hot as a mf, yesterday!

It's easy to reach heat exhaustion while climbing and not realize it until you're down and it's too late. Carry a Camel back with gatorade diluted with water, I like it about 50:50 or maybe with a little more water.

Don't even do short climbs without it because that's when you'll fall behind and then you're screwed.

Gatorade enemas would be truly hardcore.

You can always do like some old schoolers and just get pounded every night and work so hung over all day you don't notice how bad you feel.
 
thanks everyone for your responses, i knew this was a good topic to discuss. i've worked outside my whole life and this was only the second time i've ever had heat issues. i feel like i'm getting old. the last time was in Phoenix hanging iron on st. johns hospital in august at 3:30pm in the afternoon; i think that guy was trying to kill us! how many small breaks are you guys taking a day?
 
Man, it was 102 here yesterday and 100 foretasted for today. They are saying heat index is in the 106-110 range. It's been like that for a week here with no relief in sight. When it's that hot you just seem to move in slow motion. I have lived in the South and worked outside my whole life as well. I think it's just something we get used to. After a week or two of it my body just seems to acclimate to the heat. We take several small breaks in the shade and drink plenty of water. One thing I have learned, if I jump into the AC before I am through for the day (like eating in a nice AC restaurant) I am ruined for the day. I like to bring a cooler with cold cuts, fruit and melon for me and the guys. Hard to eat when it's that hot and the sandwiches usually go untouched but the fruit and melon don't last too long. Worst thing to do is go to burger king, order a double whoper with cheese and sit in the AC for an hour. Might as well stick a fork in me after that.

I lived in Memphis when I was young. I believe it is the hottest place I have ever lived. The heat is bad enough but the humidity from the river delta is unbearable at times. I remember getting a good shower there in the middle of the day and steam just rising up off of everything afterwords in the sun. When I played football there our coach would make use run in August with plastic garbage bags over our torso with just our heads poked through a hole in the bag to lose weight. Talk about miserable.
 
I totally agree with Jamin. Gatorade is garbage. If you read the ingredients and then look at the daily values, or percentages, it is not much different imo than drinking uncarbonated soda. This is strictly my opinion, but look at the back of a coke can, and then look at the back of a gatorade bottle.

Also I have 2 of the old steel water coolers and that is what we use, they just seem to keep the water so much colder. I dont filter our water, but I think I will start to. I could put one on the large sink in the shop, piece of cake.

When I get real tired in the middle of the day I like to eat an orange or a banana and one of those natures valley granola bars. It sounds stupid, but within 10 to 15 minutes I can feel the life coming back into my tired body.

Here in Tulsa it has been 100 to 104 for a week and a half, and the humidity has been around 85%.......YIKES.

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i stick my head/neck under a hose whenever but in a swimming pool? Gross. I'd not invite that guy back on the property.

When someone else says it...it does sound gross.
Perhaps I will stop doing this unless the client is a friend....most of them are anyways.
I used to get a kick out of jumping in with my gear on just to shock the crew. Somebody has to break up the monotomy of the day everyonce in a while.
That was long ago, different gear, and a different attitiude....fun time nonetheless

sorry for grossing you out mang.
 
More than once I needed to submerse my head/face but couldn't find a container...until I looked at my feet. My helmet was a good container at the time. It was just a plain helmet, now, all of mine have vent holes :)

Submersing in water cools me more comfortably than just running a hose. But...running water is sure better than nothing.

Great timely thread!
 
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sorry for grossing you out mang.

[/ QUOTE ]Not my pool so no problems! Good to keep a young attitude and a fun vibe on the job; I'm wiht you there.

Worked outside 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. today, then had lots of stuff in the office to do...
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At my age I try to go hard-easy-hard-easy.

Back at it all day tomorrow tho. Fruit and melon are the way to go for running or any work--lotsa watermelon at 4 p.m. gave me a recharge the other day. Cantalope's my fave tho.
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I like to have one of the guys hit me with the blower going wide open. Cleans the sawdust out of your ears and cools you at the same time!
 
Gatorade powder which you mix yourself has no high fructose corn syrup in it so in that respect it is better than the bottled kind, and it tastes better too.

Good comments on the fruit, I'll try that more. We've been expremely lucky in CT: Only hit 80 degrees today for first time this month.
 
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Gatorade powder which you mix yourself has no high fructose corn syrup in it so in that respect it is better than the bottled kind, and it tastes better too.

[/ QUOTE ]True, and it is cheaper, and there is no bottle to recycle, or trash the planet with...still, i just read the label and only saw potassium and sodium on there. Mostly sugar, which is a good thing, in moderation. but face it, anything advertised so much has to be some % junk.

I do like putting herbs like mint in a glass bottle 1 gallon, filling with water, and leaving it in the sun for the day. Strain and add gatorade powder and/or fruit juice concentrate and dump it in a cooler of ice for the next day's swill. Mint will cool ya. Celery and cukes cool ya too.

Stephan, honeydew may be green but the nutritional/flavorful money is in local goods, and cantalopes/muskmelons are grown almost everywhere.
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Went to Skyview for about 5 years, did a year at Tresvent and went to church at Ardmore Baptist. I lived in Frayser.
 
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Gatorade powder which you mix yourself has no high fructose corn syrup in it so in that respect it is better than the bottled kind, and it tastes better too.

[/ QUOTE ]True, and it is cheaper, and there is no bottle to recycle, or trash the planet with...still, i just read the label and only saw potassium and sodium on there. Mostly sugar, which is a good thing, in moderation. but face it, anything advertised so much has to be some % junk.

I do like putting herbs like mint in a glass bottle 1 gallon, filling with water, and leaving it in the sun for the day. Strain and add gatorade powder and/or fruit juice concentrate and dump it in a cooler of ice for the next day's swill. Mint will cool ya. Celery and cukes cool ya too.

Stephan, honeydew may be green but the nutritional/flavorful money is in local goods, and cantalopes/muskmelons are grown almost everywhere.
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Guy, I love fresh mint in my water but what I like even better is iced tea or sun tea with fresh mint that I pick from my herb garden. Quenches your thirst, tastes good and has a kick to it as well. Natures energy drink!!!
 
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Yes!


You have made yourself a special place in my heart with that well placed quote.


Bravo.



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I wasn't sure if anyone would figure that out,but I couldn't help but post it.
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