When i was younger i used to just sit and tough out cold morning sits and get through them from force of will more so than warm layers and good planning.
These days i like to be a bit more comfortable and if i plan to sit in a stand i go much better dressed and have started using those hot hands hand warmers and toe warmers to try and keep my feet and hands warm, but not having a super successful time of it until this week.
Most of my gloves are a bit too small to comfortably have the hand warmer inside with your hand, or i have a pair of folding mitts that are too big and leave a lot of space to let cold air in, which defeats the purpose. As i was reaching down to grab a snack i just absentmindedly tucked the hand warmer up the sleeve of my shirt against my forearm.
I don't know why i did it other than a convenient place to hold it while i ate, but man did it ever make a difference, my hands felt warmer almost instantly and really my whole body felt warmer with it against my forearm and i didn't have to fumble with them squished inside my glove.
Afterword i remembered something i saw on TV where some charity group of volunteers were building a new playground somewhere (in my head Mike Rowe was involved, but i have been known to mix things up like that relying on my memory). In the process of working it was so hot that the volunteers were starting to suffer from heat stress and heat stroke, so the local fire department brought in these cooling sleeves that went around your forearms and ran cool water through.
They said they wrapped them on peoples forearms because the blood vessels are closer to the surface, so it was much easier and efficient way to pull excess heat out of a persons body and cool them down than trying to cool from your head, or neck, etc. I guess it just makes sense that if it's easy to cool a person that way that it would be just as easy to heat a person up the same way to.
So next time you're sitting out with cold fingers wrapped around a hand warmer that doesn't seem to be doing much, try slipping it up your sleeve!
These days i like to be a bit more comfortable and if i plan to sit in a stand i go much better dressed and have started using those hot hands hand warmers and toe warmers to try and keep my feet and hands warm, but not having a super successful time of it until this week.
Most of my gloves are a bit too small to comfortably have the hand warmer inside with your hand, or i have a pair of folding mitts that are too big and leave a lot of space to let cold air in, which defeats the purpose. As i was reaching down to grab a snack i just absentmindedly tucked the hand warmer up the sleeve of my shirt against my forearm.
I don't know why i did it other than a convenient place to hold it while i ate, but man did it ever make a difference, my hands felt warmer almost instantly and really my whole body felt warmer with it against my forearm and i didn't have to fumble with them squished inside my glove.
Afterword i remembered something i saw on TV where some charity group of volunteers were building a new playground somewhere (in my head Mike Rowe was involved, but i have been known to mix things up like that relying on my memory). In the process of working it was so hot that the volunteers were starting to suffer from heat stress and heat stroke, so the local fire department brought in these cooling sleeves that went around your forearms and ran cool water through.
They said they wrapped them on peoples forearms because the blood vessels are closer to the surface, so it was much easier and efficient way to pull excess heat out of a persons body and cool them down than trying to cool from your head, or neck, etc. I guess it just makes sense that if it's easy to cool a person that way that it would be just as easy to heat a person up the same way to.
So next time you're sitting out with cold fingers wrapped around a hand warmer that doesn't seem to be doing much, try slipping it up your sleeve!
