Rich_by_the_Bay
Moderator Emeritus
OK, it's pretty hot here and most other places. I've lived in Tucson and Tampa, after decades in Wisconsin. How do you cope with the heat, besides staying inside (which drives me nuts)?
Here are some things that worked great for me:
1. It's mostly psychological. If you associate sweating with misery you will be miserable. If you associate it with sultry, lazy days, kickin back, you'll chill out. Same with cold weather in its own way, BTW. Sweat is good.
2. Clothes: long sleeves if working in the yard for more than a few minutes (learned this by watching Mexican laborere in Az waring wool flannel shirts while working in the hot sun). A Tilly had with wide brim (world's best hats, bar none). Tech fibers really work if you get good quality: they don't stick to you and let your sweat work. Almost all my tee shirts now are the wicking kind.
3. Time: takes 10-14 days to physiologically adapt to the heat. You'll rarely get to that point on 1 week vacations, but it gets better after that. Your body sweats more efficiently, etc.
4. Exercising in the heat really helped me. I jogged as long as it was under 100 in Tucson but always with a water supply and a pulse monitor and self-permission to stop/walk/rest if needed. Here in the tropics, I only run if it's 90 or below, and in a shady neighborhood. Doing so seems to make me much more tolerant and comfortable in the heat when I'm just hanging out. But my pulse really rises fast in the heat, even at a slow jog so I monitor it still just to be safe.
What else?
Here are some things that worked great for me:
1. It's mostly psychological. If you associate sweating with misery you will be miserable. If you associate it with sultry, lazy days, kickin back, you'll chill out. Same with cold weather in its own way, BTW. Sweat is good.
2. Clothes: long sleeves if working in the yard for more than a few minutes (learned this by watching Mexican laborere in Az waring wool flannel shirts while working in the hot sun). A Tilly had with wide brim (world's best hats, bar none). Tech fibers really work if you get good quality: they don't stick to you and let your sweat work. Almost all my tee shirts now are the wicking kind.
3. Time: takes 10-14 days to physiologically adapt to the heat. You'll rarely get to that point on 1 week vacations, but it gets better after that. Your body sweats more efficiently, etc.
4. Exercising in the heat really helped me. I jogged as long as it was under 100 in Tucson but always with a water supply and a pulse monitor and self-permission to stop/walk/rest if needed. Here in the tropics, I only run if it's 90 or below, and in a shady neighborhood. Doing so seems to make me much more tolerant and comfortable in the heat when I'm just hanging out. But my pulse really rises fast in the heat, even at a slow jog so I monitor it still just to be safe.
What else?