Not the most delicate question but I've been wondering about perspiration.
For me I seem to sweat predominantly from my back and head. I dated a woman once who was very much more into cycling than I. One thing I noticed was that she seemed to perspire pretty much evenly over her entire body. Me, I rarely seem to sweat from the arms & legs and only from the front of the abdomen when it's really hot or I'm really pushing it.
How do people sweat it out?
-- 'All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy.' -black sabbath
Not the most delicate question but I've been wondering about perspiration.
For me I seem to sweat predominantly from my back and head. I dated a woman once who was very much more into cycling than I. One thing I noticed was that she seemed to perspire pretty much evenly over her entire body. Me, I rarely seem to sweat from the arms & legs and only from the front of the abdomen when it's really hot or I'm really pushing it.
How do people sweat it out?
From my hair follicles to my toenails, leaving nothing out in between.
Ok, I just disgusted myself . . . but . . . when active, I *sweat*. My sweat glands are anything but particular, firing readily, prodigiously, and with great glee.
(Another reason to love my Ti bike!)
Neil "The Puddler" Brooks
(Sorni: that was a one-off. I don't owe you $ for that one).
Not the most delicate question but I've been wondering about perspiration.
For me I seem to sweat predominantly from my back and head. I dated a woman once who was very much more into cycling than I. One thing I noticed was that she seemed to perspire pretty much evenly over her entire body. Me, I rarely seem to sweat from the arms & legs and only from the front of the abdomen when it's really hot or I'm really pushing it.
How do people sweat it out?
-- 'All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy.' -black sabbath
Carry a ton of water and let the sweat run. I have gotten so wet that I looked like I came out of a pool and that was on separate occasions, a few mowing a lawn for an old lady in 110+ weather, and some from riding the bike uphill on same 100+ days. I think you can sweat nearly a gallon an hour if you are really working hard. Even a sweat band for my eyes did no good on those occasions. If you venture far carry lots of water bottles and a camel back or back pack with lots of juice containers in it. Dehydration is no fun. I think the only places you can't sweat are the palms and the bottoms of your feet, but I may be wrong on that. Bill Baka
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How do people sweat it out?
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Carry a ton of water and let the sweat run.
Oh, I do - actually h2o with a hint of pure undiluted cranberry juice.
I was thinking more about the distribution. My lady friend had the most even sheen of perspiration, whereas for me it all seemed to come out of my head and back.
-- 'You keep using that word? I dinna think it means what you think it means.' -inigo montoya
I think you can sweat nearly a gallon an hour if you are really working hard.
1 liter/hr is about normal for hard sweating, 2L is supposedly reached by some rare individuals, a gallon is fiction.
Don't believe it, Peter . . . and don't make me prove it. It's not pretty.
The CFO where I worked thought he perspired more than I when running. We weighed in before and after a grueling +/- 1hr hilly trail run. He had lost 5lbs. I had lost 8 (which I promptly replaced....).
A pint's a pound the world around. 8# is a gallon (if sweat weighs what water weighs?).
Not the most delicate question but I've been wondering about perspiration.
For me I seem to sweat predominantly from my back and head. I dated a woman once who was very much more into cycling than I. One thing I noticed was that she seemed to perspire pretty much evenly over her entire body. Me, I rarely seem to sweat from the arms & legs and only from the front of the abdomen when it's really hot or I'm really pushing it.
I suspect you notice that sweat more where it doesn't dry off as fast. Do you wear a helmet? Do you have hair on your head? Even if not, you probably notice sweat running down your face into your eyes or mouth more than you would on your legs. The back is easy to explain, unless you ride backwards, it just doesn't catch as much air.
I think you can sweat nearly a gallon an hour if you are really working hard.
1 liter/hr is about normal for hard sweating, 2L is supposedly reached by some rare individuals, a gallon is fiction.
Don't believe it, Peter . . . and don't make me prove it. It's not pretty.
