sweating

billyhead

I read on a magazine before that the more you sweat when working out the fitter you are. This can't be true can it and if it is true does anyone know the reasoning behind it.

feylya

That doesn't sound right to me. Surely the fitter you are, the less your body overheats when doing work and the less your body has to cool itself by sweating.

Reyman

Yes True !

Your body's ability to cool down improves as you get fitter. Hence more sweating.

Myksyk

Sounds like there's some bunkum there. If I run a mile with my fat neighbour and he's sweating like the proverbial porkie at the end and I'm hardly out of breath ...is he fitter? I recently ran a 5 miler with my brother in law in the gym. He IS fitter than me and I was drenched with sweat keeping up while he was relatively bead-free. I'm guessing that the need for the use of sweat to cool down is less in fit people and kicks in later than someone who is unfit.

hunnymonster

not really, your fat neighbour has to expend significantly more effort to move his body weight through a mile than skinny you does therefore he sweats more. Because there are so many variables between people it's almost impossible to compare two different individuals. The useful way to use the "sweat test" is to observe how you sweat more as you get fitter.

whassupp2

Alot of people work out in the gym now wearing layers of clothes.
This keeps them warm, makes them sweat alot more but at the same time health wise it is very risky.
The idea is that you lose weight faster.

NOT A GOOD IDEA

Chucky the tree

whassupp2 wrote:

Alot of people work out in the gym now wearing layers of clothes.
This keeps them warm, makes them sweat alot more but at the same time health wise it is very risky.
The idea is that you lose weight faster.

NOT A GOOD IDEA

This will only help you lose water weight. As soon as you get fluids into you, the weight will go back on.

If anyone is doing this for fat loss, their stupid.

abetarrush

Yeah, I always thought the fitter you are the LESS you'd sweat

empirix

I think everybody is deifferent, i for one sweat like a whore with no crack when i'm down the gym, its always been this way, although i have always trained hard with very little rest breaks in between sets.

Dragan

Reyman wrote:

Yes True !

Your body's ability to cool down improves as you get fitter. Hence more sweating.

****.

Sweating is about dozens of variables - hydrations levels, subcutaneous water, sodium intake etc being 3 of them.

Has **** all to do with how fit you are.

Smellyirishman

Dragan wrote:

Has **** all to do with how fit you are.

Surely sweating levels have at least some relation to your fitness.

I find myself sweating more now-a-days. I don't know if it's because I got older, because I started drinking more water, or because I am fitter (Would not have thought that). I guess it is a combination of these factors and more.

Dragan

Smellyirishman wrote:

Surely sweating levels have at least some relation to your fitness.

Not really, it would be more to do with what you have been drinking, how much salt you have been taking in, whats supps you are on etc.

If you pay close attention to it you will find you sweat to different degrees during the week, and look at the days previous!

You'll see a lot of changed variables in there i think.

t-ha

whassupp2 wrote:

Alot of people work out in the gym now wearing layers of clothes.
This keeps them warm, makes them sweat alot more but at the same time health wise it is very risky.
The idea is that you lose weight faster.

NOT A GOOD IDEA

At the same time I see alot of muffin-topped girls wearing tank tops while doing their LIT training and their love handles are almost purple with cold. How are you supposed to burn fat deposits if you ain't got no blood flow through them?

abetarrush

Dragan wrote:

Not really, it would be more to do with what you have been drinking, how much salt you have been taking in, whats supps you are on etc.

If you pay close attention to it you will find you sweat to different degrees during the week, and look at the days previous!

You'll see a lot of changed variables in there i think.

Fitness Myth 2:
Excessive Sweating While Exercising Means You’re Not Fit
In fact, it's just the opposite. Sweating during exercise is a sign of an efficient cooler.

An athlete who has adapted to keep the body core cool during exercise will shunt blood to the skin’s surface more quickly and release heat from the body. At the same time, the sweat glands increase their output and thus cool the body during sweat evaporation. While fit people produce more sweat than sedentary folks, they lose less sodium, because more of it is reabsorbed by the body. The result is a more efficient cooler


Source: http://sportsmedicine.about.com/cs/conditioning/a/aa052001a.htm




Man, this sucks! The last few weeks ive been out ive been sweatin like a priest! All my mates are dry as a bone, and heres me, back soaked, face soaked, its not on!

Wud ye say I could use Driclor on my back???

Reyman

abetarrush wrote:

Sweating during exercise is a sign of an efficient cooler.

An athlete who has adapted to keep the body core cool during exercise will shunt blood to the skin’s surface more quickly and release heat from the body. At the same time, the sweat glands increase their output and thus cool the body

Source: http://sportsmedicine.about.com/cs/conditioning/a/aa052001a.htm

Thanks for that reference Ab. I read that article before.

Always felt the fit guy knew how to sweat.

Non-sweaters => wimps

abetarrush

Reyman wrote:

Thanks for that reference Ab. I read that article before.

Always felt the fit guy knew how to sweat.

Non-sweaters => wimps

I wish I was a whimp!

People last night got mad at me cos my back was soakin, saps

its not fair, damn my manly fitness!