Do you sweat?

[RedPanda]

I don't sweat much in day-to-day life, but I sweat up a storm when I work out. At home, I crank up the air conditioning to full blast, but it's still a sweatfest.

We don't have A/C in my boxing class, just two fans. When I first started, once my crotch got so saturated I thought I had wet myself! (Sorry if that's TMI)

I have sensitive skin, so BodyGlide is my saviour.

As others have said, I'm sure there's a genetic component to sweating.

[tigerbaby]

I tend to not sweat very much, even during high intensity workouts. When I do sweat, majority is in my lower body with those lovely beads of sweat running down my butt crack. Lovely, right? I chalk up my low sweat factor due to the fact that I'm a desert girl, live in a very dry climate, and can withstand some pretty extreme heat temperatures (115, 120, etc...). Whenever I've visited more humid regions though, I sweat like s pig without doing much of anything. My youngest daughter runs hot all the time and sweats like a pig, but I'm always cold so I think that genetics and climate can both play a role.

[superfit41]

I am not a heavy sweater, but I do work up a sweat doing most workouts. Today, I did YBB/The Ultimate Workout, and worked up a good sweat! Some times I am suprised at how much I sweat! I think I sweat more doing an interval workout, going from cardio to weights and back again. Today's workout, though not an interval workout in that way, it still has a lot of intensity built in it. Very effective for sweating

Sherry

[Sheila S.]

I sweat quite a lot - always need to keep a towel handy to dry off my face so my glasses don't slide down my nose when I do cardio.

Sweating performs an important cooling function. One of my friends from high school didn't sweat and it was a problem for her. When she went through ROTC training, they had to hose her down regularly so she wouldn't get overheated!

Sheila

[cherimac]

Originally Posted by dlb

Nope - But I also don't do high impact cardio. More Ellenish type.

Debbie

It doesn't matter what I do, I sweat with Ellen, Leslie, Tonique, anything. But, I don't usually drip sweat, although I do with Tonique and Bum Bum. Living in the south with high humidity makes things even worse in the summer, but I sweat all year long.

[zumzum]

Do pigs sweat? Is this like saying chickens have lips?

Anyhoo, in the winter I tend to have trouble working up much of a sweat. Even once summer hits, I get wet during an intense workout but almost never drippy. To my surprise, bum bum from BBL gets me going more than most--I think it's the relatively fast series of lunges. Then again, I don't like to sweat, so maybe it's mind over matter to an extent.

[Fidget Queen]

Yeah, sweating is supposed to be one of the greatest things you can do for your body. On that note, I don't sweat anymore. I mean, I exercise with no fan, window closed, sun shining through, two pants, a couple of shirts, and a sweater, and I won't sweat. I once had an acupuncturist tell me that it is symptomatic of a suppressed immune system. It makes me mad. Sweating feels sooooo good!

[roleez]

Another huge sweater here! Not only do I end up dripping sweat with soaked hair, but my face turns bright red & stays that way for at least 30 minutes after working out. That's one of the reasons I could never be a fitness instructor, I think my students would look at me and wonder how I can be in shape with a face as red & sweaty as mine!

I also blush very easily so obviously that's related to the turning red during exercise too. I know I have read before that the amount you sweat is somewhat determined by genetics.

[Sassy]

Originally Posted by roleez

my face turns bright red & stays that way for at least 30 minutes after working out. .

Me too and I used to get people asking me if I was all right all the time. I hated that - it's one of the reasons I prefer to workout at home. I don't need gym staff circling me like I might drop at any moment.

[sophie kat]

Originally Posted by moviegrl1737

I would say I get tacky, except in the face where the sweat rolls off. From the neck up I am a sweathog.

i would say i'm right in the middle of the sweat scale. i don't sweat too much or too little. i find my amount of sweat to be proportional to the temperature and intensity of the workout, and the more frequently i do intense workouts, the less i sweat the next time i workout. the only exception to that is higher humidity. when it's humid super callanetics makes me sweat.