Bright RED after exercise?

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  • lynn_marie68d
    lynn_marie68d Posts: 72
    MEEE! I usually jump right into a freezing cold shower to lower my internal temp. Someone once told me it's from your heart rate jumping up. It's not bad, just means your body is pumping enough blood to all the right areas.
  • DorisInTheDena
    DorisInTheDena Posts: 151 Member
    I have the same problem. It is normal for some lighter skin tones. I even get red when I take a warm shower. And yes, I look like I am about to die after half an hour on an elliptical trainer. lol!
  • redfroggie
    redfroggie Posts: 591 Member
    I will say that when I first started running I would be Cardiac Arrest Red! Now that it's been a few weeks it's scaled back a bit to the Redhead out in the sun too long Red.
  • ritoosh
    ritoosh Posts: 190
    im not fair skinned...but this happens to me. I usually turn pale and bright red everywhere after a good workout! so i guess its normal :D
  • RealWomenLovePitbulls
    RealWomenLovePitbulls Posts: 729 Member
    yep... just splash some cold water on ur face
  • RawVeganFlirt
    RawVeganFlirt Posts: 189 Member
    my face goes so bright red i look like i was punched in the face. the other girls are probably wearing makeup and not exerting theirselves as much as you, you should be proud!
  • sleibo87
    sleibo87 Posts: 403 Member
    happened to me a lot when i first started. I don't I get as red now that I am in better shape but still blotchy for sure. Yah my neighbor asked if i had a sunburn too lol
  • alpine1994
    alpine1994 Posts: 1,915 Member
    Yup! I'm practically purple!!
  • drummer_lady
    drummer_lady Posts: 150 Member
    I get VERY red when I work out, and it takes quite awhile to fade away. I'm a very fair skinned person too, so I think that might have something to do with it. My brother and my Mom are the same way. I'm always jealous of people who don't have this problem because I can't really go out in public within an hour or so of working out because I look like a freak haha
  • Ghkffb56
    Ghkffb56 Posts: 263 Member
    lol.. i get real red after cardio only.. ^^ happy im not the only one. :D
  • bluechip777
    bluechip777 Posts: 160 Member
    it's all good! the only time to be concerned is when you see someone bright red exercising and they are NOT sweating whatsoever----dry.
  • charver35
    charver35 Posts: 24 Member
    me too - I turn so red that people stop and ask me if i'm ok......
  • valeriebpdx
    valeriebpdx Posts: 497 Member
    Me too--fair skin + hard run or exercise = RED RED RED. It even lasts through the post-workout shower. I don't care.
  • musicalsoul207
    musicalsoul207 Posts: 15 Member
    Are you kind of on the pale side? Do you have kind of a pink undertone (as opposed to olive or yellow) in your skin? If so, that's probably why. Also, if you eat a lot of tomatoes. But anyway, I'm really pale and I have a pink undertone to my skin and I'm ALWAYS red after I work out. Usually after a little while it fades to kind of a glow on my face, but I stay red everywhere else for a while. I've always been that way. I also sunburn really easily.

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  • saraann4
    saraann4 Posts: 1,296 Member
    There was one time that I did 40 minutes of kickboxing circuit training and my face was so red. I have an olive skin coloring. My mom saw me probably 30 mins after and she kept asking if I was feeling Ok. I kept telling her I just worked out for 40 minutes straight up. I swear she asked me like 10 times if I felt OK. If you feel good, I wouldn't worry about it.
  • saraann4
    saraann4 Posts: 1,296 Member
    Are you kind of on the pale side? Do you have kind of a pink undertone (as opposed to olive or yellow) in your skin? If so, that's probably why. Also, if you eat a lot of tomatoes. But anyway, I'm really pale and I have a pink undertone to my skin and I'm ALWAYS red after I work out. Usually after a little while it fades to kind of a glow on my face, but I stay red everywhere else for a while. I've always been that way. I also sunburn really easily.


    wth does eating a lot of tomatoes have to do with turning your face red?
  • angeltg
    angeltg Posts: 97 Member
    I've come to enjoy my red glow :) It proves to the world that I'm trying to get into shape and I'm quite proud of the effort. I find I have a nice glow throughout the day afterwards.
  • NeekoM03
    NeekoM03 Posts: 27
    My face gets so red but my neck is still deathly pale so I look like an apple on a stick. My sister finds it hilarious but if she would work out she'd probably look just like me. She's a red head.
  • cybelenoire
    cybelenoire Posts: 36 Member
    It happens to me too, I call it my "Irish Glow", lol.

    For me its always meant I was pushing myself physically, so I count it as a good thing!

    Haha My dad used to tell me it was my German coming out when I'd get red faced when exerted.

    I get super red and I sweat like crazy. I always notice the really attractive guys come into the gym after I've finished my workout and I look like a sweaty mess instead of when i first get there and look presentable.
  • paprs
    paprs Posts: 47 Member
    Wow, thank you all for the replies! I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one out there! It sure sounds like my light complexion and German/Irish ancestry might be to thank for my bright red afterglow.

    Like many of you said, I'll just look at it as a measure of how hard I pushed myself, and be thankful that my body is responding in a healthy way!
  • mmarcy7
    mmarcy7 Posts: 227 Member
    Yeah, me too. If my face isn't bright red and burning hot I must not have worked out hard enough. And it takes forever to go back to normal color, like hours, even after I shower.
  • holleysgirl
    holleysgirl Posts: 12 Member
    http://www.fitsugar.com/Cause-Red-Face-After-Exercise-How-Prevent-12918635

    Great article with regard to this issue :)

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