VolForLife83
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The head is a primary source of heat dissipation due to the massive blood flow to the brain. Helmets insulate the heat and really cause problems in hot weather. Heat related disorders are nothing to mess with!
Yeah roofing and construction work does not come close to two a days.I've done roofing in 100 degree weather, working through college... but we dang sure hauled all our shingles and tarpaper onto the roof first thing in the morning! I've also played WR at the hs level, through two-a-day practices in August.
I don't know how much running, cutting, and sprinting is involved with stucco, but I promise--there's no comparison with what a wide receiver does in practice to shingle or hot tar roofing.
I can only imagine what it's like on artificial turf in an area that used to be swamp and surrounded for miles by concrete and asphalt.
We're on pace for 98 and feels like 109 or something here in DC. I've got an afternoon run on the calendar and am already at about a gallon of water in anticipation. Been inside most of the day and am still feeling it.Yessir...when it starts "getting dark outside" at 2pm on a sunny day, or when you stop sweating and your skin goes dry, you had better grab some water and go lay down in the shade somewhere. Has happened to me several times so that now I can feel that Heat Exhaustion coming on. The next step immediately following heat exhaustion is heat stroke...which can be deadly. I have been close several times and it sucks..
Actually here in Charlotte today the temp is headed for projected 96 degrees with a heat index of 104 due to this oppressing humidity. Working outside, a man can easily stroke out on days like this even while drinking as much water as is practical...just cannot replace it as fast as your body is sweating all your water out. Also, in high humidity your sweat doesnt want to evaporate off of your skin because the air is already saturated...and if sweat doesnt evaporate then it never cools down your body from the delta T phase change. It sucks. Wish i was in Knoxville.
Yessir...when it starts "getting dark outside" at 2pm on a sunny day, or when you stop sweating and your skin goes dry, you had better grab some water and go lay down in the shade somewhere. Has happened to me several times so that now I can feel that Heat Exhaustion coming on. The next step immediately following heat exhaustion is heat stroke...which can be deadly. I have been close several times and it sucks..
Actually here in Charlotte today the temp is headed for projected 96 degrees with a heat index of 104 due to this oppressing humidity. Working outside, a man can easily stroke out on days like this even while drinking as much water as is practical...just cannot replace it as fast as your body is sweating all your water out. Also, in high humidity your sweat doesnt want to evaporate off of your skin because the air is already saturated...and if sweat doesnt evaporate then it never cools down your body from the delta T phase change. It sucks. Wish i was in Knoxville.
Yeah roofing and construction work does not come close to two a days.
Football training in the heat was like slave labor.
Luke Yeah you're up on a roof burning up, but that's not the same as sprinting around in it, with gear on for hours.
Yep, August 2 a days on a dusty field with little water and temps in the 90’s. Boy I miss those.Yeah roofing and construction work does not come close to two a days.
Football training in the heat was like slave labor.
Luke Yeah you're up on a roof burning up, but that's not the same as sprinting around in it, with gear on for hours.
I hate to be that "back in the day" guy... but if I died tomorrow I'm sure I'd regret for eternity missing the opportunity to be that guy at least once.Yep, August 2 a days on a dusty field with little water and temps in the 90’s. Boy I miss those.