Bill Gifford

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The mindbodygreen Podcast · 642: The science of sweat, saunas & stress | best-selling author Bill Gifford · 22 Mar 2026 podcast

Yeah, and certainly there are performance benefits and health benefits attached to it.

And just in terms of resilience, right, heat adaptation means that the next heat wave or hot spell is less taxing on you.

And then that becomes relevant for athletes like football players, for example, but also for older people, right, who are much more vulnerable, who are less –

So for me, I live in a hot place as well.

It's a hot and dry place.

And I'm not a hot weather guy.

At least I didn't think of myself as a hot weather person.

I'm a winter sports guy.

And so I kind of dreaded the summer.

And I would not exercise as much in the summer.

I wouldn't want to go out and ride my bike when it was hot.

90 degrees or whatever.

So learning these techniques of heat training sort of enabled me to be more comfortable with the climate.

And so that was a big benefit.

And then as a result of that, I'm more comfortable exercising at different times of the day in the summer.

So that's one benefit.

So thereafter, a performance benefit

But I think for a recreational athlete, probably like most people listening, there's a survival

And maybe survival benefit isn't quite the right word, but a resilience benefit, right?

So let's say you're... I mean, the Boston Marathon is a great example, right?

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