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You are seriously underestimating the amount of sweating a normal, healthy man does if he trained consistently for some time and his body learned to quickly ada
by machomaster 2y ago
You are seriously underestimating the amount of sweating a normal, healthy man does if he trained consistently for some time and his body learned to quickly adapt to minimal physical stress (heck, I sweat profusely even if I merely slowly walk). Let alone if there are any kinds of hills.
- moffkalast 2y agoTIL, I've looked it up and apparently you're right. The more fit someone is, the more they sweat. That's so counterintuitive tbh, I would've thought that it would be the opposite since you don't need to strain as much, but I guess there must be some baseline energy use and more muscle mass equals more heating, plus a faster learned cooling response. Ironically that makes cycling a much better choice for people who aren't fit. Finally something where being lazy gives you an advantage.
- machomaster 2y agoThe better performance of a fit person is partly explained by more muscles (incl. heart), but a significant part of performance boost is the fact that body autoregulates (e.g. by sweating and keeping the temperature perfect for activity, instead of letting body overheat, which results in a performance drop) itself so much better. Raising the heart rate much faster is also part of a better self-regulation of a fit person.