Female Muslim Redditer: Training while fasting in Singapore’s climate - advice?

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Training while fasting in Singapore’s climate - advice?​

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Hey! Non-local Muslim here spending the semester in Singapore, apologies as English isn't my first language.

This is my first Ramadan here, and I'm trying to keep training somewhat consistent. Back home I'm used to a much cooler/drier climate, so the SG climate has been a bit of a shocker (my fault for not mentally prepping)

1. I typically train pretty high volume, so it has been a bit of a struggle adapting to the weather over Ramadan. The humidity along with my fast is extremely tough, especially bc sweating under SG weather is crazy, and I feel my pacing/intensity drops significantly approaching last sets compared to my usual. This is compounded by unfortunate period timing (typically at home I would still observe sawm even while on my period and maintain my routine, but here the weather + fast just hits different).
2. SG weather calls for different sporting gear, especially for my outdoor trainings - which as a woman makes me immediately aware of the modesty side of things over Ramadan, especially at public facilities. I don't think too much about it but I've just been feeling that incompatibility (just my opinion - it feels different during Ramadan than it normally would)
3. People don't usually assume I'm Muslim at first, so I've been offered food/drink several times by acquaintances, after I'm (pretty obviously) wiped out. It 100% comes from a place of friendliness/kindness, bc I think it's weird from their perspective that someone does a session in this heat without having any water. So they insist, which adds to the friction/may be awkward and is draining for me -- until I have to explicitly decline & explain I'm fasting until sunset.

Don't get me wrong, everyone has been super friendly and nice about it (love the locals here) - but the whole thing made me honestly wonder whether if it it's unusual in Singapore's climate for sportspersons to continue with regular training routines, and then wait until iftar before breaking fast? Or do other Muslim sportspersons reduce training volume or move tough sessions until after iftar; or adjust trainings due to fast+humidity?

Any other advice to balance fasting with training under this island's climate would be nice. Thanks in advance!

 

[WangChuk]

here most of the training venues got AIRCON one .... so not hot .... should be as cool and dry as Ur hometown.