What is the purpose of sweating?

[Epic Fail]

Should you aim for sweating when you are working out? What other benefits do you besides getting rid of excess heat in the body?

 

[wfbberzerker]

um... you're less likely to get stuck in a small doorway because you're slippery?

 

[BlueWeasel]

I sweat because it's teh kool thing to do at the gym. All the girls love it.

 

[lokiju]

To regulate your body temperature.

 

[Toastedlightly]

Originally posted by: blazert40
To regulate your body temperature.

we have a weiner!

 

[neonerd]

Originally posted by: blazert40
To regulate your body temperature.

 

[Goosemaster]

1. sweating is normal.
2. eat good foods so you don't smell
3. Don't worry about sweating
4. a/s/l ?

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: yamadakun
Should you aim for sweating when you are working out? What other benefits do you besides getting rid of excess heat in the body?

If you're really working out, how the hell would you avoid it?

 

[Epic Fail]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

Originally posted by: yamadakun
Should you aim for sweating when you are working out? What other benefits do you besides getting rid of excess heat in the body?

If you're really working out, how the hell would you avoid it?

If you are running, you can slow down to the point where you don't have to sweat.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

http://web.ask.com/web?q=why+do+people+sweat&qsrc=0&o=0

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: yamadakun

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

Originally posted by: yamadakun
Should you aim for sweating when you are working out? What other benefits do you besides getting rid of excess heat in the body?

If you're really working out, how the hell would you avoid it?

If you are running, you can slow down to the point where you don't have to sweat.

BS then you are not running or giving youself a work out....you are one of those atkins diet people arent you?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: Toastedlightly

Originally posted by: blazert40
To regulate your body temperature.

we have a weiner!

you sweat so your skin gets wet. The moisture evaporates, and water takes a fair amount of energy to go from liquid -> gas, and lots of that energy is taken from your skin in the form of heat, so it cools you down. Works best in the wind or if you are moving.

Thats why when you are really sweating and you stop moving, the heat almost overcomes you.

 

[Chaotic42]

Sweat also carries toxins out of the body.

 

[crab]

95% of my body cannot sweat anymore. It gets hot out, my body temp skyrockets. Fevers are an everyday thing for me in the summer.

During the winter, it drops. I've checked it at 95 a few times.

 

[HaxorNubcake]

Originally posted by: crab
95% of my body cannot sweat anymore. It gets hot out, my body temp skyrockets. Fevers are an everyday thing for me in the summer.

During the winter, it drops. I've checked it at 95 a few times.

care to explain wtf happened to you?

 

[crab]

Originally posted by: HaxorNubcake

Originally posted by: crab
95% of my body cannot sweat anymore. It gets hot out, my body temp skyrockets. Fevers are an everyday thing for me in the summer.

During the winter, it drops. I've checked it at 95 a few times.

care to explain wtf happened to you?

Spinal cord injury. Low level quadriplegic.

 

[HaxorNubcake]

Originally posted by: crab

Originally posted by: HaxorNubcake

Originally posted by: crab
95% of my body cannot sweat anymore. It gets hot out, my body temp skyrockets. Fevers are an everyday thing for me in the summer.

During the winter, it drops. I've checked it at 95 a few times.

care to explain wtf happened to you?

Spinal cord injury. Low level quadriplegic.

ah ok. for the explanation

 

[Amused]

Contrary to popular belief, the better shape you're in, the quicker you'll start sweating, and the more you'll sweat when exercising.

It's just your body getting more adept at regulating it's temp.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: yamadakun
Should you aim for sweating when you are working out? What other benefits do you besides getting rid of excess heat in the body?

How come when someone asks a difficult question the first 10 replies are "this isn't a homework help forum." But, when someone asks a really simple question that very well may be homework (8th grade health class perhaps? I'd think *everyone* beyond health class should know the answer to that one.)

But, I have a new hypothesis... every time someone screams "I'm not doing your homework for you!" they mean "I'm too stupid to answer that problem, but am going to make others think I'm superior by screaming to do your own homework."

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: yamadakun
Should you aim for sweating when you are working out? What other benefits do you besides getting rid of excess heat in the body?

How come when someone asks a difficult question the first 10 replies are "this isn't a homework help forum." But, when someone asks a really simple question that very well may be homework (8th grade health class perhaps? I'd think *everyone* beyond health class should know the answer to that one.)

But, I have a new hypothesis... every time someone screams "I'm not doing your homework for you!" they mean "I'm too stupid to answer that problem, but am going to make others think I'm superior by screaming to do your own homework."

you planning on finishing that sentence?

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: yamadakun

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

Originally posted by: yamadakun
Should you aim for sweating when you are working out? What other benefits do you besides getting rid of excess heat in the body?

If you're really working out, how the hell would you avoid it?

If you are running, you can slow down to the point where you don't have to sweat.

Varies by person. If your body needs to sweat, it will seat and there's not a damned thing you can do about it.

Now, aside from that, sweating is meant to regulat your core body temperature, nothing more, nothing less.

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: Amused

Contrary to popular belief, the better shape you're in, the quicker you'll start sweating, and the more you'll sweat when exercising.

It's just your body getting more adept at regulating it's temp.

Correct. Your body is better prepared for the stress of increased heat from increased metabolism, and begins sweating to regulate core temp more promptly. This is one of the many reasons fit folks have an "easier" time working out than out of chape folks - the body's responses are quicker and up to the level (or rather, nearly up to the level) of the stimulus they will be recieving.

<----- Has a Bachelor's of Science in Exercise and Sport Science, btw.

 

[tami]

sweat helps your body cool down.

 

[DAWeinG]

Originally posted by: Insomniak

Originally posted by: Amused

Contrary to popular belief, the better shape you're in, the quicker you'll start sweating, and the more you'll sweat when exercising.

It's just your body getting more adept at regulating it's temp.

Correct. Your body is better prepared for the stress of increased heat from increased metabolism, and begins sweating to regulate core temp more promptly. This is one of the many reasons fit folks have an "easier" time working out than out of chape folks - the body's responses are quicker and up to the level (or rather, nearly up to the level) of the stimulus they will be recieving.

<----- Has a Bachelor's of Science in Exercise and Sport Science, btw.

Would this be considered a feedforward system?

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: DAWeinG

Originally posted by: Insomniak

Originally posted by: Amused

Contrary to popular belief, the better shape you're in, the quicker you'll start sweating, and the more you'll sweat when exercising.

It's just your body getting more adept at regulating it's temp.

Correct. Your body is better prepared for the stress of increased heat from increased metabolism, and begins sweating to regulate core temp more promptly. This is one of the many reasons fit folks have an "easier" time working out than out of chape folks - the body's responses are quicker and up to the level (or rather, nearly up to the level) of the stimulus they will be recieving.

<----- Has a Bachelor's of Science in Exercise and Sport Science, btw.

Would this be considered a feedforward system?

I wouldn't think so. Your body just responds quicker - there isn't really any change in the mechanism. Just a standard positive feedback loop AFAIK.