It’s the same up here in Kansas. December 31st was nice enough to go to the park in a jacket. My kids took theirs off while playing on the equipment.
It snowed 6 inches on January 1st.
I was able to wear short sleeves at work this week because it was almost 50 again.
@kd13 I read somewhere that in the middle ages, where the vast majority of serfs etc. were manual labourers working on farms, etc., that many did in fact go into hibernation mode to save energy, waking for about 4 hours a day to eat a bit of food, then sleep again. I have no idea if its true but it just sticks in my mind for some reason.
Brings up an interesting question of whether a faster metabolism would be of benefit in cold climate due to warming the body, or a hindrance due to making it harder to pile on the “insulation”.
I have a crazy “woo-woo” theory that cold tolerance is also partially based on when you’re born. Most people I know born in the spring and summer months gravitate towards heat and are usually chilly, and many I know born in the fall and winter months tolerate cold well and are usually warm. My wife was born in April and is a textbook example of the above, while my son and I are fall-born and are always hot and love cold.
This shit is nuts!
I was born in Britain where its neither hot nor cold all year round. Where does that leave me?
As a stereotypical Brit.
I had the pleasure of doing manual labor during the summers where it was generally 90-100 F with 80% humidity.
I would rather sweat through my clothes than be outside in the cold. I was born at the end of September. Not sure how that applies to your theory.
I… well… uh…
I’M RIGHT, OKAY?
I’m not saying your wrong. Perhaps I need to check the weather history. We’ve had 100+ F days in mid to late August so it’s possible that it was 75+ F the day I was born.
Lots of chat in the last hour - but just to reference something about being cold.
In Scandinavian countries and Iceland its traditional to leave babies out side to nap. Sometimes in temperatures of -15C or 0-5F. And its been proven that its really good for a child. And my health is better in Autumn/Winter/spring than summer. When I sleep with the windows open and spend 90% of my time in a freezing office (I work in constriction so whilst I have offices - they are shockingly bad)
Personally by June each year, I’m okay the idea of moving to another country. I spent some time in the arctic last year (3 days) and loved it.
Yeah - it builds a lot of strength and mental fortitude. Advice - on the weeks where the 20 rep back squats are a bit easier - take the easy win. I found I burnt out REALLY quickly when I kept hammering the squats. You can end up doing 10 Front squats and then 30 back squats in a session.
If we’re out for a walk and our kid falls asleep, we do this exact thing when we get home if he’s still sleeping.
Slightly damp and with great vision in foggy weather?
Anyway, to sidetrack briefly from the interesting weather discussions; That is some solid lifting!
My optician would disagree.
Plus, fog is far too exciting, we don’t get much of that. Drizzle is more our thing
Thanks man. It’s worth noting all the weights are really, really light.
Also the dips? 
Joke aside; Light turns heavy real quick when you do enough - no to mention supersetting them also.
Ok, the dips are very much not light. My win on dips this year is likely to come as much from getting lighter as it is from getting stronger.
Don’t be so British, it was a good session own it!
I recently started doing cold showers in winter. I would always do this in summer but never in winter.
First two times I had to get my body “prepared” by splashing a bit of the water on my body. Today I just turned the showerhead on immediately. Felt a bit colder but nothing intolerable.
This is all just a long way to write I agree with you based on personal, anecdotal, evidence. The cold is in your mind until it starts to give you frostbite.
At this point, I’m consciously ignoring all the research supporting the benefits of cold exposure. I absolutely cannot tolerate it.
On the flip side, I have quite a high heat tolerance and can grab an egg out of boiling water