The CFO where I worked thought he perspired more than I when running. We weighed in before and after a grueling +/- 1hr hilly trail run. He had lost 5lbs. I had lost 8 (which I promptly replaced....).
A pint's a pound the world around. 8# is a gallon (if sweat weighs what water weighs?).
In a short duration event you might lose 3L/hr, if you were acclimated, under severe conditions. That's not a sustainable rate, if for no other reason than you can't resorb at half that rate.
An interesting article: www.unlv.edu/faculty/jyoung/TemperatureRegulationFluidBalance.pdf
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I think you can sweat nearly a gallon an hour if you are really working hard.
1 liter/hr is about normal for hard sweating, 2L is supposedly reached by some rare individuals, a gallon is fiction.
Don't believe it, Peter . . . and don't make me prove it. It's not pretty.
The CFO where I worked thought he perspired more than I when running. We weighed in before and after a grueling +/- 1hr hilly trail run. He had lost 5lbs. I had lost 8 (which I promptly replaced....).
A pint's a pound the world around. 8# is a gallon (if sweat weighs what water weighs?).
You're forgetting your Einstein: E=mC^2
I'm assuming you are expending energy whilst running.
-- 'If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. -albert einstein
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Not the most delicate question but I've been wondering about perspiration.
For me I seem to sweat predominantly from my back and head. I dated a woman once who was very much more into cycling than I. One thing I noticed was that she seemed to perspire pretty much evenly over her entire body. Me, I rarely seem to sweat from the arms & legs and only from the front of the abdomen when it's really hot or I'm really pushing it.
I suspect you notice that sweat more where it doesn't dry off as fast. Do you wear a helmet? Do you have hair on your head? Even if not, you probably notice sweat running down your face into your eyes or mouth more than you would on your legs. The back is easy to explain, unless you ride backwards, it just doesn't catch as much air.
Just back from a beautiful 2 hour ride. I went East. A good work out but surprisingly crisp! 10 C according to TWN, and breezy.
Actuallly I notice I sweat where the straps of the backpack are against my chest. But still doesn't explain that ex-girlfriend's all-over sheen.
-- 'There she is, William! The embodiment of love! Your Venus! 'Yes, how I hate her.' - from a knight's tale
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I sweat in a weird place: my left wrist.
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From age 8 to 18, I always wore a plastic digital watch on my left
wrist.
Now, sometimes, that wrist breaks out into a sweat exactly where the watch would be.
I notice that often when the only riding I've done for a while is my 15 minute commute, when I do go for a longer ride I seem to break out into a sweat right at the 15 minute mark. I guess my body expects me to stop at that point, became acclimatized to a 15 minute effort.
-- 'Do you really think any part of this should come to the attention of the authorities?' -malcom's dad
Not the most delicate question but I've been wondering about perspiration.
For me I seem to sweat predominantly from my back and head. I dated a woman once who was very much more into cycling than I. One thing I noticed was that she seemed to perspire pretty much evenly over her entire body. Me, I rarely seem to sweat from the arms & legs and only from the front of the abdomen when it's really hot or I'm really pushing it.
I suspect you notice that sweat more where it doesn't dry off as fast. Do you wear a helmet? Do you have hair on your head? Even if not, you probably notice sweat running down your face into your eyes or mouth more than you would on your legs. The back is easy to explain, unless you ride backwards, it just doesn't catch as much air.
Pat
This is an excellent point. To the OP, try riding with normal intensity on a stationary trainer. I think you'll find that you sweat all over too.
As far as your lady friend, 2 things come to mind, perhaps she dressed differently than you do, or that 'all over sheen' was when she had just stopped riding.
When you're riding hard, the sweat is drying as soon as it's excreted (depending on local weather), when you stop riding the air passing over your body stops too, but your sweat glands keep going for a minute or two.
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How do people sweat it out?
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Carry a ton of water and let the sweat run.
Oh, I do - actually h2o with a hint of pure undiluted cranberry juice.
I was thinking more about the distribution. My lady friend had the most even sheen of perspiration, whereas for me it all seemed to come out of my head and back.
