Excessive Sweating

It is called Hyper hydrosis. I have it as well. At any weight, I might add. Being over weight hasn't helped. But my husband and kids sweat excessivly as well.

If you are getting a headache then your blood pressure or heart rate were too high and you didn't cool down slow enough. Invest in an inexpensive Polar Heart rate monitor and it will help. I also get red faced but less and less as my fitness levels change.

^^^ what she said :-) ^^^ I thought you (OP) were describing me at first. Your ability to keep up will change but you are definitely not alone on being almost instantly red-faced and dripping with sweat. I've always been the same at peak fitness (which was pretty darn high many moons ago) and my absolute lowest level of fitness.

Wrt the headaches, I was going to say 'check that you're drinking enough' but I see from the last point you're already on it. I get horrid headaches when I'm dehydrated ... which I get because I sweat so much in the gym.

This is 100% me. In fact last night at a step aerobics class one of the other participants commented how wet my step was because the sweat was just dripping off me. I then became very self conscious of it. I told them all that I was a sweater and I would wash everything down when we were done the class. At the end of the class, one of the ladies goes around and sprays everything and purposely gave my step and the total area around it an extra spray (including the treadmil behind me that i had not even touched). I was mortified. Does anybody have any suggestions as to what I could do to alleviate this or at least not make it so obvious. I wear a heart rate monitor and have to work that hard to get my HR up to 160.

I sweat more the better shape I'm in. I love doing a run or workout and dripping with sweat afterwards - makes me feel like I accomplished something during the workout.

So glad to hear all the kindred sweaters in this thread and know that I'm not alone! I get so jealous when I hear about people working out on their lunch breaks; I would LOVE to go do that, but after any workout, of any level, I'm always so drenched in sweat and red faced, there's no way I could be at work in that state! They'd throw me out!

I sweat like crazy, and hate it. I wouldn't mind so much if it were just when I'm exercising, but heat in general sets it off, and it's really embarrassing. It's also made me very self conscious about exercising around other people, because it feels so excessive. I just have to get over that part... But standing on the sunny sidelines of my daughter's soccer games and needing a "sweat rag..." eew.

As for the headaches, though, I've had tons of experience with that as well. For me, part was definitely a lack of hydration. But I also started eating a banana before working out, and it worked wonders. For a long time, it was my go-to pre-workout snack. Might be worth a try!

Oh so I'm not the sweatiest woman ever? I think my level of sweat changed after I turned 30. I used to be cold all the time, now I get so hot instantly. I would love to glisten at the gym, but I soak my gym towel every time!

I don't sweat. I glow. . . . like a flippin' fire hydrant.

I'm also very fair skinned and can work up a sweat in nothing flat. While maybe not the medical advice you're looking for, in my one-and-only radio call-in experience, I asked Zorba Paster (the NPR "On Your Health" guy) if I should be concerned about my profuse sweating and the fact that it's usually a good 45 minutes to an hour before my extremely reddened face returns to normal after a workout. He said Nope! perfectly normal, especially for fair-skinned people.

My gym attire includes a bandana to keep the sweat from dripping in my eyes, and a workout towel to control elsewhere (arms, legs, neck, face, etcetera. When I turn that towel in after my workout it's always drenched.

My name is John and I'm an excessive sweater (I have hyperhydrosis as well)....

It doesn't bother me at all when any exercise is involved, the problem that I have is when I'm working or at a social event where there should be no reason for me to be sweating.

Me too (except I'm not called John).

I can't sweat enough when I'm working out. Doesn't bother me one bit. However, 5 minutes after applying clinical strength antiperspirant and my armpits are soaked? That does bug me!

If you think you need to see a doc, then do so. I have been a "sweater" since I was a child...still am. I try to drink at least 100 oz. of H20 a day. After a hard workout, I will drink 32 oz. of water and have an apple or orange. Helps me a lot, but I am also hypoglycemic. These were instructions from my doc and nutritionist.

I was super sweat boy when thin and weight has nothing to do with it.

Best wishes...

Sweat is fat crying ...