Really? Breaking camp gets you borderline over heated? Seriously? As you get up to face a day of....a few thousand feet of climbing...or riding into a 30mph wind....or taking a short cut over a 12% grade....you're thinking that breaking camp is a big deal?
I'm dumbfounded. We are all very unique in our approaches.
I think you need to find some past time that will help you build your cardio/endurance. Hmmmm, what could that be.... bwahahhah

Immediatley after I get up and dressed I pack my sleeping bag and mat and then open up the tent door to get some airflow inside to get rid of condensation. Then I take a shower etc. When I get back I'll make tea and eat something like cookies or porridge if I'm not intending to have breakfast in a diner. After breakfast I rinse my mug and cup and arrange all my gear ready to go into the saddlebag. I check any washing I did the night before and decide whether to pack it or hang it off the saddlebag to dry some more. Then I'll wipe the tent fly down inside and out (if it's still damp), remove the carbon struts from the back and pack them in a bag with the pole and stakes and paxk the fly into a compression sack. Then pack the saddelbag.

Yessir. That is correct.

That's just the way it is...

That didn't take much...

Thanks for the suggestion. My cardio/endurance is just fine, thank you.
It just seems that breaking camp requires more exertion than peddling a 30# bike loaded with 50# of gear at 15mph for 6hrs a day.
Go figure...........

Before I lost a bunch of weight one of my worst days was a long day of canoeing followed by setting up a campsite with tents and tarps. It was exhausting. Your post got a chuckle from me but the reply was meant with humor... I still think it' funny :) to see breaking camp as a challenge but I'm also not many years from it being a -real- challenge :).

I knew that. ;-) Thanks.
I am quite a bit lighter now than I was on my most recent tours, and am looking forward to the fall thru the spring to tour some more.
Maybe my biggest challenge was all the standing/kneeling associated with breaking camp and packing up, and the fact that I am not warmed up
at all in the morning. Dunno. But, as I said, I have not problems setting things up even after a long day in the saddle, warmed up but tired.
I am shortly going to begin "practicing" here at home in hopes of developing a routine that does not tax me so much.
I have a tentative tour for early December with an experienced touring cyclist. Maybe he can provide some pointers.