Personally, for me cold is mind over matter if it’s not to the point where you’re being physically damaged by your cells freezing. Yes, I’m cold, but if I focus on something else I’m fine. Heat, however, makes everything swell and sweat and you can’t do anything about it.
@hchavers@mycya4me for me it’s a matter of what to do when they’re all off and I’m still sweating like a pig in the oven. At that point, I’m out of options for taking things off.
Ohio resident. We add high humidity to our heat so sweating isn’t even all that helpful.
@hchavers@mycya4me@Ziggie
I’ve always said “I can take off enough clothes to be arrested and still be hot, but I can put on enough clothes to be warm given the right equipment”.
My summer routine here in Central Alabama generally involves working outside till I get too hot then jumping in the pool for a bit. Most evenings I’ll strip down and get in the pool to cool off before I come inside to shower off, allowing me to drop my core temp a few degrees.
Winter is definitely the better season. You can always add more layers, to get to the desired warmth level. There’s no way to deal with the heat, there aren’t enough layers to remove.
@Nerdelectric How I deal with Florida’s heat (high of 95 today) is wear long sleeves (for protection from direct sun) made of moisture-wicking fabric, (so that evaporation actually works when humidity is near 100%) and drink tons of ice water to cool down from the inside out (when I have to get an eight-hour workday in, I usually drink about a gallon and a half of it). Soda is good too, it’s the only time I don’t feel guilty drinking a lot. Take frequent breaks, too.
You can do more than take off layers, is what I’m saying. Just like you do more than put on layers on the cold; at least drink lots of hot drinks and soups, right?
@Nerdelectric@Weboh Being from the south, I understand. Plus, remember if you don’t like the weather now just wait an hour it will change from either Hot & sweaty to steam bath. Yes Lots of water, with a flavor Pak.
If you prefer summer, you don’t live in the coastal south. We live in a sauna that is barely tolerable in the middle of the night, before the ball of fire enters the chat.
@snarks_alive Yes I live I. The South ALL my life. Yes it does get warm with Southern humidity. But do you remember if you don’t like the weather it will change in a couple hours it’ll rain and give you a steam bath. Do you think you already got your bath for the day then what more could you want but winter oh my gosh, you can’t put on enough clothes.
@Cerridwyn@snarks_alive
Worked outside all afternoon yesterday. My indoor/outdoor thermometer says it got up to 99°, but the humidity was about 50% (which is unusual for this time of year) and there was a slight breeze, so working in the shade was actually pretty pleasant
Winter is worse. It’s uncomfortable to be hot, but it hurts to be cold. If you run during the winter, your throat gets attacked by the cold and gets all raspy. If you run during the summer, you might sweat a lot more, but that’s it. Just drink water and you’ll be fine.
@Drez143@Weboh If I breathe through my nose during exercise in very cold weather, my sinuses go into overdrive producing drainage, and I get a headache that merely warming up will not reduce for as much as several hours. Your mileage may vary, but that’s a description of mine.
The Cold, sometimes you can’t put on enough clothes to keep warm. With the warmer weather you just have to keep Some liquid nearby, and have stripped down to the minimum, I like T-shirt, and a pair of shorts and sandals
At my age, neither extreme is all that tolerable. I had to do a lot of stuff outside this weekend, fixing stuff on vehicles, and the sweat was soaking through the headband and getting in my eyes. It was not fun. But temps in the low 40s and below make it hard to cope too, and there’s no such thing as a pair of gloves that can keep my hands actually warm in those temps.
I’m in MD, south enough to get heat and humidity, and I’m prone to heat exhaustion. I also burn super fast. At least in winter I can put on more layers; there’s no escaping the heat.
I’ve done excessive outdoor work in both. The extremes are not fun.
In high (triple digit °F) heat for extended times, you run the risk of heat stroke. Cooling down has to be done gradually so not to run the risk of shock.
In low (sub 0) cold, assuming high volumes of snow or rain, it’s hernias and exhaustion (possibly frostbite or slippage). When you’re finished and want to warm back up, it’s the long process of removing your “armor”.
Both extremes considered, I’ll take the heat because I might have the option of taking quick breaks rather than bulking back up to enter the winter zone.
Depends on what I am doing.
Winter. Hands down. It could be cold. It could be wet. It could be snowing or icing depending on where you live. I’ll take the heat any day
Personally, for me cold is mind over matter if it’s not to the point where you’re being physically damaged by your cells freezing. Yes, I’m cold, but if I focus on something else I’m fine. Heat, however, makes everything swell and sweat and you can’t do anything about it.
@DLPanther Hard disagree. Being hot is just mind over matter to me. I guess it boils down to what you’re used to.
@DLPanther @Weboh yep if you don’t mind it, it doesn’t matter! But with Cold it can cut to the Bone!
I don’t like being cooked and sweaty. I can always bundle up. Cold all the way.
