In praise of Sweat!

[OakLeaf]

Okay, I just read yet another post in which someone used derogatory language about her own perspiration. And yet - we have another thread going on about people who can't tolerate heat - besides which sweat is a great detoxifier.

SO, here's the deal. Your best description of your own sweat in language that makes it actually sound fun and/or healthy! Lyrical or humorous...

"After a hard workout, I like to jump in the pool for a few minutes to dry off."

[Possegal]

A friend of mine always says this - and it applies to me too.

"I sweat when I swim".

My family are a sweaty people, but that's OK, doesn't bother me much, I just have a decently high water bill.

one of my nieces, when learning to talk, called it persirate. so that's what we say in my family, we persirate.

[Smilie]

I 'perspire' so much, that even my eyeballs sweat. Love the old saying women don't sweat, they glow. Riiiighhhttt. If that is the case, then my glow can be seen from outerspace.

[tulip]

I seem to be one of the few people who actually like summer and the heat. Nothing better than a good, hard, sweaty workout. I wonder if people have just gotten accustomed to 24/7 air conditioning. Used to be we had one a/c in on room in the house, and that only went on for special occasions. My apartment has windows that don't open, but my new house will have breezes flowing through the screen windows.

[Susan126]

Riding is a sweaty job but someone has to do it!

ME!!!!!

[ny biker]

I love it when you've been riding a while on a hot day and then you stop, and the sweat just pours off you. I always imagine lots of tiny pumps, like the old-fashioned kind people had in their yards before there was indoor plumbing, pumping out all that sweat.

I'm always amused when I read catalogs with descriptions of cycling jerseys that are treated to keep them from smelling bad. Yeah I stink, so what? I just rode my bike for 5 hours and it's freakin' 90 degrees with high humidity. If you don't like it, stand downwind until I have a chance to clean up and change my clothes.

[Flur]

I like sweat. I've read quite a few times that the ability to break a healthy sweat rather quickly is a sign of being in shape. The body is conditioned and practiced in cooling itself. It's people who don't sweat that need to worry - their bodies aren't proficient in cooling themselves and releasing toxins. If I stopped getting sweaty I'd be seeing my doctor pronto!

[Tuckervill]

I did some gardening yesterday with my sunglasses on. Bending over, pulling weeds, never coming up for air for half-hour at a time. When I finally did stand up, my sunglasses lenses were caked with salty sweat. I sweat around my eyes like crazy! I used to sweat on my upper lip, first, but now it's my eyes.

My dad calls us sweathogs because we both sweat quickly and profusely. I don't think we stink too bad, tho!

The wife of the owner of my gym came in one day to work out, and said, "Come on, let's get our sweat on!"

Karen

[redrhodie]

In the reflection of one bead of sweat is endless possibility.

[Natural Beauty]

my husband used to tell me i wasn't getting a good enough workout in if i wasn't dripping. HA. like i need more encouragement to get my sweat on. ~just bust a move~

[martinkap]

Sweat does not smell bad... it even contains feromones (something working as aphrodisiac to a right person). What smells bad are the bacterias growing in the old unwashed sweat.

I ride to work everyday, finishing up with a big hill (big for a fixed gear 48/16 ratio) and I come to work literally dripping sweat around me. People ask me what do I do since we don't have access to showers. I just smile at them and with sweat running down my face, I answer:

My sweat smells like roses!

The secret is to shower in the morning, apply deodorant (stick) under arms and the bacterias will have no time to grow till the evening. No one has complained about me being smelly ... yet

But honestly, sweat is my personally satisfaction, it is a raised middle finger to my laziness!

[mimitabby]

Until i started cycling, I almost never sweat! becoming sweaty for me was a really bad thing.. Imagine how out of shape I was that I could live like that (not sweat!)

It took me quite a while to discover that you won't die just because you sweat all over! and as i built up my strength I discovered that after you get all wet, it's OKAY! just keep going. and I can. I just don't like it in my eyes.

Embrace your sweatiness. and no, I agree, it doesn't smell bad.

[cyclinnewbie]

I don't know if I'm perimenopausal or what, but I now sweat at the drop of a hat. I've always sweated during a workout (which is kind of a reward...lets you know you've DONE something), but now I sweat at work, while sleeping, etc. And not just little sweat; I"m talking rivulets of perspiration trickling down my face and neck, my scrub top soaked down my back. I have to wear a sports bra to work to help keep me dry. I can't even imagine what menopause will be like....I will look like a wet sponge all the time!

[NJBikeGal]

My riding buddies can attest to this...

I sweat so much that those riding behind me often think it's raining!

Again - it's in my genes. One of my favorite photos of my sister is from her volleyball days. The team wore green cotton T-shirts in one of their tournaments. After they had won, they took a team photo. In the photo, it looks like my sister is wearing a totally different color shirt than everyone else. Nope...same shirt, just SOAKED through with sweat!

[han-grrl]

Sweat is good...sweat is great...

i love it when i sweat, it lets me know i'm working hard for what i am doing...along with my breath...for me sweating and breathing heavy go together...and i KNOW there are some good nudge nudge wink winkies in there! hahaha