How do you row in the heat?

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How do you row in the heat?

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A blistering heat wave rolled in right after I finished a HM, and I have visions of myself melting into a puddle if I do so much as glance at the erg. Its been over 95F, > 60% humidity for the last week, and should get worse the next two days.

I don't have air conditioning. :lol:

What do others do when it feels like someone set up the erg in the middle of a sauna?
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Pray for cold weather (I don't actually pray but....)

I'm lucky in that I consider anything over 20C as hot (Ireland)

Drink mountains of water, do shorter rows, and do slower rows

If you have good airflow that will probably help a lot, a big electric fan, or a C-Breeze (I've never used one of these but it looks like a good idea)
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Naked, of course! :shock: Only kidding... Actually, at an air-conditioned gym - at last, something better about rowing at the gym than having an ergo at home!
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Post by Thomas W-P »

95F is 35C, so a little hotter than the weather in the UK recently (but not much).

I learned...
  • ...to row with one hand and drink with the other;
  • ...not to worry too much when I spilled my water all over the floor;
  • ...to row later in the evening;
  • ...to row earlier in the morning
  • ...to row slower;
But I guess like anything you get used to it. Drinking is the main thing.
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I don't do challenges or push it too hard. We don't have air con at our gym - cos it's cheap! I just stick it on Just Row and keep stopping to take on plenty of water and take my time.

I also favour 7am rowing and not afternoons. 3 pm is always the hottest part of the day (takes 3 hours to reradiate the heat from the maximum midday sun) - so keep away from that part of the day.

Without being too gross, I am one of those unfortunate individuals that swets by the gallon. After a 1/2 marathon, there is a lake that spans the entire length of the rower...so it's really uncomfortable.

I must be one of the first people to do "on water" metres whilst on a C2!!!!
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PSims wrote:I must be one of the first people to do "on water" metres whilst on a C2!!!!
Therefore they don't count. ;) Just like all Gregor's off-shore metres :)
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