Girls who don't sweat? How?

Annie120484
Annie120484 Posts: 44 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I don't understand it when I look around at the gym or at yoga and see girls who are working hard and NOT sweating. It's just not fair! I start sweating buckets like, within the first five minutes of working out. I feel like people must look at me and think it's gross! Girls who don't sweat, how is this possible? Is it relative to fitness?
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  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    It has been my experience that it isn't related to fitness. I produced a lot of sweat when I was unfit, and I still sweat a lot being fit.

    While it can be an indicator of effort, it is still a very individual thing. Some people sweat more than others. Period.
  • snazzyjazzy21
    snazzyjazzy21 Posts: 1,298 Member
    Genetics are a *****.
  • DevynPrice
    DevynPrice Posts: 15 Member
    Sweating is a good thing! I wish I could sweat. I want to feel like I'm doing something. All I get is really hot and really red. At least sweat works to cool you off.

    Also screw people who think girls don't sweat. That's some outdated idea that women are supposed to be clean and weak and quiet and out of the way. Give me sweat any day!
  • JenniTheVeggie
    JenniTheVeggie Posts: 2,474 Member
    OMG. I get sweaty. Genetics is my vote.
  • slkehl
    slkehl Posts: 3,801 Member
    I feel ya! It makes me look like a wimp, because I'll start sweating even when I'm not going hard.
  • candykay0605
    candykay0605 Posts: 1,019 Member
    I pour sweat!!! Like a pig in a sweat shop!!!
  • riccoismydog
    riccoismydog Posts: 319 Member
    I didn't sweat until I was 20. I prefer sweating. Cools me down. Lets me know I'm working.
  • emlott88
    emlott88 Posts: 75 Member
    Sweating is a good thing! I wish I could sweat. I want to feel like I'm doing something. All I get is really hot and really red. At least sweat works to cool you off.

    Also screw people who think girls don't sweat. That's some outdated idea that women are supposed to be clean and weak and quiet and out of the way. Give me sweat any day!

    Agree ^^.

    The only time it's ever come in handy was when I lived in an extremely hot climate, and I didn't sweat through my work clothes on a daily basis like my work mates did.

    Any other time, it sucks. I get a sweaty forehead and that's about it, yet I go super bright red and overheat. I'd love to sweat!
  • Blitz_40
    Blitz_40 Posts: 110 Member
    I'm not a sweaty person. At most I get a little sheen, but never drippy sweaty. But I over-heat really fast and have had heat exhaustion three times. Dr says nothing is wrong with me physically, has checked everything, it's just the way I am.
  • stefanieprice07
    stefanieprice07 Posts: 22 Member
    I'm one of those girls who doesn't sweat that much, unless it's really hot or humid outside. I worry the opposite though, that people will think I'm not trying hard because I'm not sweating that much. I swear I'm pouring my heart out, it's just air conditioned in the gym!!
  • baker150
    baker150 Posts: 112 Member
    I used to sweat soooo badly, like I'd walk up some stairs and I'd be moist. Now, after losing so much weight I'm lucky if I even get warm. If it's really hot or humid out and I'm running, I'll sweat a tiny bit on my neck under my hair, but that's pretty much the most of it.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    I'm one of those girls who doesn't sweat that much, unless it's really hot or humid outside. I worry the opposite though, that people will think I'm not trying hard because I'm not sweating that much. I swear I'm pouring my heart out, it's just air conditioned in the gym!!

    Nah, I'm just looking at you, cursing you under my breath out of envy because I am drenched, you aren't and we are giving the same effort.
  • QueenBishOTUniverse
    QueenBishOTUniverse Posts: 14,121 Member
    I drench many a shirt, and I think it gets worse the better shape that I'm in. It is however very anoying when you can't keep a grip on your yoga mat because it's slick with sweat....
  • Cait_Sidhe
    Cait_Sidhe Posts: 3,150 Member
    It's not related to fitness at all. Some people just sweat more, others don't. I'm one of the ones who doesn't. When I first started going to the gym I kinda had an inferiority complex about it. I felt like it looked like I wasn't working as hard because I wasn't sweating like others. Not the case though.

    ETA: I also abhor hot weather because I get overheated. I think it may be related to the fact I don't sweat much and my body can't cool itself off.
  • lolapedia88
    lolapedia88 Posts: 178 Member
    I hardly sweat... I get warm and glow though
  • jillebee44
    jillebee44 Posts: 64 Member
    I WISH I could quote ALL the posts above!! I too am a bucket sweater! I sometimes sweat just as bad if not worse then most of the men at the gym. Usually after I work out I head to work to shower before I clock in, most of the guys I work with are awesome about complimenting i.e. good job, keep up the good work, etc. There are a few that ask what the hell happened to you!? But when I answer there is usually no comment after.

