Where I live it often gets to high 80's and feels like 95 with the humidity. My high school warms up with a couple laps and then drills for about 20 minutes and striders if it's a workout. While in more comfortable weather I find this routine pretty typical, it seems a bit overboard to insist that the same aerobic drills (abc skips, high knees, butt kicks etc) have to be done in this weather.
I tend to opt for a few higher intensity excercises like apolo onos or jumps to get the muscles ready instead. Are you really better off doing a full warmup when your skin temp and heart rate is already high enough?
Where I live it often gets to high 80's and feels like 95 with the humidity. My high school warms up with a couple laps and then drills for about 20 minutes and striders if it's a workout. While in more comfortable weather I find this routine pretty typical, it seems a bit overboard to insist that the same aerobic drills (abc skips, high knees, butt kicks etc) have to be done in this weather.
I tend to opt for a few higher intensity excercises like apolo onos or jumps to get the muscles ready instead. Are you really better off doing a full warmup when your skin temp and heart rate is already high enough?
if you are a distance runner, the warm up laps are part of the workout mileage. if you are a sprinter, the laps are not necessary. The a skips, high knees, etc are form drills, so they have a purpose that goes beyond warming up. I don't think they are necessary to do EVERY day, but if it is hot out every day, you need to do them when it is hot sometimes.
you are correct that a typical "warm up" can be overkill for the purposes of warming up, but it doesn't necessarily mean you can skip it.
for a race, you need to figure out a routine for doing just enough to get ready for that race without over working yourself
ya'll bring up some good points. I think that you should do the warmup mileage and form drills but the things you do to "warm up" the muscles and aerobic system probably aren't necessary in the heat
My warmup typically is 3 miles and 40 minutes (including time between and dynamic stretches). In the heat it'll likely be 2.5 miles and 35 minutes - typically less easy jogging since my body is already warm and blood is flowing
In terms of warming up for a race: Ron Clarke said that the final part of the warmup (for most, that would be accelerations aka strides, I guess) should always be done in the conditions in which you'll compete.
On a bitterly cold day or very hot/sunny one and/or windy one, the early part(s) of the warmup could be done inside, if that's available, or otherwise out of the conditions. But the last part should be out where you'll be competing, or at least in all those conditions.