-- 'You keep using that word? I dinna think it means what you think it means.' -inigo montoya
If I am working hard in 100 degree F plus I sweat all over and drink juice a quart at a time, or more. Mowing a thick lawn or climbing a tough mountain can both put the hurt on you, but with the lawn the fridge is only a short walk away. Bill Baka
I think you can sweat nearly a gallon an hour if you are really working hard.
1 liter/hr is about normal for hard sweating, 2L is supposedly reached by some rare individuals, a gallon is fiction.
Well then I come close to fiction because we have 110 F days here and I have done some hard yard work where I drank about a gallon an hour to keep up. I can't even work out that hard on the bike because I can't carry enough water, and the sweat blinds me anyway. At home I can just hose the sweat off and cool down at the same time. Bill Baka
I think you can sweat nearly a gallon an hour if you are really working hard.
1 liter/hr is about normal for hard sweating, 2L is supposedly reached by some rare individuals, a gallon is fiction.
Don't believe it, Peter . . . and don't make me prove it. It's not pretty.
The CFO where I worked thought he perspired more than I when running. We weighed in before and after a grueling +/- 1hr hilly trail run. He had lost 5lbs. I had lost 8 (which I promptly replaced....).
A pint's a pound the world around. 8# is a gallon (if sweat weighs what water weighs?).
That's about how I measure my hydration for long hot rides, with the scale before and after, and I have lost up to 6 pounds (out of 160) after a hot ride, even when drinking water from many bottles. Bill Baka
I think you can sweat nearly a gallon an hour if you are really working hard.
1 liter/hr is about normal for hard sweating, 2L is supposedly reached by some rare individuals, a gallon is fiction.
Peter:
Bill Baka is all fiction...🙂
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Not fiction about the sweating thing. When it is over 110 here it doesn't matter that it is a dry heat, it's just god damned hot, and exercise turns on the sweat faucets. I had the rare opportunity last year to be dehydrated with my belly sloshing around about a half gallon of juice, O.J., V-8, and Gatorade, but not being absorbed as fast as I could sweat them out riding up a continuous hill with no shade at about 3:00 PM. I just kept going until I found a lone tree that provided some shade and de-biked and sat for about a half hour while my body caught up some with the fluid absorption. Riding de-hydrated is no fun and with a full belly of juice it is just plain maddening, but does happen. Bill Baka
BTW, check your facts. A small person of maybe 100 pounds can't sweat that much but some of the people I know can, at 6'8" and 350 pounds. You would not want to walk up to him and tell him he is full of [censored], could be the last time you argued something stupid. I have worked outside with him on some heavy products and a half gallon disappears every time he takes a drink, somewhat more than each half hour.
Not fiction about the sweating thing. When it is over 110 here it doesn't matter that it is a dry heat, it's just god damned hot, and exercise turns on the sweat faucets. I had the rare opportunity last year to be dehydrated with my belly sloshing around about a half gallon of juice, O.J., V-8, and Gatorade, but not being absorbed as fast as I could sweat them out riding up a continuous hill with no shade at about 3:00 PM. I just kept going until I found a lone tree that provided some shade and de-biked and sat for about a half hour while my body caught up some with the fluid absorption. Riding de-hydrated is no fun and with a full belly of juice it is just plain maddening, but does happen.
It's very common, nobody can resorb as fast as they can sweat.
If you did as much sweating as you claim you'd know that.
Juice sucks for rehydrating, you'd know that, too.
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BTW, check your facts. A small person of maybe 100 pounds can't sweat that much but some of the people I know can, at 6'8" and 350 pounds. You would not want to walk up to him and tell him he is full of [censored], could be the last time you argued something stupid. I have worked outside with him on some heavy products and a half gallon disappears every time he takes a drink, somewhat more than each half hour.
I'm no 100 lb person. I'm 6'10 235. Your friend doesn't sweat more because he is fat, he just has less heat tolerance.