    I also find that I am not worried about other people at the gym, as long as they are working too. The thing that bothers me the most is when someone is there and they are sitting, standing, or walking around more then they are working out. I know it shouldn't matter to me, it's their money and time that is being wasted. But here I am busting butt for and hour and I think you have only lifted 2 reps of 10, and I can SEE that its NOT a lot of weight! LOL

    Keep up the good work and blame genetics!! :bigsmile:
  • lunaflora
    lunaflora Posts: 8
    I could drown in my sweat puddle. I may someday. It doesn't matter what size I am. Or how fit I am. I just sweat.
  • lunaflora
    lunaflora Posts: 8
    I drench many a shirt, and I think it gets worse the better shape that I'm in. It is however very anoying when you can't keep a grip on your yoga mat because it's slick with sweat....
    I'm actually afraid sometimes, that I may slip on my sweat pools.
  • ashkinlaw
    ashkinlaw Posts: 77 Member
    I sweat and it is ****ing sexy.
  • ProgressNotPerfection32
    ProgressNotPerfection32 Posts: 1,155 Member
    I don't sweat from my head or face, so many people think I don't at all. I haven't sweat as much as I do since I started running this summer. My arms, neck, back and legs drip sweat like you wouldn't believe! When I get back from a run, my car seat is very wet!!
  • julien999
    julien999 Posts: 41 Member
    There was just a story on the CBC about this! well not just about women but people getting in shape and perspiration levels.
    They are saying that a person who is out of shape and working out at 100% of their capacity will sweat the exact same amount as someone who is in shape and working to their 100% capacity this is the easy part though. However when the unfit person works out at say 50% of their efficiency that could be equal to the fit persons 25% efficiency. So the sweating doesn't necessarily correlate to the activity but how hard the person is actually working within their ratios.
    So while you are working your *kitten* off sweating like a pig you are putting in lets say 80% of your efficiency, now that girl across the gym who is doing double your exercises and not sweating is really only putting in a 40% effort. So really us chubby folk who are at the gyms getting less respect are really the hard *kitten* who are putting in the real hard effort.

    Be Proud of your Sweat!
  • SmileCozYouCan
    SmileCozYouCan Posts: 315 Member
    :laugh: at the above comment
  • catsandbooks
    catsandbooks Posts: 5 Member
    I'm not a sweaty person. At most I get a little sheen, but never drippy sweaty. But I over-heat really fast and have had heat exhaustion three times. Dr says nothing is wrong with me physically, has checked everything, it's just the way I am.

    I'm the same way. It has to be over 90 degrees and have me working out hard before I even have a trickle of sweat. And I over-heat very easily. I agree with those who say it is genetics.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    why in the world are there so many threads about sweat volume this week????

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  • Tessyloowhoo
    Tessyloowhoo Posts: 504
    Yup i sweat like a mofo and since i am high-protein/lowcarb it stinks of ammonia. I legit smell like tilex or scrubbin bubbles. NOT CUTE.
  • ronrstaats
    ronrstaats Posts: 294 Member
    Yup i sweat like a mofo and since i am high-protein/lowcarb it stinks of ammonia. I legit smell like tilex or scrubbin bubbles. NOT CUTE.

    Same diet here but I don't notice an Ammonia smell...

    my problem is I sweat like a mofo from my forehead so I am constantly swapping out towels while working out. I don't sweat at all under my arms...
  • MizMimi111
    MizMimi111 Posts: 244 Member
    I sweat but not a lot. My face however goes bright red at even the slightest exertion. Always has, even when I was young, fit and not overweight. Of course now that I'm fat people are all concerned when they see my bright red face. They must think I'm about to collapse! :tongue:

    I'd rather sweat more and get less red.
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
    Tell me something... When you see the classic sexy workout woman shot.. Is she dry or do they have her all glistening and covered with what looks like sweat?

    Yeah typically they oil her up or spray water on her so that it beads..

    Why?

    Cuz sweat is sexy.


    Own it. I do. :-D
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    I only sweat when it's humid outside. Otherwise I get misty, that's about it. Was never a sweat-er.
  • TigerBite
    TigerBite Posts: 611 Member
    Lower than average basal body temperature ... I'm about 97.1-97.6 (have always been this way) ... I don't sweat very much (I have to be working REALLY hard, pretty high intensity, like 22 + mph/spinning on the stationary bike) ... I can run outside in the midday summer sun and not get overheated ... Sucks during the winter, though ...

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