Warm weather-getting it done

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!!

Warm weather training

It doesn’t take a genius to work out that the last few days have been energy sapping to say the least.

Saturday and sunday in particular was very testing, and not the most motivating weather to get out there and train which means you need to adjust your training accordingly.

When its this warm, your recommended 8 out of 10 effort will naturally be a little less. Don’t expect to do the same things and try and cut back on your training duration too. Its not much fun being out there for hours on days like these.

It’s no excuse either to miss sessions either, all im saying is reduce your intensity in warm weather and take plenty of water onboard, this is the most important factor of the lot and dehydration and exercising too hard in the sun can literally kill you!

Its easy to miss sessions on account of the weather, its too warm, its too wet, its too cold, all of these are likely to happen in this country so dont fall for all of these excuses, all you have to do is adjust your training accordingly which really should not be too much of a problem.

The summer and warm weather is great for your eating too. Nobody likes to be eating big heavy dinners in weather like this, and salads seem to be making a welcome appearance at this time of year too! Automatically, you suddenly want to become lighter because you know in this weather, you will be wearing less clothes and you will be wanting to show off all the hard work some of you have put in during this long, cold winter!

The bottom line is still consistency for you, no need to miss workouts, no need for your fitness to drop and this keeps your motivation high too. Once you stop training, your enthusiasm to stay in shape will drop sharply so lets keep slamming in the workouts, just make sure you’re careful on the very warm days and take proper precautions!