I think sweat is confusing....maybe someone here can clear t

mamagooskie · June 2010

Okay so if you are obese and beyond.......sometimes getting off the couch can make you break a sweat. Going up a flight of stairs you might fill a bucket.....you get the point.

I've always heard though healthy/fit people sweat more......well you can't tell me the above examples are of a healthy?fit person.

anyway, I've been that person above.....but since having lost about 1/3 of the weight I want to (56lbs) I find now when I work out I sweat more than I ever have.

So is it really true that the fitter you are the more you sweat? I used to be able to do a 35 min walk without so much as a bead forming on my head.......but now after 30 min of jogging and fast walking I'm pretty damp.

am I fit now? LOL

jrich1 · June 2010

You might be pushing yourself harder now you are fit, you mentioned not sweating walking and then sweating jogging, I think you are doing more.

Laceylala · June 2010

I really think it has more to do with the person...and the conditions in which they are exercising, moving, etc. I weigh 208 and sweat like a stuck pig when I work out. Drip wet. Another lady at the gym who is about my size and seems to work as hard as I do barely sweats at all.
I sweat just as much now as I did when I started six months ago in the gym.

osupike35 · June 2010

Well, your metabolism is probably higher and your core body temp is probably warmer because of that. Sweat is the body's way of cooling itself so it makes more sense to me that a fit person would sweat more.

shell1205 · June 2010

This may or may not be a reason... but I wonder if fluid intake has anything to do with it.

The reason I say that is because when I go somwewhere like an amusement park or something with my kids, I ride a ride, I get really sick to my stomach. I sit down and get a drink and then I sweat profusely!!

I know before I started this I didn't get NEARLY enough fluid, and now I'm drinking 10-13 cups per day... and now when I exercise I sweat a lot more than I ever have...

Not that I think this is the answer, just another anomaly along the same lines... I'm anxious to hear what the veterans say...

aippolito1 · June 2010

Here is what I, an non-professional, think is going on.

A heavier, unhealthy, unfit person, can work up a sweat trying to get off the couch because they don't move as much so it's easier to get their heart rate up (hence why the more weight you carry, the more calories you burn).

You...have increased your water intake and have been keeping your heart rate somewhat elevated through exercise and your metabolism has sped up from feeding it the right things and exercising more frequently.

I find I sweat far more now than I ever have exercising before, doing the same things...but it's because I do a 5-minute warm up of cardio right before so my heart rate is elevated throughout the whole exercise. Not sure if this helps, just kind of spouting! :happy:

karoske · June 2010

Okay so if you are obese and beyond.......sometimes getting off the couch can make you break a sweat. Going up a flight of stairs you might fill a bucket.....you get the point.

I've always heard though healthy/fit people sweat more......well you can't tell me the above examples are of a healthy?fit person.

anyway, I've been that person above.....but since having lost about 1/3 of the weight I want to (56lbs) I find now when I work out I sweat more than I ever have.

So is it really true that the fitter you are the more you sweat? I used to be able to do a 35 min walk without so much as a bead forming on my head.......but now after 30 min of jogging and fast walking I'm pretty damp.

am I fit now? LOL

I have always wondered this myself.. This article enlightened me quite a bit..
http://www.fitsugar.com/Why-Do-Some-People-Sweat-More-Than-Others-145870

AndriaLL · June 2010

Fit people actually start to sweat earlier in a workout, at a lower body temperature. Obese people sweat more profusely, and heat up more quickly. There are a lot of other factors in amount of sweat besides fitness: Fluid intake, genetics (not everyone has the same # of sweat glands--but that wouldn't change with fitness level), your age, the environment and caffeine intake (what makes me sweat like a pig!). Maybe it's one of the other factors that changed?

atynk · June 2010

Don't think that if you don't sweat you aren't woking hard enough... everybody has different rates in which they sweat to cool their bodies down. I basically never sweat... no matter what the workout. I play hockey and soccer 1x a week and work my butt off but not a drip.. I get a little clevage sweat. Even did a traithlon on the weekend and didn't sweat then either lol ... I just to think I wasn't working hard enough, but I know I am pushing myself 110% since I watch my heartrate and know Im giving it my all.
As long as you know you are working hard , all is well!

mamagooskie · June 2010

Thanks everyone for posting!!

I never thought about water intake being a factor...so for sure now I drink more than I ever used to, so that could be part of it.

I def do work out harder most of the time than I used to, even though I always tried to push myself to the limit at any weight/size. I just seem to have more stamina now to go longer or at least harder, so it's easier if you know what I mean. So sometimes It feels like I'm doing "nothing" yet sweating like crazy, but my new "nothing" would have darn near killed the old me.

Azdak · June 2010

Thanks everyone for posting!!

I never thought about water intake being a factor...so for sure now I drink more than I ever used to, so that could be part of it.

I def do work out harder most of the time than I used to, even though I always tried to push myself to the limit at any weight/size. I just seem to have more stamina now to go longer or at least harder, so it's easier if you know what I mean. So sometimes It feels like I'm doing "nothing" yet sweating like crazy, but my new "nothing" would have darn near killed the old me.

The subject seems complicated only because it seems to provoke so much "factless" speculation.

1. Perspiration is a cooling mechanism. Anything that heats up a body can provoke it.

2. For someone who is exercise training, one of the adaptations is improved sweating: i.e. you can cool your body more efficiently. Not only will you perspire more, your sweat becomes more dilute, so that the increased volume of sweating does not lead to greater sodium loss.

3. Improved/increased sweating is also part of adapting to a warmer environment, independent of changes in fitness level. If you ever paid much attention, you would often find that your rate of sweating increases as the weather becomes warmer, air more humid--even without any increase in fitness.

4. The terms "improved" and "increased' are relative to the individual. There is no "absolute" level of sweating that is the same for everyone. Everyone has their own "range" of "sweat volume" and you can't really compare yourself to anyone else.

5. Under normal circumstances, sweating is not related to fluid intake.

mamagooskie · June 2010

Thanks everyone for posting!!

I never thought about water intake being a factor...so for sure now I drink more than I ever used to, so that could be part of it.

I def do work out harder most of the time than I used to, even though I always tried to push myself to the limit at any weight/size. I just seem to have more stamina now to go longer or at least harder, so it's easier if you know what I mean. So sometimes It feels like I'm doing "nothing" yet sweating like crazy, but my new "nothing" would have darn near killed the old me.

The subject seems complicated only because it seems to provoke so much "factless" speculation.

1. Perspiration is a cooling mechanism. Anything that heats up a body can provoke it.

2. For someone who is exercise training, one of the adaptations is improved sweating: i.e. you can cool your body more efficiently. Not only will you perspire more, your sweat becomes more dilute, so that the increased volume of sweating does not lead to greater sodium loss.

3. Improved/increased sweating is also part of adapting to a warmer environment, independent of changes in fitness level. If you ever paid much attention, you would often find that your rate of sweating increases as the weather becomes warmer, air more humid--even without any increase in fitness.

everything you said makes sense. thanks for posting.

4. The terms "improved" and "increased' are relative to the individual. There is no "absolute" level of sweating that is the same for everyone. Everyone has their own "range" of "sweat volume" and you can't really compare yourself to anyone else.

5. Under normal circumstances, sweating is not related to fluid intake.

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