A lot of people are confused when they burn body fat, and a common question is are you burning fat every time you sweat?
Sweating is your body’s own cooling system and a lot of people in good shape will sweat regularly, and their bodies will be used to regulating heat in the body, if someone for example trainins 5-6 a week, then their body is used to working out and their body’s internal system will sweat to cool it down, and regulate its internal temperature. So this is sweating in a good way and with someone very fit, it can take a lot of work to get this happening. When you think about it though, that individual is only very fit in the first place BECAUSE they exercise with real intensity all the time, so they will be used to tougher, more intense workouts.
On the other hand then, you may have someone who is totally not conditioned very well, and will sweat at the slightest physical efforts. It may not take much to get someone out of shape sweating but it doesn’t then mean that they are suddenly burning lots of body fat straight away. There are other factors at play, and if that person has consumed a lot of food that day before training, they will be busy burning the excess calories before they even touch their body fat.
The bottom line never changes, whatever stage you are at, you should build your training up in terms of intensity and take some time to do it. As long as you are making small even subtle changes each week, then you will be on course for ultimate success.
So the sweating thing as a measure of burning fat is not always accurate and there are too many variables to take into consideration. However, if you have at least a couple of months training under your belt, you will sweat normally every time you train intensely and even more so when you have made progress from the week before, a harder workout will always test you, make you sweat and always improve you in terms of reducing body fat, heart rate and making your body overall leaner and harder.
Hi Ke, you asked me to keep you informed, Asthma clinic today, one month on and my BP is, wait for it, 122/82 think that is better than 150/95. So 4 weeks on and I have brought it down quite substantialy, well chuffed. Been cycling mostly and walking, will step it up next week as I am not so wheezy now. Weight coming off also, so it is all goin in the right direction. Just being told that my BP and cholesterol is up gave me the jolt that I needed, so the Doc was pleased and he has said that he will delay putting me on the meds for high BP and chol until I go back in May, he weight me and I am 13st 4lbs, but I am not going by that as it is a new scale, he didnt weigh me last time.
thats excellent news jean and well done on showing what you can do. You know you have more to go, but that is a significant dent into your blood pressure, and a sign of a big effort there. You should be proud of yourself and keep me updated all the time please. I am working on a programme and way of doing things that will help a lot more people out including your good self so your feedback is hugely appreciated!