Sweating at the gym

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  • YouAreTheShit
    YouAreTheShit Posts: 510 Member
    Everyone has a different number of sweat glands in their body. It's a genetic thing.

    Thus, the more you have, the more you sweat.
  • lizard053
    lizard053 Posts: 2,344 Member
    I sweat pretty good, and I'm cherry-red in the first 10 minutes! I didn't know my knees could sweat until I started working as hard as I do now. My BF always looks like he's taken a bath after a gym workout. He sweats worse than I do! My dad doesn't sweat at all, whereas my mom does even with the slightest elevation of heart rate. It's genetic, I think!

    IMHO, you're not doing it right if you don't sweat! ;) But I know some people just plain don't. If I see a sweaty person at the gym, I think they've worked hard, not that they are gross. So be proud of your sweat!
  • La_Amazona
    La_Amazona Posts: 4,855 Member
    I have always sweated a lot! The gross part is I sweat from my head so my hair will be soaked like I just took a shower. It's awesome.
  • prism6
    prism6 Posts: 484 Member
    for the first 3 weeks I never sweated at the gym....now,pretty much the same workout I leave soaked..feels good to 'think' thats all fat
  • Lyric82
    Lyric82 Posts: 119
    I have the same problem! My face gets SO red it looks like I'm going to pass out! I actually went to the grocery store once after the gym (prob like 25 min after leaving) and someone stoppped me in the aisle asking if i was okay because my face was so red!!! It's embaresssing but I agree - it does make me feel like I accomplished something!


    Sweat and be proud!!! :)
  • maximus0721
    maximus0721 Posts: 31
    i love the feeling of working out at the gym and ending up dripping in sweat, it makes a difference when a lot of people seem to want to look good there, i always clean my machines or weights,
  • Lyric82
    Lyric82 Posts: 119
    I have always sweated a lot! The gross part is I sweat from my head so my hair will be soaked like I just took a shower. It's awesome.

    Yup..that happens to me too!!! LOL
  • 1WorkoutAtATime
    1WorkoutAtATime Posts: 719
    your just getting back in to your fitness so it kinda normal because your body is ajusting. You may want to invest in some DRifit gym wear that helps to absurb moisture with your working out, but I don't think you should be too concerned about . It's part of the process...
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    This is just out of curiosity, I recently started going back to the gym and I noticed that I really sweat a lot and no one else seems to be at all. As soon as I get warmed up I start sweating and my face turns bright red, lol. Everyone else looks normal, and I am getting really self concious about it. Has anyone else ever noticed this? I was at the gym for an hour, when I left my shirt was soaked, how does everyone else look so cool even the people really running on the treadmill? Just wondering, hope I'm not alone in this!! LOL
    I used to always get really red in the face as well, and to be honest, I'd almost forgotten about it till I read this post (and its just occurring to me that it doesn't happen anymore since I lost most of my excess weight). I'm guessing its just part of your body getting used to all the exercise it wasn't getting before.

    Rest assured, I do still sweat like a pig though, so I don't know the answer to your question, except maybe a lot of people in your gym aren't working as hard as you are, and I have seen a few people over the years who just don't seem to sweat that much (and I'd like to slap those bi+ches sometimes...LOL).

    Keep working hard!
  • BrandyontheRun
    BrandyontheRun Posts: 204 Member
    Sweat and be proud! If you're not sweating, you're not working hard enough.


    Looooove This and totally agree!! LoL. I always work up a sweat, sometimes end up literally pouring sweat... And yea, I often feel like the only one sweating as much as I am- but it feels good because I know I'm kicking some serious *kitten*. Cheers to all of us sweating bullets at the gym (or at home)!!!!
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  • Pocket_Pixi
    Pocket_Pixi Posts: 1,167 Member
    I sweat an awful lot at the gym, depending on what I am doing my clothes sometimes don't look like I am sweating but if you get up closer to me my face/hair are soaked. I think its a sign that you are doing something right, if you left looking beautiful than you did something wrong in my opinion.
  • caroldot
    caroldot Posts: 388 Member
    A poster I've seen recently:

    If you still look cute at the end of your workout, then you didn't work hard enough!

    Go ahead - sweat & be proud. Alot of those people not sweating are probably just doing alot of walking around. You're getting your moneys worth out of the gym!
  • scotlanded
    scotlanded Posts: 20
    Haha, I leave the gym feeling gross and sweaty! (I don't know what I'm going to do when it's warm outside and the outside air doesn't cool me off anymore! Feel even more gross, I suspect!)

    I don't even put antiperspirants on before going to get all of those gross toxins out of my body. Like everyone says - as long as you're wiping down your machine then no one will care!

    Although I did have one instance where I went to go grab the rag to wipe down the machine and someone was on it already! I felt so bad and didn't really know what to do, I was just gone for a moment!
  • amyy902
    amyy902 Posts: 290 Member
    sweatings good..... it means you are removing heat effectivly. it also mean you are working yourself well! i sweat like a pig on a spit when i run! its good to sweat, feel proud your a sweater! :)
  • Grinonneau
    Grinonneau Posts: 3 Member
    If they aren't sweating, they aren't working hard enough. I'm thinking you may be an inspiration to those around you to work harder!
  • garp4
    garp4 Posts: 59 Member
    I wish I would sweat more! I am part asian, and I have never seen my mom sweat! I get really red in the face and my hair will get damp, and under the boobs, but I never have the underarm ring. And seriously, if it wasn't for my hair and just general good hygiene, I do not actually "need" a shower after.

