sweat.... eww

Niferlynn03
Niferlynn03 Posts: 6 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi there! I don't know if this is weird, but I think sweat is one of the grossest things ever!! And that's one
thing that snags me up with working out and a reason I hate gyms! I know cardio is big for losing weight
and cardio equals sweating! How do you guys push through it, or what do you tell yourself to get through it?
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  • WoWkat
    WoWkat Posts: 48 Member
    Haha! I'm the same way! I HATE to sweat!

    What has gotten me running is the purchase of cute running clothes and the use of the Nike+ running app. If I feel cute it makes it wasier to forget I'm sweating, and the app is pretty fun, it tracks distance and time and you can compete with people, and you also get a map of your run afterwards.
  • crobl
    crobl Posts: 380
    No help here - I love getting a good sweat on! I guess I always have though :laugh:
  • marycmeadows
    marycmeadows Posts: 1,691 Member
    sweating is good. get over your fear. ;)
  • sangelic
    sangelic Posts: 207
    No help here - I love getting a good sweat on! I guess I always have though :laugh:

    Agreed! If I'm not sweating I'm not working hard enough!
  • sunglasses_and_ocean_waves
    sunglasses_and_ocean_waves Posts: 2,757 Member
    Cellulite is more digusting. Not to be mean, but get over it with the sweat. It's not gross. It's healthy. Deal with it, and work out.
  • 1brokegal44
    1brokegal44 Posts: 562 Member
    Sweat is sexy.
  • carrieous
    carrieous Posts: 1,024 Member
    heres the thing about sweat: its really good for your skin. Also, it temporarily plumps up your face (by face i mean wrinkles!) I love the way my face looks after a good hard sweat

    Also i have heard people who sweat a lot are more fully evolved because they have a more efficient heating/cooling system. So be proud of your sweat!
  • lb9715
    lb9715 Posts: 1
    get over yourself, sweat is natural, multiple chins arent
  • crobl
    crobl Posts: 380

    Also i have heard people who sweat a lot are more fully evolved because they have a more efficient heating/cooling system. So be proud of your sweat!

    If that's the case...I'm one of the most highly evolved people EVER! lol
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    I really love sweating.

    Smells like......Victory.
  • hayleygirl01
    hayleygirl01 Posts: 48 Member
    i love to sweat, when it comes to working out! Its you fat crying, at least thats what i tell myself. When i have a good sweat going i feel like i had a great work out!
  • ACSL3
    ACSL3 Posts: 623 Member

    Also i have heard people who sweat a lot are more fully evolved because they have a more efficient heating/cooling system. So be proud of your sweat!

    If that's the case...I'm one of the most highly evolved people EVER! lol

    Me too! It can be below freezing outside and my armpits will still sweat when I walk around.
  • bookworm_847
    bookworm_847 Posts: 1,903 Member
    No help here - I love getting a good sweat on! I guess I always have though :laugh:

    Agreed! If I'm not sweating I'm not working hard enough!

    This about sums it up for me. Sweat in general is fairly unappealing. However, if I'm really sweaty after a work out, I know I did my job.
  • omma_to_3
    omma_to_3 Posts: 3,265 Member
    I used to hate it. But you get used to it. It doesn't bother me at all anymore. And I sweat so much LOL. I literally ring my hat out at the end of my runs (my winter runs when I wear a hat LOL).

    Keep going, you'll get over your dislike!
  • cjh022
    cjh022 Posts: 88 Member
    I bring a towel... its a tiny gym and im usually alone so nobody has to watch me dry cleavage... err i mean face :laugh: I feel gross while its dripping off me but i feel accomplished when my clothes are soaked afterwards :ohwell:
  • cmeiron
    cmeiron Posts: 1,599 Member
    If sweat's not literally dripping off me at the end of my workout, I'm not working hard enough. Sorry, no help here. (Seriously, sweat is not a big deal. That's what showers and washing machines are for :P)
  • Brengild
    Brengild Posts: 127
    Women dont sweat, we glisten! That being said, I love to glisten! Just means I got a good workout.
  • breeshabebe
    breeshabebe Posts: 580
    As my Nana always says....*with thick southern belle accent* "Southern girls don't sweat.... we glisten!"


