Why aren't you sweating?

wolfchild59

I drip sweat pretty badly during intense workouts. There was one time I was running while training for a race and thought it was starting to rain, then just realized that it was my own sweat dripping on my arms.

It does depend on the intensity and type of workout, as well as personal fitness level for the workout being done. My personal cardio training for races (runs and cross cardio) usually have me soaked by the end of it. But during the strength workouts I usually only just "glisten" a bit with sweat. Unless it's super hot out, then I'll drip down my back a little.

The comparison is when I'm coaching someone on Couch to 5K. I'm on my third coaching gig and even in the 90 degree heat yesterday, on week 1, day 2 of the program, I only had a bit of sweat, hardly any dripping even. But the woman I'm coaching was soaked. Because our fitness levels are in different places. For me, it's a leisurely jog around the track for 30 minutes, but it's a huge exertion on her body for that time because she's hasn't done any kind of running in about 20 years and she's about 100 pounds heavier than I am.