Sweating During a Workout: Love It or Hate It?

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Sweating During a Workout: Love It or Hate It?

March 20, 2009

I love a good, sweaty workout. My drenched clothes are like a badge of honor after a particularly tough run or bike ride. While I embrace perspiration from exercise, some people simply hate getting sweaty for one reason or another. What's your attitude toward sweating?

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52 Comments

prakkyy 2 weeks 3 days

no sweating means u did not do it hard enuff !! I love sweat ..I would even love to make love while sweating ... :D

2 years 28 weeks

I hate sweating. I associate people who are fat with sweating, and when I sweat, I feel fat. It's gross and unsightly. I'd rather sit on my couch looking pretty, then run a mile and look sweaty. Of course, I won't be sitting pretty if I never get off the couch, right?

CanadianAlissa 3 years 48 weeks

i feel like if i don't get a good sweat i didn't have a good work out. the more fit i am the harder it is for me to break a sweat. i won't stop until.

SunnyMutt 4 years 8 weeks

Sweat makes me feel like I really worked out. Plus, I heard it's good for your skin so I like the sound of that.

agtpeach 4 years 8 weeks

I used to hate sweating - and I never worked out primarily because of it - but I tried a Bikram yoga class and it obliterated my sweating hurdle. The yoga wasn't for me, but now I can't wait to get to the sweating when I hit the treadmill.

cnyc1a 4 years 8 weeks

I love sweating! That's why I love yoga!

ashopaholic 4 years 8 weeks

yes, I don't feel accomplished unless I do

potterlove 4 years 8 weeks

Absolutely LOVE it! I perspire after some speed walking, but after a good cardio, my shirt's a little drenched. I know that I've gotten some quality workout! Besides, my muscles feel fantastic when I get a good shower after my workout. :D

niicoollaa 4 years 8 weeks

i don't feel like i've had a good workout unless i'm covered in sweat... however, i'm one of those super-sweaters and after a good 45 min run or turn on the eliptical, my entire shirt is soaked through. at that point i like the sweat a little less. i've taken to bringing an extra shirt to the gym so i don't drench the weight benches during strength training.

phinn 4 years 8 weeks

LOVE sweating! When I didn't work out, I used to sweat during times of stress or anxiety throughout the day - but now that I work out regularly, it's like I get my sweat quotient poured out during exercise, and then it doesn't happen as an emotional response. I love imagining all the toxins and bad stuff leaving through my pores while I'm in the midst of a good, sweaty workout.

pequeña 4 years 8 weeks

I don't like it at all, that's why I like swimming so much.

delightfairy 4 years 8 weeks

Well I don't like being sweaty, but if I sweat during a workout I feel like I've been working hard enough. So - undecided.

Stacey Cakes 4 years 8 weeks

Love it...but then again, I'm kinda addicted to Bikram!

mondaymoos 4 years 8 weeks

I love sweaty workouts! I don't go to the gym to look cute while I'm there, I go to look good the rest of the time. :P

davetherave 4 years 8 weeks

I walk everywhere and when I get back, sometimes I have to peel my clothes off. I hit the shower ASAP. I always think back to when we were in science class and the teacher told us that sweat is a method for cooling down the body and that it is a waste by-product. Sweat, he said, is really just diluted "pee". So, whenever I get all sweaty I often think of what he said. EEEWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!

Spectra 4 years 8 weeks

I love it when I sweat during my workouts, but my husband thinks it's "gross". He always tells me to hop into the shower ASAP after I'm done working out. It doesn't bother me unless I'm working out on my lunch hour and I have to go back to work a little damp...then it's kind of gross feeling.

amybdk 4 years 8 weeks

Love, love, love love love it!

Tiger_Lily 4 years 8 weeks

soul bypass, if i'm not mistaken, the itching sensation you get when sweating is a good thing. It's all the toxins leaving your body.

soul bypass 4 years 8 weeks

Ugh, I hate sweating. It makes me super itchy, I think I'm even allergic to it, lol.

CYL 4 years 8 weeks

If I my shirt is not soaked it was not a good work out

genniboo 4 years 8 weeks

i LOVE it! :D if i don't sweat during a workout i don't feel like i've worked enough.. also, sweating makes me feel like i'm actually cleansing my body of toxins and sweating them all out!