Good news for the sweat averse
Photo: Grady Reese/Getty Images/iStockphoto I have done many things for fitness. I have gotten up very early. I have sipped protein shakes with questionable contents. I have invested in overpriced elastic bands and high-fived strangers at the end of a class. But I draw the line at sweating profusely. I steer clear whenever possible.
In fact, according to Dr. Michael Fredericson, a sports-medicine physician at the Stanford University Medical Center, sweat isn’t even an indicator of calorie burning. “The amount you sweat is very individual. It’s not necessarily a reflection of how hard you’re working out. People often think, Oh, I sweated so much at the gym earlier, I must have burnt a lot of calories, but it’s more an indication of having been very warm.
So if not sweat, what should we be looking for in a workout? Dr. Fredericson says it’s far more important to watch your heart rate and not just while exercising. “As you achieve greater aerobic fitness, your resting heart rate is going to go down. If you have some kind of fitness tracker, you can check that every day in the morning before you get out of bed.
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