Comments on: Why you can’t work out in the heat as well as your Bikram-obsessed BFF

By: Jasmine Leigh Williams

Jasmine Leigh Williams — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:23:14 +0000

I wish you’d touched on Ayurveda & diet. I can sit in a 105 degree room that is 90% humidity and do yoga for hours. Preparing your body means everything in Bikram Yoga. I use Ayurvedic diet to cool my body internally before Bikram yoga.

By: Sophie Wasley

Sophie Wasley — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:21:23 +0000

I find it really easy to run in Summer then not in Winter. Being in Sydney in Australia our humidity kills me. I tend to go to the air conditioned gyms more than I work out outside in the hotter months.

I am really wanting to pursue my running throughout summer so will use your tips for sure.

Heat rash is a thing I just can’t stand!

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:28:05 +0000

I did my 5K race run in heat and it was the most exhausting experience. I normally go running first thing in the morning before the heat sets in, so I wasn’t prepared for that.

Thanks for the tips! I’ll definitely use them when preparing for my next race.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:37:58 +0000

I love Bikram yoga…it is like a 90 minute massage. But I am like a sprinkler, the only way for me to handle the heat is to really hydrate pre-workout. Of course it probably didn’t hurt that I grew up in the California Central Valley where the summer temperatures were 105 in the shade.