Busting a Common Myth About Sweating and Exercise
  • 2 months ago
Busting, a Common
Myth About
Sweating, and Exercise.
According to Lifehacker,
how much you sweat is not
a reliable indicator of weight loss, .
fitness level or how
hard you are working out.
When your body
gets too hot,
beyond a
temperature
that’s healthy, .
little glands in your skin
secrete droplets of moisture.
Those droplets evaporate and
help lower your body temperature. .
It's just your body's way
of keeping itself cool. .
While exercising, your muscles
generate heat, raising your body's
temperature and causing you to sweat. .
Sweating more during a workout
doesn't mean that you're burning more fat.
It means that your body temperature is high and your sweat glands are trying to cool you down.
Sweating a lot can shed excess water weight.
However, losing water
weight is only temporary. .
Every pound of weight you shed
while working out is equal to
two cups of water, or sweat. .
It will be replenished the next
time you take a drink of water. .
Don't feel like you have to end every workout dripping in sweat to accomplish your fitness goals. .
Don't sweat it.