Summer, by a country mile. Source: I live in central Florida.
They both suck. Why is that not an option?
I’d rather run in 25° than 70°.
You can only take off so many clothes.
@Ziggie you could take all of them off… but, you might be embarrassed or it could be scary?
@Ziggie I have to leave on a couple garments too, or the pitchforks and torches come out.
@hchavers @Ziggie
, I Understand perfectly as I am the same way, you don’t scare the locals. Oh, BTW, I also live in the south!
@hchavers @mycya4me for me it’s a matter of what to do when they’re all off and I’m still sweating like a pig in the oven. At that point, I’m out of options for taking things off.
Ohio resident. We add high humidity to our heat so sweating isn’t even all that helpful.
@hchavers @mycya4me @Ziggie
I’ve always said “I can take off enough clothes to be arrested and still be hot, but I can put on enough clothes to be warm given the right equipment”.
My summer routine here in Central Alabama generally involves working outside till I get too hot then jumping in the pool for a bit. Most evenings I’ll strip down and get in the pool to cool off before I come inside to shower off, allowing me to drop my core temp a few degrees.
@chienfou @hchavers @Ziggie I agree, I am in Va. So I know about those Nice Moist Days of Summer! the ones that last into Sept & some times into Oct!
Winter is definitely the better season. You can always add more layers, to get to the desired warmth level. There’s no way to deal with the heat, there aren’t enough layers to remove.
@Nerdelectric How I deal with Florida’s heat (high of 95 today) is wear long sleeves (for protection from direct sun) made of moisture-wicking fabric, (so that evaporation actually works when humidity is near 100%) and drink tons of ice water to cool down from the inside out (when I have to get an eight-hour workday in, I usually drink about a gallon and a half of it). Soda is good too, it’s the only time I don’t feel guilty drinking a lot. Take frequent breaks, too.
You can do more than take off layers, is what I’m saying. Just like you do more than put on layers on the cold; at least drink lots of hot drinks and soups, right?
@Nerdelectric @Weboh Being from the south, I understand. Plus, remember if you don’t like the weather now just wait an hour it will change from either Hot & sweaty to steam bath. Yes Lots of water, with a flavor Pak.
If you prefer summer, you don’t live in the coastal south. We live in a sauna that is barely tolerable in the middle of the night, before the ball of fire enters the chat.
@snarks_alive Yes I live I. The South ALL my life. Yes it does get warm with Southern humidity. But do you remember if you don’t like the weather it will change in a couple hours it’ll rain and give you a steam bath. Do you think you already got your bath for the day then what more could you want but winter oh my gosh, you can’t put on enough clothes.
@snarks_alive southern california desert
i loves the dry heat
@Cerridwyn @snarks_alive
Worked outside all afternoon yesterday. My indoor/outdoor thermometer says it got up to 99°, but the humidity was about 50% (which is unusual for this time of year) and there was a slight breeze, so working in the shade was actually pretty pleasant
Winter is worse. It’s uncomfortable to be hot, but it hurts to be cold. If you run during the winter, your throat gets attacked by the cold and gets all raspy. If you run during the summer, you might sweat a lot more, but that’s it. Just drink water and you’ll be fine.
@Weboh that’s why you breathe through your nose.
@Drez143 @Weboh If I breathe through my nose during exercise in very cold weather, my sinuses go into overdrive producing drainage, and I get a headache that merely warming up will not reduce for as much as several hours. Your mileage may vary, but that’s a description of mine.
The Cold, sometimes you can’t put on enough clothes to keep warm. With the warmer weather you just have to keep Some liquid nearby, and have stripped down to the minimum, I like T-shirt, and a pair of shorts and sandals
At my age, neither extreme is all that tolerable. I had to do a lot of stuff outside this weekend, fixing stuff on vehicles, and the sweat was soaking through the headband and getting in my eyes. It was not fun. But temps in the low 40s and below make it hard to cope too, and there’s no such thing as a pair of gloves that can keep my hands actually warm in those temps.
I’m in MD, south enough to get heat and humidity, and I’m prone to heat exhaustion. I also burn super fast. At least in winter I can put on more layers; there’s no escaping the heat.
Houston area… too hot and too humid to be outside. Winter weather is usually lovely here.
I’ve done excessive outdoor work in both. The extremes are not fun.
In high (triple digit °F) heat for extended times, you run the risk of heat stroke. Cooling down has to be done gradually so not to run the risk of shock.
In low (sub 0) cold, assuming high volumes of snow or rain, it’s hernias and exhaustion (possibly frostbite or slippage). When you’re finished and want to warm back up, it’s the long process of removing your “armor”.
Both extremes considered, I’ll take the heat because I might have the option of taking quick breaks rather than bulking back up to enter the winter zone.
@pakopako yeah
walking on ice scares me to death, but i’ll go sit on the porch and read when it is 100F
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