women getting a sweat on at the gym

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  • ThaRealNicki
    ThaRealNicki Posts: 322 Member
    i sweat a lot i think but it doesnt show through on my shirts and pants because theyre usually black haha but if I wear a light colored shirt it still doesnt do me justice for how sweaty I actually am, I drip every where lol
  • Amber82479
    Amber82479 Posts: 629 Member
    I've heard that as your body becomes more efficient, you sweat more. I believe that because I've personally found it to be true. When I started working out a year ago, I didn't sweat very much. Now it pours down my body and I'm completely soaked by the time I'm done. :)
  • Ocarina
    Ocarina Posts: 1,550 Member
    I suck because I can't get myself to sweat worth a damn. My husband can sweat sitting, he says its because he's Italian.

    I just can't sweat. I'll get sweaty armpits, leg pits *LOL*, but NOT my head, back, or legs. :\ And I'm running in 80-90 degree weather.
  • HornsUT32
    HornsUT32 Posts: 146 Member
    I SWEAT!!!! Even after just a mile on the treadmill, I am soaked. The woman who works there came up to me last week after my warm-up run and said "wow, that must have been a heck of a workout." I laughed and thought to myself...."if she only knew that was my warm-up." I am one of those that drips even, I mean I get off the treadmill and the bottom of the treadmill is spotted with sweat too!! But..I feel like if I am not sweating like that, I am not working hard enough. Besides...guys seem to think it's cool haha.
  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,722 Member
    I don't believe this "if you don't sweat much, you aren't working out hard enough". I don't sweat in general as much as other people do, even when it's 100 degrees outside. I can work my butt off at the gym and sweat some, but it's not pouring off like it is my husband.
  • sevsmom
    sevsmom Posts: 1,172 Member
    My coworker & I work out on lunch. Even if we just go for a walk on a cloudy day in cool temperatures, she has sweat rings. She's a sweater (per se). Now we are doing Body Revolution on our lunch break and while I sweat a bunch, she looks as though she jumped in the pool! I don't know why I don't sweat as badly as she does. I know I put in a lot of effort. Some people are just more efficient at cooling their bodies, I guess!!
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    i`m soaking by the time I leave the gym

    this.

    like others have noted you have to choose the color of your clothes carefully especially the bottoms. darker colors are better.

    the craziest place i get sweat soaked is my knees :laugh:
  • mpmama2re
    mpmama2re Posts: 212 Member
    I sweat a lot! I get super red in the face with sweat dripping off my nose. My arms sweat and so do my legs. Love it!
  • LemonBurns
    LemonBurns Posts: 538 Member
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    DrEnChEd when finished... totally SoAkEd!
  • brainfreeze72
    brainfreeze72 Posts: 180 Member
    Not only do I sweat at the gym (when I do go) but I use my lunch break (half of it anyway) to get in a 2 mile power walk up a steep hill wiping sweat out of my eyes as I go, and return to work with my face bright pink after having practically bathed in the sink in the ladies room before putting on some fresh deodorant and getting back into my office attire. I can't stand those people who do their hair & makeup to go to the gym. Why bother going if you're not going to at least attempt a good workout?
  • filomenae
    filomenae Posts: 110 Member
    I think that if I'm not sweating bullets with a red face by the end of my workout, I didn't work hard enough. With that said, I ALWAYS sweat through my shirts, and drip sweat when doing cardio and weight lifting.
  • 1213shell
    1213shell Posts: 37 Member
    I SWEAT and get red-face...a towel is a must have for me.
  • arachniagirl
    arachniagirl Posts: 64 Member
    Well thats reassuring haha, cheers ladies :p there is nothin more annoying than seein someone with a face plastered with nakeup and perfect hair at the gym! Not what you should be,there for

    Well, I'm the annoying one...I don't sweat a lot when I work out even when I push myself and if I go to the gym after work I have my make-up and hair done.
  • moonfire628
    moonfire628 Posts: 56
    Yeah, I definitely sweat like 100x more than the other girls I see at the gym. I used to feel self-conscious about it, like there was something wrong with my body, but then I realized I was there to actually work out and not look cute then complain guys "were staring." Now I feel like if I don't sweat I didn't work my body hard enough. Sweat power! Lol
  • kiachu
    kiachu Posts: 409 Member
    If its cool in the gym or the AC is on I won't sweat a lot. Sometimes the clothes I'm wearing make a difference too.
  • TXGirl821
    TXGirl821 Posts: 115
    I am SO sweaty by the time I leave the gym. I know my weight is a factor, but even at my thinnest & fittest [about 180lbs when I was 20], I would sweat a lot. I wear light clothes at the gym, shorts and thin strappy tanks, but still, I leave covered in sweat. I really like seeing it on my arms and shoulders, though! Makes me feel like I'm working super hard! :)
  • MLgarcia3
    MLgarcia3 Posts: 503
    I heard (don't jump on me) that you sweat more the fitter you are. When you are unfit you won't sweat as much.