    My DH is drenched after his workout though.
  • TinaDay1114
    TinaDay1114 Posts: 1,328 Member
    You know that old Southern thing -- women don't sweat, they "perspire," even in 90 degree weather???

    BULL HOCKEY. I sweat like a gorilla. Always have. And I love it.
    And if the person working out next to me is sweating too, I think that's fantastic.

    The lady who sometimes works out next to me in full makeup, hair done, AND perfume, and never breaks a sweat??? Now she ticks me off. :wink:

    Wear your sweat loud and proud, girl.
  • hbrittingham
    hbrittingham Posts: 2,518 Member
    One day it was pretty cool outside and I had been running on the treadmill at the gym. I stretched out afterwards and then got into my car. All my windows immediately steamed up. It was quite embarrasing! LOL
  • Keenasgettingfitnhealthy
    Keenasgettingfitnhealthy Posts: 169
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    I saw this quote somewhere else and thought "Damn Straight!".
    Now I don't care how sweaty or gross I look after a work out, like many others - if I DON'T sweat it wasn't a workout.

    xx
  • dolfn1972
    dolfn1972 Posts: 84 Member
    As you can see the more you sweat the better at the gym. As long as you are cleaning your machines of course.

    I however have the opposite problem. I NEVER sweat during a workout. My face goes bright red, my hubby is afraid Im going to passout ....but I never sweat. I am very self concious about this. As you can see most people beleive that if you dont sweat your not working out enough. I do 30 minutes cardio and 30-45 minutes circuit training ..where my muscles are almost jelly when I leave...but I dont sweat.

    I used to go to a trainer that was determined to make me sweat. After an intense 2 hr workout he just shoke his head and told me to go home. Its all about how your body works.

    Dont feel bad or ewwwy because you sweat profusely. My husband sweats just walking around the block..and he's in pretty dang good shape.
  • CoryIda
    CoryIda Posts: 7,870 Member
    When I first started working out, I honestly thought I was some sort of freak because it looked like I took a dunk in a bath tub full of sweat; however, since my super fit Zumba instructor looks like that after class too, I am okay with it.
    I know some people can get in an intense work out and look like they just have a nice, healthy glow - I am not one of them, and that's okay.


    Just make sure you're getting adequate hydration.
  • Matt_Wild
    Matt_Wild Posts: 2,673 Member
    I sweat like a pig and overheat if I were anything more than a low cut vest - tee's leave me looking like i've run a marathon!
  • PositivelyFlawed
    PositivelyFlawed Posts: 316 Member
    I'm the same, but it's because I have a condition that leaves me in a slight state of dehydration all the time. I can't drink enough water so the best I get even when my heart rate is registering a hard core effort, is a light glisten meanwhile next to me hubby is pouring buckets lol.
  • stormieweather
    stormieweather Posts: 2,549 Member
    Haha, By about halfway through zumba or kickboxing, I am so red and dripping with sweat, I look like I'm about to have a heart attack. But the only comments I ever get are from my kids...as they stare and say..gee mom, you're really RED! :blushing: :laugh:

    I don't mind though, that's just how I get when I am working hard.

    ETA: My 16yr old daughter NEVER sweats (on her face). Even in 90 degree heat, in blistering sunlight, skateboarding miles across town, she never breaks a sweat. She looked like she'd sat on the sidelines the whole time, when we did zumba together. She told me though that she was hot and her shirt was damp...so guess she sweats in some places.
  • HealthyHappy120
    HealthyHappy120 Posts: 262
    I know!! I feel like im the only one but then I see ..well its mostly guys who sweat a lot and i feel ugly sometimes but whatever! We're burning calories girl, sweat like a hog and enjoy the feeling! :D
  • mhendo3
    mhendo3 Posts: 1
    I sweat a lot at the gym too. So do most of those at my gym. I wouldn't be self concious about it, that's what the gym is for! I have seen some people wearing two shirts, so the top one isn't showing much sweat, or it could just be the first part of the year, where a lot of people get gym memberships, but don't work hard!

    Whatever the reason is, as long as you're getting a good workout and still feeling good during and after, who cares?
  • ladybug91254
    ladybug91254 Posts: 232 Member
    I'm one of those people that just doesn't sweat a lot...however at the gym I sweat...Not everywhere...my shirt might get a little wet around the upper part but my face and hair are totally dripping wet and like you my face is RED! Don't let it bother you.
  • AbiNichole
    AbiNichole Posts: 300 Member
    It's just genetics whether or not you sweat a lot (and where you sweat.) Depends on size of sweat glands as well as a myriad of other things. Don't be embarrassed. Everyone at the gym is a little self-conscious and it's silly because everyone is there for his/her own workout.

    Sweat and be proud girlfriend!:flowerforyou:
  • cln714
    cln714 Posts: 174 Member
    I love to sweat at the gym. When I feel that first trickle of sweat down the side of my face I think YES!! And when I'm done I always check out the back of my shirt. I'm actually kinda jealous of the people who's shirts are soaked. I feel like they got a better workout in.

    Don't be self conscious. There are probably people who are looking at you with envy!
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