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trevor
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Hi Ladies!
I have not posted recently but have been lurking. I saw the post on working out in the humidity and something came to mind.
High humidity days are definitely uncomfortable but if I am not mistaken I believe you actually lose more water from your body during a workout in hot, DRY conditions rather than hot, humid conditions. In a dry environment the water in your body will tend to go from a place of high water concentration(your body) to a place of low concentration(the dry air). It's just that you tend to not notice because it will not sit on your skin and soak you like it does in a humid environment. In fact, in a humid environment the water sits on your skin because it has no place to go as the air is too wet to take it up. I'd definitely be more concerned about hydration in places like Arizona, where the heat is supposedly a dry kind of heat. Of course we definitely dont have that here in Maryland. I definitely dont want to downplay high humidity because it is very uncomfortable to exercise in. And people should be hydrating a'plenty during workouts regardless of where they are. It's just always been fascinating to hear high humidity blamed in the media for deaths such as the Vikings player last week. I tend to think other factors like temp., his physical condition, and his genetics may also have played a part. That particulat player had cut alot of weight in the offseason and was a massive guy anyway. The size of some of these players is way out of hand.
Anyway...just my 2 cents.
Trevor
:-jumpy
I have not posted recently but have been lurking. I saw the post on working out in the humidity and something came to mind.
High humidity days are definitely uncomfortable but if I am not mistaken I believe you actually lose more water from your body during a workout in hot, DRY conditions rather than hot, humid conditions. In a dry environment the water in your body will tend to go from a place of high water concentration(your body) to a place of low concentration(the dry air). It's just that you tend to not notice because it will not sit on your skin and soak you like it does in a humid environment. In fact, in a humid environment the water sits on your skin because it has no place to go as the air is too wet to take it up. I'd definitely be more concerned about hydration in places like Arizona, where the heat is supposedly a dry kind of heat. Of course we definitely dont have that here in Maryland. I definitely dont want to downplay high humidity because it is very uncomfortable to exercise in. And people should be hydrating a'plenty during workouts regardless of where they are. It's just always been fascinating to hear high humidity blamed in the media for deaths such as the Vikings player last week. I tend to think other factors like temp., his physical condition, and his genetics may also have played a part. That particulat player had cut alot of weight in the offseason and was a massive guy anyway. The size of some of these players is way out of hand.
Anyway...just my 2 cents.
Trevor
:-jumpy