days. We had several students and an AI go down as heat casualties. It was utterly stupid, but like I said, I was younger and much dumber and powered on. I drank a gallon of Gatorade and 2 gallons of water each day and didn't have to pee during the day. That should have been A Clue. Now I try not to do physical stuff when it gets much above 105 or so, and I take much better precautions in the way of electrolytes, personal shade/clothing choices, and paying attention to when I'm getting burned down before it becomes a problem. And hey, there's a reason we schedule our AZ classes in November-February
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