If you are not accustomed to working out in hot and humid weather, you may not realize the toll that it takes on your body, even if you are a conditioned athlete. Your times are a little slower, you may seem to sweat more, it may take a lot more out of you...everyone adapts a little differently, but your body has to adapt.
One of the important nutritional elements that you may not realize is hydration. One way the body adapts is by sweating more to try to cool your body. Part of this is due to the increase in humidity, sweat does not evaporate off your skin as readily, thus it falls off your body at a higher rate than in drier climates. This is part of the reason why you may require significantly more fluids than in other climates and it is important to know your sweat rate.
I recently wrote an article for the Singapore American Newsletter on hydration. Please check it out at:
http://www.aasingapore.com/attachments/wysiwyg/15216/Pages%20from%20SAN%20JuneJuly%202011%2022-25.pdf It is the last page in this section.
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