Do weather conditions influence my performance?
Whether cold or hot, temperature and humidity have direct influence on sports performance. And keep your nutrition on schedule, take Z2.
When the day is very hot, the body is forced to resort to strategies to avoid increasing the internal temperature to risky levels. To achieve this, there is an increase in the rate of sweating with a consequent risk of dehydration and collapse due to lack of salts.
On the other hand, on very cold days, the body is forced to spend more energy in an attempt to maintain the ideal body temperature so that internal chemical reactions occur in the best way possible. This means more energy is used than usual.
The good news is that adapting to these conditions is easier when acclimatization occurs, that is, the more training in these adverse conditions, the easier it will be to adapt on the possible day of a competition.
Therefore, try to simulate in training the conditions expected for the day of the scheduled race. This can benefit you and make adaptation faster and simpler.
If you are interested in the subject and want to understand it in more depth, read this scientific article that talks more about the subject in detail.
https://www.scielo.br/j/rbme/a/TdZrYjq8gRLs96VKzpJ9fmk/?lang=pt
