How come when I weight train I don't sweat?
By Alex42692
@Alex42692 (167)
United States
February 21, 2009 3:08pm CST
When I do my weight training workouts I work the muscle groups as hard as I can till they're completely fatigued, but I don't break a sweat. Yet when I do some running or exercise where I an constantly moving I'll sweat as much as anyone else normally would. So is not sweating during a weight lifting workout a bad thing?
2 responses
@psychodjin (185)
• Malaysia
22 Feb 09
I think you must do your stretching/warm up first before you begin your weight lifting.
@lynnemg (4529)
• United States
21 Feb 09
I don't think it is a bad thing. I think that you sweat more as your heart pumps more blood because that helps to heat your body. When weight training, just because you are using the muscle to the poin tof fatigue, doesn't mean you are increasing your heart rate enough to induce a sweat. That is probably why it is recommended that people do both a cardio workout and a strength training workout.
My husband can do 50 push ups, and go lift his weights for an hour and not sweat much, but as soon as he does soemthing that increases his haert rate, lik playing racketball, or running, he sweats a lot.
Probably a farly normal thing.
