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I occasionally ride my bicycle to work in Austin and some days when I get home I have a hard time cooling down even after a long cold shower. I've since set a r

• dkarl 1y ago
  Maybe do it more consistently! Heat acclimation takes a week with daily exposure or 2-3 weeks if you get exposure every other day[0]. If you work out in the heat once a week, you might be living that miserable first hot day of the year over and over again all summer. [0] I don't know how well nailed down this is, but I didn't find any wildly differing opinions in my internet research: you achieve roughly 80+% of the heat adaptation you're capable of in this time period, assuming 90 minute sessions with physical activity.
• guenthert 1y ago
  Not a medical expert by any means, but 98 degree Fahrenheit sounds like a dangerous high temperature for exercise (at high humidity, I'm sure it is). I'd go earlier / later in the day, when temperatures are more reasonable. There is a reason for Siesta.