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From: zipper on 3 Apr 2008 05:36
Hello. I've starting exercising at a gym and I'm having a great
time. But even though i'm working my body very hard, I'm not
sweating. Maybe it's because I have to work up to a given level of
intensity before I sweat.
From: Denise Howard on 4 Apr 2008 00:06
In article
<574e6d60-eb73-4061-8927-4947fad4e438(a)e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
zipper <dunno(a)cablespeed.com> wrote:

> Hello. I've starting exercising at a gym and I'm having a great
> time. But even though i'm working my body very hard, I'm not
> sweating. Maybe it's because I have to work up to a given level of
> intensity before I sweat.

By "I'm not sweating", surely you mean that you are at least a little
moist, not dry as if you were just watching TV on the sofa?

It's true that you have to work up to a given level of intensity before
you start to sweat. Think about what sweat is: it's your body's
mechanism for cooling itself via evaporation. So if you're hot enough,
either from your environment or your energy expenditure, you'll start
to sweat.

Everyone is different as to how soon and how much they sweat. Some
people seem to start sweating just thinking about exercise. Some
people sweat profusely at the same activity level where others may
merely "glow". In an office, you'll almost always find someone
complaining that it's too warm while someone else says it's too cool.
The good news is that it's not an indicator of fitness or lack thereof.
It's just one of those things that varies from person to person, like
height or hair color.

So, don't worry about it, you're normal!

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AFAA step and kickboxing certified
From: Doc O'Leary on 4 Apr 2008 09:57
In article <030420082106415037%denise(a)invalid.domain>,
Denise Howard <denise(a)invalid.domain> wrote:

> In article
> <574e6d60-eb73-4061-8927-4947fad4e438(a)e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
> zipper <dunno(a)cablespeed.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello. I've starting exercising at a gym and I'm having a great
> > time. But even though i'm working my body very hard, I'm not
> > sweating. Maybe it's because I have to work up to a given level of
> > intensity before I sweat.
>
> By "I'm not sweating", surely you mean that you are at least a little
> moist, not dry as if you were just watching TV on the sofa?
>
> It's true that you have to work up to a given level of intensity before
> you start to sweat. Think about what sweat is: it's your body's
> mechanism for cooling itself via evaporation. So if you're hot enough,
> either from your environment or your energy expenditure, you'll start
> to sweat.

A related phenomena is that temperature regulation has a fitness level
as well. A body that is out of shape is slow to adjust to an increased
level of activity. I think you'll find that the vast majority of thin
people who "glow" simply don't exercise much, while many overweight
people sweat even at rest in a struggle to regulate body temperature. I
can only guess at the OP's body type and exercise level (or they gym's
air conditioning BTUs), but I wouldn't worry much either unless
exercising made them *stop* sweating.

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