Using a vinyl sweat suit?

Robertstanfield
Robertstanfield Posts: 4
in Health and Weight Loss
Ok, so looking for opinions. I have a limited time to do workouts (due to kids, work and life in general) so I was in a sporting goods shop the other day and bought a vinyl sweat suit (two piece). Since I am over my normal (back in the good ole days) running weight I want to get maximum use out of my exercise time since I am walking not running and thought this would be a good way to get into the zone a little faster.

I used this last night (just the top) and dropped 4 pounds on a 3 mile walk (I am at a 3.5mph pace), we all know this is water weight but there are some who say this is a good way to remove toxins from the largest organ in the body (skin)...

interested in my peeps of MFP, gurus and general input on the subject. I rehydrated with a gallon of distilled water afterwards.

Thanks
Rob
PS always looking for motivated friends.
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  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    All it does is make you lose extra water weight, which you gain back when you rehydrate.

    If you want your workout to be more productive, I recommend working out harder.
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
    What toxins does it remove?
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    It's making you sweat and dehydrating you not burning off fat. I can lose 3 or 4 pounds on a long bike ride without wearing a vinyl suit but it all comes right back once I rehydrate.
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    What toxins does it remove?

    The bad ones
  • peachfigs
    peachfigs Posts: 831 Member
    It'll just make you lose water weight and make your workouts less effective because you'll be too hot and uncomfortable to do your best.
  • Pookylou
    Pookylou Posts: 988 Member
    What toxins does it remove?

    Money?
  • thisismeraw
    thisismeraw Posts: 1,264 Member
    All it does is make you lose extra water weight, which you gain back when you rehydrate.

    If you want your workout to be more productive, I recommend working out harder.

    This!

    And what toxins are being removed from your skin? There aren't really any there that need to be removed.
  • bokodasu
    bokodasu Posts: 629 Member
    You are setting yourself up for hyponatremia, don't do that.

    When you sweat, you are losing salt + water. When you rehydrate with distilled water (bad!) you are just adding pure water. Yay, now your blood is full of water and no salt and all your cells will try to suck up that water and your brain will swell up and you die.

    Ok, yes, that's the worst case scenario, but why would you even want to do anything like it?

    If you don't have much time to work out, increase the intensity (sprints, HIIT, etc.) If you want to make weight for some kind of competition, wear the vinyl suit and rehydrate appropriately (WITH ELECTROLYTES) after your weigh-in.
  • tlsegar
    tlsegar Posts: 185 Member
    I've wondered why people use those suits. Whenever I see someone wearing one I think about Martin Lawrence. That's what he was wearing when he was out jogging and had a heat stroke.
  • rduhlir
    rduhlir Posts: 3,550 Member
    There is a person who wears one of those things at the park I run at sometimes. I saw her wearing it in 90 degree heat while running. And honestly, she looked miserable.

    I honestly think it looks ridiculous, but to each their own I guess.
  • glamasjr
    glamasjr Posts: 31 Member
    All it does is force your body to sweat more, nothing else. It has shown no appreciable difference in fat loss or metabolic changes. Diet is the key, infact it accounts for 80% of your success. Add me as a friend and I WILL help you figure something out for great results.
  • mojohowitz
    mojohowitz Posts: 900 Member
    I am no doctor but I can say with some certainty that this is a BAD idea.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    I just can't. smh
  • Tw1zzler
    Tw1zzler Posts: 583
    Saran wrap works good too.
  • ihad
    ihad Posts: 7,463 Member
    What toxins does it remove?

    Iocaine powder residue. Can't be too careful.
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    I say let the haters hate. Get one and rock that thing!

    clear-suit-203x300.jpg
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
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  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    It is a waste of money. Sorry.
  • CyberEd312
    CyberEd312 Posts: 3,536 Member
    If you still have the receipt....... return it....... :drinker:
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
    wait... for... it...

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  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    Vinyl? No.

    Leather with spikes? Well, it worked in Pulp Fiction.
  • escloflowneCHANGED
    escloflowneCHANGED Posts: 3,038 Member
    You lose minerals too, calcium, sodium and potassium due to the excessive sweating, other than training for extreme circumstances, I don't see how it will be beneficial.
  • KissMeImShtFaced
    KissMeImShtFaced Posts: 85
    I use a garbage bag like the guy in Silver Linings Playbook.
  • Cadori
    Cadori Posts: 4,810 Member
    3 mile walk at a 3.5 mph pace so you worked out for nearly an hour? That's a decent length of time. You would be far better served by doing a progressive strength training exercise for 45 minutes 3x/week than by forcing water weight loss. I get time constraints, I do, but I don't think this is a good solution.
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    What toxins does it remove?

    The same ones that sweating does?
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    Next time get a 3 piece vinyl suit. With 4 buttons. Much more fashionable. That's how Steve Harvey would do it, anyway.
  • ruffnstuff
    ruffnstuff Posts: 400 Member
    I use a garbage bag like the guy in Silver Linings Playbook.

    You mean the guy with a mental health problem? :wink:
  • MissStatement
    MissStatement Posts: 92 Member
    Return the suit. Get a bench, barbell and plates. Use them 3x per week. Then do 30 minutes of HIIT on 3 days of the week you don't lift. Rest on the seventh day. Repeat. Eat sensibly and drink lots of regular water. You're welcome.
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    tracksuit.jpg

    If it is not one of these two suits, you're doing it wrong.
  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    I used this last night (just the top) and dropped 4 pounds on a 3 mile walk (I am at a 3.5mph pace), we all know this is water weight but there are some who say this is a good way to remove toxins from the largest organ in the body (skin)...

    Just don't drink water tomorrow. Wouldn't that be easier? If all you're trying to do is be slightly more dehydrated then that's even more simple.

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