Parts of body cold after exercise

[coldmeat]

So I'm basically in the worst shape of my life right now, but working at getting better. I have a road bike and I've been getting back into it. I bought it last summer, but quit riding when I went back to school in september.

The thing that I notice though is that when I'm done, certain parts of my body are cold, like my upper back thigh, my ass, and the fat around my stomach. Is this normal? Is it just because I'm in terrible shape and skinny-fat? 6'1 205lbs.

It doesn't really bother me, it just feels really weird to touch when it's cold after an hour on my bike.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

When I run my ears and sometimes my fingers as well, are cold, and that's just because of differential vasoconstriction funneling blood into parts of my body that need it more. But seeing as you're using a bike, I don't think it's normal that your hamstrings and gluteals aren't working. Are any other parts of your body cold? What do you wear? And how long do you usually bike for?

 

[coldmeat]

When I run my ears and sometimes my fingers as well, are cold, and that's just because of differential vasoconstriction funneling blood into parts of my body that need it more. But seeing as you're using a bike, I don't think it's normal that your hamstrings and gluteals aren't working. Are any other parts of your body cold? What do you wear? And how long do you usually bike for?

I wear a regular bike jersey, with lycra shorts. I'm in terrible shape so I can't really go too far, today I went about 15km, not sure how long it took me because my computer fell off my bike the other day and got run over by a car.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Well, let's think about this: you don't really use your upper back much during biking - you kinda just hang on your ligaments and support with your upper extremities, fat is pretty vascular at rest, but during exercise (like Mr. Pedantic said) blood is preferentially delivered to more metabolically active tissues via vasodilation and vasoconstriction. Since, in males, the stomach and butt are frequent areas for the highest body fat storage, it's likely that it's just your fat that's not getting much blood, but the muscle underneath is fine. This would be made all the more obvious in someone who isn't well trained - trained athletes experience less sympathetic stimulation so they get more blood supply to the skin, allowing better cooling.

 

[highland145]

The meat. It is cold.

Sorry couldn't resist.

What SC said. Wonder if your hands are getting significantly more blood flow so it "feels" like your fat areas are colder when then are they are actually staying the same.

 

[nanaki333]

better hit the treadmill or elliptical machine. as SC said, you're not doing much with a lot of your body on the bike. you're just plopping your ass down and peddling. as much as people hate to hear it, the best way to burn off fat is running running running.

i wouldn't say 6'1 205 is fat. i'm 6'3 255 and i'm solid except for my mid section. sadly, i can't run or anything because i do not have the go ahead from my doctor from my back surgery. only thing i can do for cardio is biking

 

[SociallyChallenged]

better hit the treadmill or elliptical machine. as SC said, you're not doing much with a lot of your body on the bike. you're just plopping your ass down and peddling. as much as people hate to hear it, the best way to burn off fat is running running running.

i wouldn't say 6'1 205 is fat. i'm 6'3 255 and i'm solid except for my mid section. sadly, i can't run or anything because i do not have the go ahead from my doctor from my back surgery. only thing i can do for cardio is biking

I didn't say that at all. I was specifying which parts of the body were active. Biking is a great activity and, if it's what he likes, it's the optimal thing for him to do. Running isn't better at burning fat than biking - it burns a few more calories per hour, but nothing that diet modification couldn't make up on a cycling program.

 

[coldmeat]

My goal isn't really to lose weight either. If I do, then great, but right now all I'm concerned with is getting into better cardiovascular shape, so I'm not out of breath when I run up the stairs, or play a bit of soccer or something. I don't really like running, so I got my bike, and I like riding it.

I'm going to be starting at the gym monday.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

My goal isn't really to lose weight either. If I do, then great, but right now all I'm concerned with is getting into better cardiovascular shape, so I'm not out of breath when I run up the stairs, or play a bit of soccer or something. I don't really like running, so I got my bike, and I like riding it.

I'm going to be starting at the gym monday.

Yeah, keep on riding then, man. Push yourself but don't push yourself too hard

 

[nanaki333]

I didn't say that at all. I was specifying which parts of the body were active. Biking is a great activity and, if it's what he likes, it's the optimal thing for him to do. Running isn't better at burning fat than biking - it burns a few more calories per hour, but nothing that diet modification couldn't make up on a cycling program.

i was referring to just the part about the circulation. sorry, i should have been more clear before i went off on my tangent

 

[Ghiedo27]

You're getting really good ventilation and tons of sweat, but those areas aren't doing a lot of work, so there's a disproportionate amount of heat dissipation versus the amount generated. Certainly nothing to be concerned about. On the other hand, if at some point feel your whole body cool a lot then you've over extended yourself and are bonking (out of gas).

 

[mizzou]

any portion of my body that sweats profusely cools down real quick, especially when the water is kind of soaked in with a bunch of hair

 

[VulgarDisplay]

any portion of my body that sweats profusely cools down real quick, especially when the water is kind of soaked in with a bunch of hair

That really turned me on.

 

[TheNinja]

You're getting really good ventilation and tons of sweat, but those areas aren't doing a lot of work, so there's a disproportionate amount of heat dissipation versus the amount generated. Certainly nothing to be concerned about. On the other hand, if at some point feel your whole body cool a lot then you've over extended yourself and are bonking (out of gas).

yup, what he said. it's normal.