I’ve read on various websites that one sign you’re doing a good cardiovascular exercise is that you sweat. Does this mean the very act of sweating means your body is working overtime in some way? How many calories could one burn an hour by sitting outside on a hot day and sweating profusely versus sitting indoors?
The sweat is a *result *of your workout, not a substitute for it. Just sitting around sweating will result in loss of water, salt and other things . . . but that’s not the same as burning calories.
I don’t agree with this, when I first started working out I’d sweat a lot, but the fitter I get the less I sweat. I guess as a general rule it works.
There are two basic kinds of weight “real weight” and “transient weight”
Weigh yourself at the same time every day for a week and average it out that will be your real weight.
Transient weight varies a lot. If you stand on a (very) accurate scale and weigh 150 pounds, then put some jugs of water on the scale with you, and now the scale reads 152 pounds. If you drink that water you will indeed weight 152 pounds. But almost all that water will be run right through you so it’s “transient weight.”
Unless you got some kidney issues it’s pretty hard (though not impossible) to overdose on water. A good sign that you’ve have drank enough water during your work out is that at the end you have to use the bathroom.
So you could lose “weight” but it would only be transient or what my mum used to term as “water weight.” Which goes up and down all the time
I’m curious about the answer too. The way I would phrase the question is something like “If someone were to sit in a sauna on a regular basis, all else equal, would it cause [real] weight loss?”
Probably the opposite. Being in a sauna would make it easier for your body to maintain it’s basal temperature, hence burning fewer calories. Sitting in a freezer would be more likely to burn calories.
Yes but it would be temporary. You’d lose water through sweat which would ultimately lead to dehydration and the need to drink water. Result? No net weight loss.
One could probably weigh permanently less, and look leaner, too, by inducing a permanent state of slight dehydration, but the harm would far outweigh the benefit.
Good question. MMA fighters, boxers, and wrestlers use the sauna trick all the time. As long as they weigh in the day before the fight, that is.
For several days before weigh ins, they will sit in a sauna with a full sweatsuit on and ride a stationary bike or jump rope. They do this for a few minutes at a time and just sweat off the pounds. They don’t drink to replenish fluids, so they are severely dehydrated. This allows people to cut 10 to 20 pounds of weight and fight in a lower weight class than they actually walk around weighing. It would be very unfair if everyone didn’t do it. Immediately after weigh ins they replenish their fluids with Gatorade, Pedialyte, and water, so the next day they are ready to fight.
20 pounds is not exaggerating, BTW. It’s very common, especially in MMA. Obviously this can’t be used if you have to compete the same day as weigh ins.
And, no, it is not real weight loss. As soon as you drink enough fluids, the weight goes right back on.
I’ve done it once and it is an absolutuly horrible experience. I will never do it again.