Getting in your sessions despite the sudden temperature increase has never been more important.
The strategy should always be to do your training first thing in the morning, or last thing in the evening. First thing in the morning though tends to work better, as working out last thing at night is not great for sleep, as you will still have adrenalin in your system and you will find it very difficult to relax.
Every time you see either ultra-warm weather, see it as an opportunity to increase your health and fitness, when most likely everyone else is not bothering to move too much.
The same with the snow and ice. This is a no brainer for some people, they will simply use it as an excuse not to train and add another period of inactivity into their lives.
Whatever the weather, you will always have great opportunities to train. Most likely they will be inside when its snowing and icy outside, and you will be working out first thing in the morning when there’s a lot of warm weather around.
With the warm weather thats here right now, use it as a challenge. The one thing you have to remember about working out in this weather is consuming enough water, its very easy to get dehydrated in times like these so prepare well before, during and after your workout.
Another benefit to training in the warmer temperatures is that when it gets cooler again (and it wont be long), your training will seem a lot easier because your body internally wont get so warm. Your body’s core temperature dictates how hard you can train so having an experience of colder and warmer temperatures is always invaluable.
The whole point of this is to tell you that you should still train, but use some caution and try to use the coolest times of the day to schedule in your workout. Drink enough water, don’t go mad on hotter days and simply getting decent workouts in will not only be an achievement, but very valuable too in terms of results and keeping them coming in at regular intervals.
Enjoy yourself and have a big weekend outside and inside whatever you decide to do!!
think i must be more of a wet/cold weather trainer Ker.All the times i went out in the cold/wet when i started this training and was praying for the warm stuff.I only been training for some of the nice weather we’ve had 🙂 shoulders seem to be a lot better and managed 2 goes on my bike and a few TG’s this week with TG in the morning to finnish off the week.Perhaps a little cycle on Sunday.Still around 17st 10 so here’s to the next st off(i hope) 🙂
fantastic new cyril, can sense the optimimism in your wirting, time to push on from here now so lets give it a good go!