Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. That's the big problem in hot, humid weather. Your body absorbs water FAR slower than it can absorb it. I learned this when seriously bicycling in hot weather. Don't wait till you are thirsty to drink, by then it's too late. Drink as much WATER as you can at a gig right from the start in hot weather. Alternate water with a gatorade type drink.
51 and doing all the gigs I can get.
boomerweps
I have got to agree boomerweps,
I am 45 and I sweat like crazy but I drink lots of water and Gatorade, Popel or some sports drink.
I alway run a fan, even in the air condition. I have had problems with mild dehydration and heat
stress so I try to eat a banana a day and something that will keep the leg cramps down also is
one bottle of Tonic water on the day of the hot show. If you are an Ice Tea drinker or coffee drinker,
both of them are dieurectics. Not the best thing to drink really to conserve water. When I was
in a Navy engine Room that was 110 to 115 degrees we drank a lot of water and intentionally
salted our food. Salt helps you retain water so you don't sweat it all out. Sweating is your bodies
way of naturally cooling itself off but when you do you loose a bunch of salt and Gatorade and these
sports drinks replenishes sodium. Eat good and salt your food just a bit and hydrate before, During and after you play. 44 is not that old, or atleast I didn't think so until I played a gig in a ball room that
we had to move all the equipment up 2 flights of stairs. I will never take another gig with 2 flights of stairs, or unless we have some young 20 year olds to help. I also have to agree with one of the earlier comments about packing up, moving, setting up, breaking down and unpacking wears me out
worst than anything else and my large drum kit is not the problems It packs up very nicely in hard cases. I own the PA and none of it is lite.
Nutty