    I heard!

    I sweat waaay more now that I'm fitter. My shins drip sweat and they never have before. Even when I'm not working out, I sweat if I get the least bit hot :frown:
  • Paula_h65
    Paula_h65 Posts: 6 Member
    I sweat a lot!!! I workout before work and sometimes I see women who worked out... and are able to get dressed for work without washing their hair! wth, i usually look like a drowned rat, and have to wash it so that I'm not totally disgusting! I don't understand... I like the sweat though, it makes me feel like I did something good:)
  • fairc3jam
    fairc3jam Posts: 136 Member
    I've heard that as your body becomes more efficient, you sweat more. I believe that because I've personally found it to be true. When I started working out a year ago, I didn't sweat very much. Now it pours down my body and I'm completely soaked by the time I'm done. :)

    This is me too! Either I'm working harder or I'm more fit...perhaps both. As others stated, sweat is worn with pride!
  • kali31337
    kali31337 Posts: 1,048 Member
    I am completely soaked by the end of my workouts (every time!). I just take a towel and don't even let it bother me anymore. I know I put in a hard workout and now so does everybody else. Plus because my clothes are so wet, I have to do a load of laundry as soon as I get home so that means I get some housework done because of it!
  • kiachu
    kiachu Posts: 409 Member
    Well thats reassuring haha, cheers ladies :p there is nothin more annoying than seein someone with a face plastered with nakeup and perfect hair at the gym! Not what you should be,there for

    Well, I'm the annoying one...I don't sweat a lot when I work out even when I push myself and if I go to the gym after work I have my make-up and hair done.

    I usually have make-up on too cause I'm coming from work.
  • RunMyOregonBunsOff
    RunMyOregonBunsOff Posts: 862 Member
    You sweat more as you get healthier. It's a very good thing too. There are some people that have medical issues that don't really sweat much but I would say most of the women that you see just aren't working hard enough!
  • jackieatx
    jackieatx Posts: 578 Member
    I heard (don't jump on me) that you sweat more the fitter you are. When you are unfit you won't sweat as much.

    I heard!

    Idk about that because I sweat like a pig and I am not fit at all. In fact, I'm a ***** in the weight section. But I push myself and do what I can so I guess that counts

    I grunt too

    I'm just all around kind of gross lol
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Women who sweat are gross.

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    I bet they even fart and poop.
  • crystalslight
    crystalslight Posts: 322 Member
    I am SOAKED when I leave the gym.

    I like it that way. Sweat is fat crying. :)
  • monica2434
    monica2434 Posts: 88 Member
    Me too...........I'm usually drenched; can't make it without my towel.......he's my workout buddy. I don't know why, but I've also perspired A LOT when engaing in any activity.
  • kiachu
    kiachu Posts: 409 Member
    Sweat more as you get healthier. I haven't heard that one before.
  • spiregrain
    spiregrain Posts: 254 Member
    I think there really is a body chemistry thing. All my life, I have been an unsweaty person. I played soccer for 6 years, softball for 5 years, basketball for 4 years, tennis for 1 year, did foil fencing for 2 years, did trail running, and did yoga for maybe 10 years off and on. And I walked or biked everywhere as my sole means of transit. I also spent at least 7 years having gym memberships (I don't have one right now though). I could be working really hard and still I never would sweat, or if I did, it would be like, the tiniest amount. My post-workout shower was basically ceremonial or to remove mud from my legs. And I am NOT a makeup-in-the-gym type of person, I'm like really into being able to lift heavier than the guy who just used the machine before I did, run faster than the person next to me on the treadmill, super competitive type.

    Then, while I was pregnant with my first baby, I spontaneously started sweating like C-R-A-Z-Y, and it never stopped (although it did get less than it was the first month it happened), and now I always sweat when I work out, even if I'm barely working.

    What's up with that! I like the sweating better, actually, because it helps cool me when I'm running, and I feel somehow more gratified that I did a "real" workout.
  • beachplumkat
    beachplumkat Posts: 3 Member
    At my wonderful stage of life, I can suddenly break into a drenching sweat when I sitting doing nothing, but yeah, I definitely sweat when I'm exercising. You can look at the floor around the elliptical when I'm done and it looks like it's been raining.

    And LL (above) -- I can still remember my father coming out with "Horses sweat, men perspire, and ladies glow". Well, by the time I'm done in the gym I'm "glowing" like a nuclear meltdown!
  • foreversunshine1
    foreversunshine1 Posts: 46 Member
    My exercise motto::: Run like there's nowhere to hide....

    No such thing as good makeup or good hair when there is a workout involved! I sweat A LOT!!! Who cares! I'm proud, it shows that I worked hard! ;-)

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