Humidity

[saturnfan]

A tip. Get in shape and it should help.

I work out about 2 hours daily on the elliptical & weights. The heat bothers me much less than years ago, and I'm now 62.

[findingmesomeday]

Originally Posted by procfreq

Frankly, I don't find it any more humid here than I did in Chicago. Seriously. The only difference is that in Chicago, I never lived in an air conditioned apartment and I walked 1.5 miles to the train everyday. Here, I leave my air conditioned home, get in my air conditioned car, and drive to my meat locker office. Humidity? What humidity? I didn't even notice.

That's how I characterized living in Northern VA for the 2 years we were there. Then we moved up to MA where very few places (houses--older ones, especially) are air conditioned. And a humid day in the Boston area is just as bad if not worse than any I have seen down in the Raleigh area.

[findingmesomeday]

Originally Posted by saturnfan

A tip. Get in shape and it should help.

I work out about 2 hours daily on the elliptical & weights. The heat bothers me much less than years ago, and I'm now 62.

A caveat: I *am* in shape (long distance runner and biker) and I can NOT work out outside on those brutally humid days unless it's about 4-5AM. Even then it's questionable for a run. A bike ride is easier--even during the day because you have the breeze factor.

On those really God-awful days, I just go to the gym, though I prefer to be outside.

[miamiblue]

Originally Posted by webfootma

A caveat: I *am* in shape (long distance runner and biker) and I can NOT work out outside on those brutally humid days unless it's about 4-5AM. Even then it's questionable for a run. A bike ride is easier--even during the day because you have the breeze factor.

On those really God-awful days, I just go to the gym, though I prefer to be outside.

I agree. It's amazing how much better I feel exercising outdoors when there is lower humidity. I had walking pneumonia when I was 13 and my respiratory system has never been the same ever since. High humidity definitely exacerbates the problem.

Not to mention, I read something in a running magazine once about how dangerous high heat + humidity really is when doing high intensity exercise. It makes perfect sense because sweat cannot evaporate from the body when the temp and humidity reach a certain level, thus not allowing the body to naturally cool itself. This can be very dangerous.

[findingmesomeday]

Absolutely miamiblue. I even take it back a notch or two in the gym. It's air conditioned but in the high humidity, you can feel it even inside.

[saturnfan]

Our gym keeps the temp at 65 and low humidity. Ideal!