I will admit that I am addicted to working out, and I feel like I have missed out on something when I don't....This can be really frustrating when I can't or shouldn't workout....For the last couple of week the temperatures across this country have been setting records for extremely Hot and Humid temperatures. There have been warnings about these extreme and dangerous heat, and weather reports have declared that staying at home and drinking plenty of fluids was the best way to avoid this and dangerous heat.... If you didn't have to go outside, they suggested that you find somewhere cool and lay low......Well what is a health nut to do????
Well what I had too do was be very smart about what was most important to me, my health or my fitness???.....
My health won out so what I decided to do was just give my workout a break.....Please believe I felt like I was missing out on something....I quickly change my mind when new reports started rolling in about athletes that were dieing in this extreme heat from working out....I thought to myself....this is the reason that I work out so that I can withstand extreme conditions and that I can endure them because I have conditioned myself to deal with the stress of circumstance.....Well listen people we are only human....when you workout you heat the body up.....so adding extremely hot temperatures to the mix is indeed very dangerous....and quite frankly just plan retarded.......
I even tried to work out durning the evening, when the sun went down...but on some nights it was still 80 degrees outside...and besides that, the heat was so draining that I couldn't even muster up the energy to even lift my head off the pillow....I even lost my appetite on some day's and only drank water or ate a piece of fruit....so that was a no go.....I knew that these temperatures could not possible stay this high for very long...so I gave myself a break and just chilled.....best decision ever.....
Two week later the extreme heat wave broke and I am back on my routine like nothing every happened.....and I feel extra great....I got over my momentary insanity with working out and opted for common sense instead of obsession.....it works for me.....I know it will work for you.....so to all my fellow workout junkies....just be smart, listen to your body, and just take it easy in this extreme heat.....You will live to work out again....I promise.....
STAY HEALTHY, STAY SMART....LIVE A LONG TIME
