Over Training and Sweating

Embrace the sweat, it lets you know you are doing something. I find that regardless of where i am running (inside track, outside shirtless, outside trails) that after about a mile the sweat just starts dripping. I do live in Florida so that is abig contributor but i wouldn't worry about the fatigue.

Thank you for your response. I am talking about onset of perspiratioon with overt training. Stress and sweat are synonymous. Sweating at an "easy Pace" or low heart rate may imply that one needs to back off. I'm asking others what they think about this.

I don't know anything about the science on this one, but I can tell you that if I go to lift or to a yoga class after a decent running workout (even a couple of hours later when the heartrate has settled) I sweat a lot more than if I hadn't run beforehand.

I know what you're talking about--there are some runs, once in awhile, such as the day after a race or hard workout, where my legs just feel dead, my body doesn't want to move, and sweat's dripping down my face when it's 50 degrees. It sounds logical--we sweat when our body temp rises, and our body temp rises when we're working hard, which the easy pace may feel hard the day after a hard workout, or when you've been training heavily.

i agree, if i have run in the morning i will sweat next time i just go outdoors. if the sweat causes problem in your day to day activity try working out later at night. If your question is does sweat correlate to overtraining you might want to message a MD on that.

When over trained you have diminished tolerance for everything. Think HPA.

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Imagine a training strategy that incorporates onset of sweat with time to push and time to back off.

Perhaps weigh in before a run and after a run. and see the weight difference. ( All variables being equal. Temperature, pace and course- preferably a treadmill.) little variance- push hard - Large variance- take it easy- Take it easy untill the weight differential is back to a smaller margin.

It would take time to find out a norm.

I think using a galvanic skin meter( Skin conductivity.) to see the onset of perspiration at a heart rate may be a better measure. Or just notice when you break a sweat and note the heart rate.

Over training is insidious and I have always sweatted allot when I feel like shit. As the saying goes. "No sweat" , it was a piece of cake. Watch the world record holders sweat a lot less then the guys they are lapping.

Just a thought, but what do I know? May be it may make me improve? Otherwise it's a red sweaty herring.