It’s 95 degrees and your workout feels twice as hard as it did in May. You’re not out of shape — you’re training in an oven. Here’s how to keep going without ending up dizzy on the gym floor.
Why heat makes everything harder
Your body has two jobs during a summer workout: fuel your muscles and cool you down. In the heat, cooling wins — blood moves to your skin, your heart works harder, and the same effort spikes your heart rate. That’s normal. It’s not weakness.
The 4 rules
- Hydrate before you’re thirsty. Thirst means you’re already behind. Drink through the day, not just at the gym — add a pinch of salt or an electrolyte if you sweat heavily.
- Train early or late. Beat the peak (roughly 11 AM–4 PM). Morning sessions also get done before the day eats them.
- Scale the intensity, not the consistency. A hot day is a “show up and move” day, not a “set a PR” day. Slower is fine. Quitting isn’t.
- Know the warning signs. Dizzy, nauseous, goosebumps in the heat, or you stop sweating — that’s stop-now territory, not push-through territory.
The indoor advantage
Train with us and most of this is handled — a cooled space, coaches watching how you’re responding, and a session scaled to the day. You just show up.
(Got a heart condition or take medication that affects hydration? Check with your doctor before training hard in the heat.)
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