Quote Originally Posted by zoom-zoom View Post
The stupid thing is that heavy sweating is a sign of exceptional fitness. Fitter people start sweating earlier and harder than non-fit people, because our bodies are better prepared to prevent overheating, acclimated to effort.
Wow, I did not know that! I've always sweated heavily during exercise and taken it as a sign of... well, some sort of deficiency on my part, since nobody else seems to sweat like me.

I think I'm officially giving up on the group exercise experience. I spent many years happily doing exercise videos for strength training and riding the bike for cardio. I just have to keep reminding myself how important the stretch/strength stuff is. I have a very deep groove in the left crank arm of my tricross as evidence of the imbalances caused by neglecting that, and some lingering numbness in my left leg (from the herniated disc) as a reminder of the consequences...