I ride my bike often as well. It doesn't seem to help me lose weight at all. I can tell you the air cooled engine on a Harley does tend to get real hot sitting at signals but still does not help me keep my weight in check. Maybe I am doing something wrong.extremist wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 9:23 pm Last month, I started riding my bike 10 miles each morning ~8:00-9:00, Sun-Fri, and shoot on Saturday mornings. Try to go to the range (outdoor) before noon, at least once a week. Last weeks match was cancelled due to "excessive heat". Shot the match on the 2nd, it wasn't that bad. We have a match Saturday, heat should be 90s by 10:00am. Hydrate with water and water with electrolyte powder. I pass on Gatorade, too much sugar. Going to be 63 next month, not doing too bad, can't complain.Bike riding is definitely helping my stamina. And losing/keeping of weight.
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- Thu Jul 14, 2022 7:08 am
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Re: How Many Are Training In The Heat
- Wed Jul 13, 2022 4:04 am
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
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Re: How Many Are Training In The Heat
I think much of it has to do with simply being acclimated to it. Working in the HVAC business most of my life has me somewhat acclimated to these temperatures. When we get to a customers home, it is never nice and cool...LOL. People rarely pay for us to come to a home that has great cooling. We usually work in attics here in our area. We are picking up temps as high as 140 degrees in many of these attics. My age is catching up to me. I can tell that my body wants to give up much faster than when I was a young man. We have had guys go down with heat stroke over the years and it is almost always related to not drinking enough water. Over the years I can almost always count on a fellow who has gone down with heat stroke once to have the issue easier with each episode. I have always been the type to sweat like a horse. Enough that guys have made comments about it over the years. As long as I drink lots of water, I think it has always helped me avoid heat stroke.carlson1 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 1:02 am I have only been to the indoor range a few times. Because of my health I cannot tolerate the heat nor do I really care to. A few weeks back I suffered heat exhaustion and was in Baylor overnight. That was just from going and visiting shut ins on a Saturday. I can’t imagine being out in this heat for hours on end.
I had an electrician at my house on Saturday for work that needed done in our electrical panel. If I would have not been standing there I would not have believed this. He had his tools in a bag strapped to kind of a small dolly. He reached down to pull out a pair of pliers that had rubber handles and they literally melted off into his hand. The rubber stuck to his hand and burned him pretty bad.
I don’t remember the heat much as a child, but I am well aware if it now. I am sure like many of you we didn’t know what A/C was.
I was just wondering how many of you were shooting outdoors? Do you find oil or grease works better in this kind of heat?