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Old 03-Apr-03, 11:20 PM   #1
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sweat and cardio


This is a cardio question.

I read an article that says you can not measure how much your are working by amount of your sweat when you do cardio exercise.
(I don't remember where I saw it though. )

So another word, I guess just because you are not sweating, does not mean you are not doing a good cardio exercise...

or just because you are sweating, does not mean you are having enough cardio exercise???

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IS that right? I'm just curious.... what do you think?
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Old 04-Apr-03, 09:56 AM   #2
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Re: sweat and cardio


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This is a cardio question.

I read an article that says you can not measure how much your are working by amount of your sweat when you do cardio exercise.
(I don't remember where I saw it though. )

So another word, I guess just because you are not sweating, does not mean you are not doing a good cardio exercise...

or just because you are sweating, does not mean you are having enough cardio exercise???

:confused:

IS that right? I'm just curious.... what do you think?
That is correct
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Old 04-Apr-03, 10:30 AM   #3
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Yep it means that you cannot evaluate the success of your cardio session based on sweat.

Sweat is not a good indicator of how much progress you're making.

That does not mean you need to see/feel sweat to have a good workout,...it's not a relevent issue.
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Old 04-Apr-03, 01:20 PM   #4
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Simply getting up your heartrate during the amount of time you are doing cardio is mainly what i'd shoot for.
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Old 04-Apr-03, 03:45 PM   #5
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thanks all.
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Old 04-Apr-03, 04:32 PM   #6
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well I doubt many people are going to get their heart rate up to 160 and not sweat...

I don't know why but some days I just sweat a ton more then other days at the same level of resistance and speed on my treadmill... it's weird
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Old 04-Apr-03, 05:52 PM   #7
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well I doubt many people are going to get their heart rate up to 160 and not sweat...

I don't know why but some days I just sweat a ton more then other days at the same level of resistance and speed on my treadmill... it's weird
Is the temperature in your house constant?
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Old 04-Apr-03, 07:15 PM   #8
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Is the temperature in your house constant?

yep...it's weird I know
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Old 05-Apr-03, 06:06 AM   #9
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Some people just don't sweat much, (when I train with weights I don't very often get soaked but I work my butt off), some people sweat a lot (my Husband sweats like crazy even when he starts lifting, and he's very conditioned and athletic),... some people only sweat with cardio (that'd be me),... for some it depends on hormones, the temperature of the OUTSIDE air (not the air in the gym, so yes that is a factor), it can be the inside temp, it can be hormonal, it can be dietary (yep), it can be related to training level and conditioning, it can be how you feel on any particular day (I get hot flashes and sweat like crazy giving a speech some days, and on others I'm golden),....

You just can't use it as any type of faithful indicator. Yet many people do. They feel unless they're standing in pools of sweat they've wasted their times, or they kill themselves burning up muscle tissue trying to DO something to sweat and maybe their bodies just don't go that route).

It isn't an indicator,...like anything else, it's one tool,....

I could name a few other tools too...
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