Thu 15 Sep 2005
I’d just like to say…I’m a good personal trainer!
My trainee told me today (middle of our 2nd week of training) that the pair of pants she’s wearing is roomy enough to tuck her shirt in, and that she hadn’t been able to even get into these pants since June. I asked her if the workouts left her too tired in the afternoon, and she said no, it energizes her and motivates her. And she’s seen differences in her body tone. Plus, she’s now sweating profusely within a couple of minutes of cardio. Woohoo!
Now if only I could get myself results like that.
I wanted to ask this earlier, but felt silly asking…what’s the thing about people that have a slow metabolism not sweating? I see an awful lot of people that just sweat for no reason and I’m pretty sure they don’t have fast metabolisms.
Oh, and I’m sure you are getting results…you just might not be noticing, since you see yourself everyday…or could be you have less to lose and those last five pounds are always the hardest. 🙂
Have a good one!
Hi Tina! People who have low metabolism due to anorexia (starving themselves) have bodies in “starvation mode”, which means the body tries to expend as little energy as possible. These people tend to be cold a lot, and the body stores food as fat but is very reluctant to burn fat. A symptom of “starvation mode” is that the person will be out of breath before he/she is sweating, because the body clearly needs more energy but won’t burn calories to get it.
Not all fat people have a low metabolism, being overweight could just be a simple math thing with them, i.e. they take in more calories than they expend, but their metabolisms are completely normal which means they’re straining and sweating just doing everyday things.
A better measure of health is probably heart rate, not sweating. A healthy person’s resting heart rate is lower than an unhealthy person’s, during exercise the heart rate increases faster, and the heart rate returns to the resting heart rate faster after exercise ceases. Basically, better response to outer stimuli. When your metabolism is sluggish, your body doesn’t want to respond so you don’t sweat, your heart rate doesn’t jump up, and it takes longer to recover from an elevated heart rate.
And that’s more than you ever wanted to know. 🙂
Thank you, Cindy! You are an absolute fountain of knowledge :). It wasn’t more than I wanted to know, but more than I expected you to spend the time typing out. You also answered other questions I had, too.
Have a wonderful weekend!
You’re very welcome! It’s a good thing that you have an interest in fitness. And it’s nice for me to feel useful and appreciated. =)
Enjoy your weekend, too!