Training in a gym that's too warm!

Dan133269

Hello people,

I would appreciate some thoughts and feedback on this situation.
I just changed jobs and my current gym, which I am happy with is a little bit away from my new office. I'd prefer somewhere closer and there's a gym basically next door which is perfect, location wise. I went in today for a free trial session and all the equipment and everything seems fine, there's only 1 catch, it is way too warm for me.

Today it is maybe 27 degrees outside (I'm not in Ireland by the way) and the gym doesn't have air con, and the windows don't open. They have 1 big industrial fan type thing in the middle of the gym but doesn't really make much of a difference to the free weights section because it's a bit away.

My initial reaction is that I simply wouldn't be able to train properly in this gym. As a rough guess, I would imagine the temperature in the gym today was probably 27 degrees or thereabouts, because of the temperature outside, no open windows and lots of people in there.

My question is, do you think my body will become adjusted to the increased temperature if I were to join this gym and allow me to continue to train the way I do in my current gym, at a temperature which suits me. Or should I not join it? I remember being a member of a gym years ago which got very warm sometimes, and even with open windows it seriously affected my sessions, the heat and excess sweating just drained my energy.

Thanks in advance,
Dan.

Barry.Oglesby

I know I should be more pc but, well, that's fairly lame.

Be thankful you live somewhere warm and enjoy the sweat.

The Guvnor

There is a thread on another board about this same thing.

Can be counteracted by taking a bit more rest and obviously increasing fluids.

One chap was training in Signapore.

http://www.muscletalk.co.uk/tm.aspx?high=&m=4798058&mpage=1#4798189

Brian?

Wear less, drink more fluids.

I went cycling at 9am last week and it was 35C when I got home. It's all about the fluids.

COH

Yeah... man up

Sham Courtney

Jesus lad! Harden up with ya!!! Drink plenty of water during your sessions and you'll be grand....

Dan133269

Barry.Oglesby wrote: »

I know I should be more pc but, well, that's fairly lame.

Be thankful you live somewhere warm and enjoy the sweat.

I'm only in Brussels, not the Bahamas, just happens to be a heatwave at the moment, similar to back home. Summers can be very warm here, but are temperamental, again like back home.

I think I'll give the new place a try for a while then. On hydration, as far as I understand, drinking lukewarm water is better for the body to hydrate, yes? But will cold water help to keep my body temperature down? In other words, to help me with the temperature in the gym, should I drink water as cold as possible?

Transform

Dan133269 wrote: »

I'm only in Brussels, not the Bahamas, just happens to be a heatwave at the moment, similar to back home. Summers can be very warm here, but are temperamental, again like back home.

I think I'll give the new place a try for a while then. On hydration, as far as I understand, drinking lukewarm water is better for the body to hydrate, yes? But will cold water help to keep my body temperature down? In other words, to help me with the temperature in the gym, should I drink water as cold as possible?

just drink plenty of it

Mellor

Might be a good idea to stir a teaspoon of cement into that lukewarm water to help you harden up.

Seriously though, get some light gym clothes, drink more, sweat a bit more.
27 degree isn't that warm, irish people just think it due to rarely reaching the dizzy heights of the mid to high twenties.

GASMANN

Mellor wrote: »

Might be a good idea to stir a teaspoon of cement into that lukewarm water to help you harden up.

Seriously though, get some light gym clothes, drink more, sweat a bit more.
27 degree isn't that warm, irish people just think it due to rarely reaching the dizzy heights of the mid to high twenties.

for a second you had me thinking

Inspector Coptoor

Bikram Weightlifting FTW.

Bruce7

Dan133269 wrote: »

I'm only in Brussels, not the Bahamas, just happens to be a heatwave at the moment, similar to back home. Summers can be very warm here, but are temperamental, again like back home.

I think I'll give the new place a try for a while then. On hydration, as far as I understand, drinking lukewarm water is better for the body to hydrate, yes? But will cold water help to keep my body temperature down? In other words, to help me with the temperature in the gym, should I drink water as cold as possible?

It may not suit you, but I used to train in the American gym in Ixelles. They have doors open onto the garden and it's airy and cool most of the time. And Jean-Claude Van Damme used to train there!

http://www.american-gym-fitness.be/index.html?page=gallery.html

squod

Buy a fan and an extension lead. Sounds simple, but it might be the answer for you.

FYI there's gyms up here too that are way too warm to train in. For the sake of a few extractor fans they've let themselves down. What's next? Poorly maintained equipment or staff who don't give a fuhk?

Take it as a sign. Move on IMO.

unreggd

My gym is the opposite. The AC is too cold.

Grand floatin around the floor, but the vents are all directly over the cardio machines

So you're warming up and gettin cooled down at the same time

tis shoyy

IRL_Sinister

Maybe the A/C just wasn't working that day?

Assuming you asked, of course.

shootermacg

When it's too hot in the gym, I almost always throw up!

GASMANN

i train in ecb/ironside with a few other people on boards, during the recent hot weather its been in the high 20's with very little airflow.


we still trained.



we got warmer than we normally would.



still we trained.



and we lived.




and in years to come, when people talk of may 2012, we were there.




legends.

Inspector Coptoor

GASMANN wrote: »

i train in ecb/ironside with a few other people on boards, during the recent hot weather its been in the high 20's with very little airflow.


we still trained.



we got warmer than we normally would.



still we trained.



and we lived.




and in years to come, when people talk of may 2012, we were there.




legends.

Once more into the breach!

Brian?

GASMANN wrote: »

i train in ecb/ironside with a few other people on boards, during the recent hot weather its been in the high 20's with very little airflow.


we still trained.



we got warmer than we normally would.



still we trained.



and we lived.




and in years to come, when people talk of may 2012, we were there.




legends.

Your bravery astounds me.

gymfreak

TBH I can understand where the poster is coming from. I get really hot really quickly during a regular workout, never mind when the gym is like a sauna too!

GASMANN wrote: »

i train in ecb/ironside with a few other people on boards, during the recent hot weather its been in the high 20's with very little airflow.


we still trained.



we got warmer than we normally would.



still we trained.



and we lived.




and in years to come, when people talk of may 2012, we were there.




legends.

And...we moaned...well I did anyway!

Had dreadful headaches from the heat and couldnt concentrate on anything, bar how hot it was!!

Brian?

gymfreak wrote: »

TBH I can understand where the poster is coming from. I get really hot really quickly during a regular workout, never mind when the gym is like a sauna too!



And...we moaned...well I did anyway!

Had dreadful headaches from the heat and couldnt concentrate on anything, bar how hot it was!!

If I wasn't a gentleman that post would be a goldmine.

gymfreak

briankeating wrote: »

If I wasn't a gentleman that post would be a goldmine.

LOL:D:D

I really should think before I speak/type!

Sangre

Don't join a gym if an aspect of it puts you off so much you won't go. Waste of paying.

Gillo

As the other posters said plenty of fluids. If it helps my mother (a qualified pharmacist) used to recommend mixing a pinch of salt and tea spoon of sugar in a litre of water. It'll basically make a cheap and cheerful isotonic drink so it gets into your system faster.

If as you said the tempatures are unusual at the moment then you don't really have much to worry about.

token

ECB May 2012. Feckin' hell.

but alas any perspective ECB members scared of the heat we are moving into the new Ironside expansion which will have more air flow in 3 weeks give or take. They better get some heaters once winter comes around though.