What Melbourne's Weather Does to Your Muscles
Melbourne's weather shifts fast, and training through it — especially in the cooler months — can affect how your body feels day to day.
Cold weather and warm-up
Muscles generally take longer to warm up properly in cold conditions. Training or competing without an adequate warm-up in winter can leave you feeling tighter afterwards than the same session would in warmer weather.
Indoor training through winter
A lot of combat sport and gym training happens indoors year-round, which helps, but travelling to and from training in the cold — especially straight after a session — can undo some of that benefit.
Sudden weather swings
Melbourne's known for four seasons in a day, and some people notice their bodies feel stiffer around sudden temperature or pressure changes, though this varies a lot person to person.
What helps
A proper warm-up regardless of the season, layering up before and after training in cold weather, and treating persistent tightness rather than assuming it's "just the weather" and waiting for it to pass.
Book a session
Nick Mann, Mixed Osteo, 92 Parsons Street, Kensington.
Book online or call the clinic on (03) 4054 1621.