    It's probably what was going on in that movie, Twilight. Vampires must just sweat alot.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I'd rather be all sweaty and gross from running 5 miles than sweaty and gross because I'm too out of shape to walk up 5 flights of steps.

    I did hate the way I would sweat when I did cardio in the gym. That's just one more reason I prefer running outside. Even on a still day, I can be guaranteed that I'm creating a 5-8mph wind to help dry my face a little.

    It's also why I love lifting at home. I don't sweat as much as with cardio, but the sweatier I get, the less clothes I wear. I started my lifts today in fleece pajama bottoms and a hoodie, and ended in a tshirt and undies.
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    Ahh...don't sweat it.
  • squirrelzzrule22
    squirrelzzrule22 Posts: 640 Member
    While I agree with others that embracing the sweat is a good idea, to address the question you asked:

    Keep a little towel hung over the treadmill/ elliptical/ stairmaster/ whatever, or find a way to take one with you running outside. Towel yourself off frequently! Get a sweatband that fits comfortably around your head at the hairline- this will keep sweat from dripping down your face which might eliminate the ick factor. Go to a store with very NICE exercise clothes (I'm a lululemon junkie myself) and buy long pants or long sleeve items that are very lightweight and designed to whisk sweat away- there are some AMAZING materials out there and by having your skin covered by the fabric it will whisk it up before you ever feel it but still be lightweight and breathable so you won't be like a wrestler trying to make weight!

    Your heart (and weight!) will thank you for doing cardio. Don't let being icked out by sweat stop you!
  • curvynblonde
    curvynblonde Posts: 170 Member
    I love sweating! It makes me feel powerful and healthy :)
  • hayleygirl01
    hayleygirl01 Posts: 48 Member
    Infact, I love walking out of the gym , getting into my place taking my work out clothes off and seeing the sweat marks on my shirts and the booty of my pants! It's an exhillerating feeling!
  • dondimitri
    dondimitri Posts: 245 Member
    You need to use reverse psychology!

    When you are out in public during the "normal" part of your day then sweating might be considered un-cool by some people. Heck I don't like to sweat when I'm in a business meeting; it makes me feel self concious.

    However when I'm in the gym if I'm not sweating then I'm the strange one.

    Just tell youself that when you are at the gym and you're not sweating that everybody else is looking at you and talking about you behind your back! "Oh, look at that strange lady! She's not sweating! And she's in the gym for crying out loud!"

    All joking aside: If you keep it up it just might become part of your lifestyle and become not that big a deal.

    My wife who felt somewhat like you at one point now comes up to me in the gym and says: "Look honey! I'm sweating!"

    Keep up the good work!
  • ashleydmassey
    ashleydmassey Posts: 106 Member
    I used to be the same way. I don't sweat as much as "normal" people though. Even when my heart rate monitor shows I am pretty intense, I don't gush like I see a lot of people. But when I do sweat, I actually enjoy it now. It represents the hard work. Be proud of the glisten! Then shower it off. :smile:
  • T1mH
    T1mH Posts: 568 Member
    You could just walk, most people underestimate the power of walking. Compared to doing nothing walking is awesome. Compared to a workout where you really sweat, walking isn't so awesome. Your going to have to walk a lot of hours a day to burn the calories of one good hour of exercise intense enough to get a good sweat on.

    Most people still sweat even in cold environments when they do intense exercise.

    I's your choice.
  • alpine1994
    alpine1994 Posts: 1,915 Member
    If sweat's not literally dripping off me at the end of my workout, I'm not working hard enough. Sorry, no help here. (Seriously, sweat is not a big deal. That's what showers and washing machines are for :P)

    Totally agree!
  • Linemanwife76
    Linemanwife76 Posts: 4
    Me, too! :D
  • loizlane
    loizlane Posts: 64 Member
    Sweat is sexy.
    ^this^
  • MG_Fit
    MG_Fit Posts: 1,143 Member
    It doesn't bother me.

    Way I figure, the more I sweat the greater the workout.

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