If you’re doing all that work without rest you’re cheating yourself by not letting your body recover to see maximum gains
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In addition to what everyone else is saying, heat is absolutely playing a role. Your body is working hard to maintain that homeostasis, and exercise is making that work much harder
Why are people so bad at doing things in moderation
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60 minutes to 3 hours
Every day? In addition to a physically demanding job? Yeah, that's a good way to overdo it.
Are you having rest days? Rest and recovery are a pretty vital part of actually seeing any benefits from exercise. Especially since you've got a physically demanding job, your body might be crying out for some recovery time. If you really want to keep the habit of daily exercise, you could try splitting some of the activities out to alternating days, so you could still do some gentle yoga and stretching on 'rest' days, but only do the cardio and core on alternating days.
Along with rest, how much sleep are you getting. I kept up a similar pace for about 2 years before life commitments required scaling back. When I felt as you are describing I was not getting enough sleep.
Diet? Sleep schedule?
I used to do 15-20 miles every other day and then track workouts on the "off" days. Did it for 5 years or so while working and doing everything else.
You need a proper diet, you need proper sleep and you need to listen to your body and take "rest" days. Yoga can be a rest day for sure.