Chapter 7: Thermoregulation and Performance

The Thermoregulation Revolution

First week of hot yoga: You’re a mess. Sweat in your eyes. Dripping everywhere. Can’t grip anything. Feel like you’re drowning in your own moisture.

Week four: Different story.

Your sweat becomes less salty. More dilute. You start sweating earlier but more efficiently. Core temperature rises slower. Heart rate stays lower.

You’ve built what exercise physiologists call “thermal tolerance.”

But it’s more than tolerance. It’s mastery.

Research shows trained hot yoga practitioners maintain core temperatures 0.5°C lower than beginners in the same conditions. Half a degree might not sound like much. But that’s the difference between performance and panic.

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