In praise of Sweat!

[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!

[SadieKate]

Nothing better than hugging your gooey, salty hubby after a great ride!

My vote for the best so far ---

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

[rij73]

Nothing better than hugging your gooey, salty hubby after a great ride!

Okay, I may have learned to not mind sweating... After years of inactivity and sweat-phobia, I can now recognize that it keeps me cool. I especially love a cooling, evaporative downhill after a long sweaty uphill.

However, I do NOT appreciate DH's sweat. When he comes home from a ride I barely want to look at him, much less touch him, until he takes a shower. Am I a bad wife?