Sweating question...?

so somebody told me once that if your sitting around or something and your sweating because its hot is not the same kind of sweat when your working out and moving around... is that true? and if it is then why? and also, if you were to wear sweatpants and a sweat shirt while your working out to make you sweat more will that burn more calories?

Sweating question...?
You sweat because you body is trying to shed excess heat. It doesn;t matter if you are sitting or not.





Sweating does not burn calories per say. You will see a weight loss after heavy sweating due to water loss, which you will need to drink back in. The Ice cold water that you drink does burn a few calories.
Reply:good question and i don't think it makes that much of a difference because you have the chance of getting over heated faster in the sweat suite. but let me know when you find out
Reply:Sweating while sitting down vs. Sweating while working out


- In both cases, sweating is your body's way of cooling down because its core is getting hotter than it's normal body temperature.


It's not the same as when you work out though. The sweat when working out is caused by your increased heart rates..which then results in your body temperature going up.


When sitting down in hot weather..your heart rate is not increasing much, you're only sweating because it's hot out.


You're burning more calories when doing work...not sitting around, so it's a lot different.





If you were to wear sweatpants/shirt...you would burn more calories. Think about wrestlers trying to lose weight. The extra clothing will make your body generate heat. Generating heat takes energy/calories to do. So the increased heart rate from cardio and the added clothing will result in more calories burned.
Reply:No, I think sweat is sweat. When your body temp starts to rise, regardless of cause (exercise, fever, sun, etc.), I think sweat happens to cool you down. You might burn a few more calories if you wear heavy clothes. Your body has to use energy (burn calories) for thermoregulation; so if your temp gets a bit too low or too high for any reason, you will be using more energy than you would if you were resting comfortably at room temperature (backing off the climate control will produce similar results). I doubt it would be really significant, though.