Topic: Dealing with the Weather

[Saint.Albatross]

So, how does everyone adjust their training to accomodate to the weather?  Most notably in the summer, the heat, and the humidity.  I find it difficult to motivate myself to train on days when it's difficult to breath from the humidity, and the heat makes you want to run inside and find a fan.  Generally, I bring a ton of water, and make sure I can find water fountains to refill with.  I tend to wear really light, breathable clothes, and advise the guys I train with to do the same.  I also try to spend the time when we're training as it gets hotter, moving from more sunlit areas to areas with more shade, or with a nice wind blowing.

[Daniel Arroyo]

I don't know about anyone else but I train in everything! Usually when it's scorching hot outside I just Train in some shorts and bring a lot of water/gatorade; I also usually wait until the sun is about to go down because that is when it's the coolest, or just train at night in a well lit area! And when it's wet I just wear long pants, and long sleeved shirt!

[Saint.Albatross]

Yea, currently I'm trying to decide to have our regular trianing sessions in the evenings or in the mornings, but I think morning tends to be better, especially in regards to bug activity.

I also try to organize the training so we train hardest in the cooler hours.

[BearMills]

well usually i let the Weather deal with me.... lol but yeh in SD it gets super hot so i train at night or early in the mornings

[RedSpeedStar6]

the weather sucks but I train everyday in everything, I think since the world is our playground, we have to take in all parts of the world and its conditions. But on rainy days, which in florida is like everyday, I usually work on things that dont require alot of grip, strength and conditioning, swimming, inside i do handstands, push ups, sit ups, lift weights and such. Or find someplace thats sheltered, anything with a roof over it.

[Muhammad]

it's good to train technique when it's raining. it's hard to see and everything gets really slippery, which is good. your clothing and shoes get totally waterlogged and add to your weight, making it even better.

[Jaycee123]

Well put Muhammad I have just recently began to get into rain training since it rains a lot here in the summer for some odd reason. I wasent gonna  let mother nature hold me down from training that has happen far too much in the past. I do enjoy training in the rain with light work and easy steps.

[Robillard]

parkour in mud yayyyyy! lol
and ya its been raining for like a week and a half straight were im at. 
lightning actually put out my internet about 2 nights ago to.

[Joe A.]

How about shoes?  Running with soggy socks and shoes is horrible!

[Daniel Arroyo]

Well I usually only train when it's drizzling outside; when it get really bad I have really good sheltered areas that I train under. As for wet shoes, umm that does suck!

[BearMills]

+ your feet get all moldy and become itchy...Nobody wants waterlogged feat unless your running on hot coals =D

[Muhammad]

Guys, training in adverse conditions is good for you. You should make a point to train sometimes in the pouring rain, so long as there isn't lightning. You wouldn't want to be just a "fairweather traceur" would you? That leads to finding excuses NOT to train, and we all know where that goes..

[John [sss24] Chadwell]

Thats kinda hard when your in the lightning stike capital of the world-Miami-Dade county

[Mike Sechler]

I try to train ethier early or late. Yes, its a good workout, but I dont need to sweat bullets when learning technique. If im working out its a diffrent story, but I need to be able to concentrate on what I'm doing when learning. Not only that, but I'd like my sessions to be more than a hour long.


By the way... your insane...

it's good to train technique when it's raining. it's hard to see and everything gets really slippery, which is good. your clothing and shoes get totally waterlogged and add to your weight, making it even better.

[Muhammad]

you really pick up a lot of information when you train the same areas extensively in both wet and dry conditions. i would say you can't fully appreciate dry conditions until you have trained them soaking wet. working with moisture forces you to pay a LOT more attention to what you're doing, which increases your sensitivity and fine-tunes your control. it increases your skill overall, and prepares you for more diverse situations.

training in the snow and ice has similar benefits. ideally, you should be able to do parkour anywhere, anytime, in all weather conditions. for example, try training right before dusk, and very suddenly your visual acuity and depth perception become challenged when the sun sets. it will really test your nerves. a jump that you could normally do with ease in broad daylight suddenly looks very doubtful in the twilight. of course if you are brand new, I wouldn't recommend starting out like this, but after you have gotten comfortable with jumping, vaulting and general movement, it's good to find things that will mess with your head just a little bit.

[Robillard]

true true. but it kinda sucks and is scary when you hear the air crackling before the lightning hits. or when the thunder is loud enough to set off car alarms and pop your eardrums, as it has been around me for a couple weeks now.
freaking car alarms. i hate them, they keep going off while my power goes out thanks to this messed up weather.

[Muhammad]

like I stated earlier, lightning storms are an exception, and should be avoided. you can add tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tidal waves, tsunamis, flash floods, and other seriously life-threatening conditions to that list as well LOL

[Robillard]

like I stated earlier, lightning storms are an exception, and should be avoided. you can add tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tidal waves, tsunamis, flash floods, and other seriously life-threatening conditions to that list as well LOL

HURRICANE PARTY yay lol.

[Jaycee123]

Hey guys hjavent been on in some time but I would like to throw my word in edge wise once again! In concerns toward the weather i either ~a~ Go out when its drizzling like Danny mentioned or ~b~ go out after the rain stops to train my coordination and control on the slippery when wet surfaces.   

[Muhammad]

you should try training in the pouring rain