For some people, summer is the time to go indoors to exercise. But others welcome the heat as a way to sweat more and get a better workout. In fact, I know the sweatiness as a sign of how hard I was exercising in the gym. However, I have been wrong: How much you sweat doesn't mean how hard your workout is or how many calories you burn.
So, why do we sweat a lot when getting physical exercise? Scientists explain that when your body temperature rises, your eccrine glands produce sweat, and it will help you feel cool.
How much we sweat during exercise depend on a number of factors, including gender (men usually sweat more than women) and age (younger people sweat more than older people) as well as genetics, temperature and how wet the air is. Weight plays a role as well. Larger people usually sweat more, because their bodies cause more heat. Another cause is fitness level. Fit people sweat sooner during exercise than those who are less fit, and they also produce a lot of sweat. The people suggest that as your fitness level improves, your body's heat-controlling system becomes more efficient, cooling you down faster and allowing you to work harder. It also proves why people who are ill can hardly sweat.
What's more, wearing clothing made of synthetic fabrics can help you feel less sweaty. They pull sweat from your skin to outer of the clothes. But the clothing that made of cotton can feel wet and heavy after a workout.
Don't misunderstand that the loss of a few pound after a high-sweat workout is the weight you lose. This is water weight that you will gain back when you get enough water and doesn't mean you have burned lots of calories. On the other side, don't imagine that a low sweat workout means you aren't working hard enough or burning enough calories. It could be that your sweat goes into the air quickly because you are exercising in air-conditioning, near a fan or outdoor on a windy day. Or unlike me, you may not sweat much.
