Sweat

snapp44 said:

Can I use sweat as an indication of perceived exertion?

No. I've done heavy hiking in 100 degree weather my shirt
remained bone dry. There was extremely low humidity that day and
sweat evaporated immediately.

Not coincidently that's the day I was most dehydrated in my life.

snapp44 said:

Can I use sweat as an indication of how hard I'm running/exercising or
is it caused by exercise + humidity?

effort, dew point, wind, acclimatization, and probably some other stuff

Can I use sweat as an indication

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of perceived exertion?

only under constant environmental conditions and acclimatization, and
maybe not even then

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How can sweat be used as an indicator in winter-
time?

indicates that you've dressed too warmly
(yea, I don't have it right yet either, I sweat in winter, but not
summer - at least not for the first few weeks)

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If I become
more physically fit, will I naturally sweat less?

probably more

Dot are you a boy or a girl? Either way I'm aroused.

Dot dot.h@#duh?att.net said:

snapp44 said:

Can I use sweat as an indication of how hard I'm running/exercising or
is it caused by exercise + humidity?

effort, dew point, wind, acclimatization, and probably some other stuff

Can I use sweat as an indication

Quoted message said:

of perceived exertion?

only under constant environmental conditions and acclimatization, and
maybe not even then

Quoted message said:

How can sweat be used as an indicator in winter-
time?

indicates that you've dressed too warmly
(yea, I don't have it right yet either, I sweat in winter, but not
summer - at least not for the first few weeks)

Quoted message said:

If I become
more physically fit, will I naturally sweat less?

probably more

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Quoted message said:

If I become more physically fit, will I naturally sweat less?

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probably more

I think so too. Sweating seems to be a "helpful" (cooling) response to
exercise, and as such it seems you "train" that response to some degree just
like your ability to process oxygen more efficiently, etc.

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Originally Posted by Snapp44 [IMG]/img/forum/go_quote.gif[/IMG]

Can I use sweat as an indication of how hard I'm running/exercising or
is it caused by exercise + humidity? Can I use sweat as an indication
of perceived exertion? How can sweat be used as an indicator in winter-
time? Does sweat only indicate I'm loosing water weight? If I become
more physically fit, will I naturally sweat less? Is there any correla-
tion between sweat and metabolism?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Dave

hi, i think sweat equals intensity so if you are riding hard you sweat more. and if you are riding easy you do not sweat as much. i don't remember or think i am sweating less now then 4 years ago which i started cycling. i think it is the same.