So is it good to "Sweat It Out" while working out?

[Zorba]

When I was in wrestling we used to work out in sweats in a 95 degree room. I was wondering if this actually helps build endurance or burn calories? I know the weight you loss immediately is just water weight, but I was wondering about long time.

I do know that I feel like I am getting a better work out when I wear sweats, just wondering if it is real or not.

 

[TallBill]

Wearing sweats just helps lose water weight, which comes back as soon as you consume again. In general, you only sweat when pushing the body and thus making gains, but it's not necessarily a sign of progress. Certainly wear what's more comfortable to work out in, but just remember that it wont physically help you more. In fact, it might dehydrate you which is bad.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

It does NOT do anything healthy for the body. I understand the importance of warming up and I myself wear sweats while doing this for sprints. Don't actually workout with the sweats though since it will dehydrate your body, as TallBill said, which is more detrimental than good. I know it may feel natural since you're a wrestler, but toss em off once you start to sweat a little bit.

 

[skace]

Technically, the weight of the sweats can be factored into your workout. The heavier your clothing, the more your body has to work.

Sweating, on the other hand, is simply your body's cooling mechanism and utilizes stored water.

 

[Bateluer]

If you're sweating during a workout, thats good, means you're actually working out. Just be sure to hydrate yourself. Just wear what's comfortable.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
If you're sweating during a workout, thats good, means you're actually working out. Just be sure to hydrate yourself. Just wear what's comfortable.

Not if it's due to overheating. If you're not sweating without the sweats on, then you're not getting the said good workout. Just because sweat it thrown into the picture doesn't mean you benefit any more than if you weren't. People don't understand that there are no pro's to this (except dropping unhealthy weight, and burning a small amount more of calories), but cons such as dehydration, heat stroke, and heat exhaustion.

 

[irishScott]

Sweat can actually eject some toxins/extra stuff (ie: some food preservatives), so it's good for you in that sense, but it's not enough to warrant working out for the sweat alone.

Just wear comfortable lightweight clothing.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Originally posted by: irishScott
Sweat can actually eject some toxins/extra stuff (ie: some food preservatives), so it's good for you in that sense, but it's not enough to warrant working out for the sweat alone.

Just wear comfortable lightweight clothing.

Fair enough, but I wouldn't advise this sort of detox every workout. If you were worried about this, you could do it a couple times a month or something while making sure you take in a ton of water. Good point though, Scott, thanks.

 

[Bulldog13]

Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged

Originally posted by: irishScott
Sweat can actually eject some toxins/extra stuff (ie: some food preservatives), so it's good for you in that sense, but it's not enough to warrant working out for the sweat alone.

Just wear comfortable lightweight clothing.

Fair enough, but I wouldn't advise this sort of detox every workout. If you were worried about this, you could do it a couple times a month or something while making sure you take in a ton of water. Good point though, Scott, thanks.

So you're saying it is advisable to workout and not sweat?

 

[KillerCharlie]

He's saying it's not advisable to force yourself to sweat more by wearing heavy clothing.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Originally posted by: Bulldog13

Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged

Originally posted by: irishScott
Sweat can actually eject some toxins/extra stuff (ie: some food preservatives), so it's good for you in that sense, but it's not enough to warrant working out for the sweat alone.

Just wear comfortable lightweight clothing.

Fair enough, but I wouldn't advise this sort of detox every workout. If you were worried about this, you could do it a couple times a month or something while making sure you take in a ton of water. Good point though, Scott, thanks.

So you're saying it is advisable to workout and not sweat?

If you're sweating naturally, then that's cool, by all means continue doing what you do; but when you have a jacket and sweat pants on, that's not natural and you are forcing your body to sweat unnecessarily and you create a situation where overheating is a problem. I sweat like a beast when I do my HIIT workouts so obviously sweating isn't a bad thing. Forced sweating is since your body has trouble regulating your temperature, etc.

EDIT: and thanks Charlie, hit my point on the nose.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

1 of the dojos I used to work out at, had no A/C, and in Fl. most the year, that means it is hot&humid. We would do what was called tip training, we wore heavyweight Gis and would go hard enough that before the session was over, sweat would drip from the tips/ends of your belt. So, I couldn't agree more about feeling like the workout was better. Even when we'd break for 5mins intervals to hydrate and warm down a little, you wouldn't cool down to the point where you started feeling tight or anything. IMO it helped a lot in acclimating your body to the process used to make weight before a fight. So, I could care less if in fact the training method was far from optimal, we thought it worked, and that is half the ball game right there.