I sweat a lot when I workout...DO YOU?

I hate getting hot and sweaty...yuk. I prefer walking or swimming just so I don't have to sweat.

Awwww please don't feel embarrassed. I sweat a ton even after just doing yoga. But it's like this, I feel that if I haven't sweated, then I wasn't working hard enough. I'm not sure if that's entirely accurate but it's my theory and I'm sticking to it. I usually look forward to the nice hot shower that's awaiting me after I workout and that makes me want to sweat more. LoL

Sweating is your bodies way of cooling its self down. The more fit or use to exercise you are, the quicker your body will recognize that it is going to get heated and will start to "cool-down", making you sweat more. This is why it is so important to drink a lot of water before, during and after your workouts, including when you go swimming!!! I sweat a lot, and I notice when I am in good condition I sweat sooner and more than when I have taken too much time off! That is the first thing that tells me I took too many days off when I was on holiday or something! Haha.

As for the people who wear sweat shirts with hoods up in the gym to sweat more, this isn't bad unless you do it every day. It is something recommended by lots of trainers for special events where you want to look really good, really toned for. You have to make sure you drink at least 50% more water too though. Sure it is mostly water weight they are losing, but done right and for a short time (like 7 days at most) it isn't neccesarily bad.

I sweat a lot and always have. There is no gentle "glistening" when I work out -- I sweat. And since I teach aerobics, I'm always aware of what I wear because I don't want to look like a complete mess.

Put it this way, one time after class the spouse of a participant was standing nearby and actually commented, "wow, you really sweat a lot...and you're the instructor."

What can I say?

I figure if sweating helps get rid of any toxins you have going on, I must be very clean on the inside!

I am another sweaty betty with a bright red face!! Glad to know I am not alone : )

The part I hate most about working out is NOT the sore muscles or the amount of time I dedicate to working out. What I hate the MOST is getting all sweaty. This is really funny and I think about it alot, but I am very claustrophobic. I can't wear high necklines, even a tshirt has me feeling stressed and if I try on a turtleneck.............terrible. So back to the sweating, Summertime workouts make me feel a little panicked from being coated in sweat and I either curtail my workouts or have to buy a swimming pass to swim laps. (That water doesn't bother me, unless my head goes under suddenly) :grumble:
I am a total mess since Jillian has been making me sweat buckets!! :laugh:

A soaking wet t-shirt MAKES my day!! I love it. I feel like I have acutally accomplished something for the day! Sure, in a way, I suppose it is a little discusting. But who cares, that is what a shower and washing machine are for! I get red in the face too, which I am not as happy about as the sweating. But, nothing I can really do about it.

I too sweat alot especially on my face chest and back, but I don't care because I know that I worked hard and wear my sweat like a badge of honor!!! On a serious note, it may be your sodium intake as well, I would start sweating the moment I walked a block, but when I talked to my fitness expert, she explained to me that my sodium intake was too high, which was also a factor in sweating without really doing anything. Don't worry about it, you workout, you proud about it, and can't nobody walk in your shoes!!!!!