My "No Sweating Syndrome"
 

Hello,

I am new here, and still trying to figure out where to post what!! Hope I am posting at the right place......

I have a query regarding gym workouts.....

Well, today was my first day ever exercising in a gym. Even after strenuous cardio workout (well strenuous enough considering first day at least :dizzy:) I was not sweating at all. I mean nothing, Nada, not a drop of sweat. My 40 mins work out comprised of:

• treadmill : 15 mins initially starting at a speed of 4 going upto 6 (embarrasing i know, still feels like an achievement..lol)

• elliptical : 10 mins trying to maintain a speed/ (dunno what it actually means) of 50 it

• cycling : 15 mins

Where as people around me were sweating like pigs :cry:

Just want to know where I am going wrong. Will this "no sweating syndrome" of mine hamper my weight loss?

Even when I used to go for brisk waling, I never did sweat that much, hardly so in summer.

Whats wrong with me :?:

Get a HRM... This way you'll know if you're in your target zone and getting an effective cardio workout...

^ Yeah, I guess that may help........ thanks for the tip!!

But does this usually happen.....this "no sweating" thing?????

I'm also don't sweat a ton, even when I'm doing a pretty hardcore workout. My face goes bright red but no sweat. I know it's not normal but everyone is different and their bodies react differently. My boyfriend and I will go for a brisk walk or a bike ride and he'll be sweating up a storm and I'll be fine, though my face will be red! He's in much better shape than I am too.

Like you, even in hot weather I didn't sweat until I moved to South Korea where it gets ridiculously humid in the summer, but I still don't sweat when I work out!

For what it's worth....When I started exercising at 280+, I didn't sweat much at all. I found the more I exercised and perhaps the more energy I exerted my sweat quotient increased :) Now, I have the embarrassing sweat.....

I read somewhere that as your body gets more efficient in processing movement you actually sweat MORE. I'm pretty fit but have never been much of a "sweater" and still am not. I have a co-worker who occasionally works out with me at lunch and she sweats BUCKETS like 5 minutes into a Zumba DVD!

So some of it is individual.

Ugh...I sweat in like two minutes!

And 4.0 - 6.0 on the treadmill should not be embarrassing!!! I never go higher than that. :)

Thank you all for the replies :) I am much relieved now..I always associated weight loss with sweating. i.e. if I sweat more while working out then I maybe burning some calories, if not then maybe I am not putting in much effort. But looking at all the weight loss you all have achieved, I am sure I will be fine.

@ ChickieChicks: Really!! Then I guess I should concentrate on building up my stamina by increasing the running time rather than the running speed

I have noticed two things about my sweating.

One- I sweat more if I drink more. So drink lots of water.

Two- I sweat more the more fit I get. So when I was just starting out, I didn't sweat much. The more fit I got, the more I sweat.

This, Make sure you are properly hydrated. :) I've read that you should be drinking approximately half your body weight in ounces. I weigh around 240 pounds- so I try to drink 120 ounces of water a day.

@ EagleRiverDee : Cool. I was under the impression that the more fat you are, the more you sweat because of the more heat generation during exercising. That, i guess, explains the "sweatlessness"

@ lunarsongbird : Will have to probably pay more attention to that!! I easily tend to skip drinking water unless I am extremely thirsty.

Also, I asked the trainer about it. He said it might be because of my hypothyroidism. Need to confirm with my endocrinologist regarding the same

Drink more water. Fat has a lower water content than muscle so overweight/obese people tend to be (relatively) more dehydrated than their skinny counterparts. Your body will conserve its water reserves and not sweat if you're not properly hydrated.