Sweaty Question

[Bluebell72]

Does anyone know how long after excercise a body stops sweating?

Just wondering, no particular reason!

 

[heliphil]

I'd guess it depends on how long the body thinks it needs to still reduce temperature......

 

[HLaB]

Depends on the person, humidity, etc.

 

[tyred]

I always find I don't really sweat until I stop exercising.

 

[col]

You may find after a good workout that even after a shower you sweat again, or your hair ends up wet with sweat after youve dried. depends how hard youve worked.

 

[Bluebell72]

When I got home last night, I was cold.
OH had run me a hot bath and done me a cuppa and I sat in the bath trying to get warm, after I'd soaped, I realised that I smelled sweaty, so double-soaping.
Maybe it was spending too long in a hot bath, from cold to hot, too rapidly, that I started to sweat?

Or maybe it was something else? When he does me a cup of tea for the bath, he knows I am a captive audience, and so he can sit in the bathroom and tell me what he's just spent on motorbike things (fine) or that his mother's coming at the weekend (so not fine).

Seriously though, if I don't get a bath or shower immediately when I come in, I don't feel as sweaty after a long ride.

 

[Dayvo]

Normally (in my case) once my heartbeat has returned to normal, although if you're in a warmer environment, it may take longer, especially with regard to humidity.

 

[Paul.G.]

As soon as i stop riding i start overheating and sweating like mad and yes, i too take ages to cool down after shower or bath and sometimes feel hotter after shower than I did at the end of the ride - sweating is normal and is actually a sign of fitness, check out James Cracknell on utube and look how much he sweats and hes uba healthy - would have said fit but looked wierd coming from another bloke !!

 

[Bluebell72]

As soon as i stop riding i start overheating and sweating like mad ...

sweating is normal and is actually a sign of fitness, check out James Cracknell on utube and look how much he sweats and hes uba healthy

Am I ready for the knacker's yard then?

I am warm enough while riding, don't feel too sweaty or anything, and I'm not a very sweaty or smelly person anyway. Once I stop, I'm ok for maybe 5/10 minutes at most, and then my temperature plummets. My skin feels warm to touch, but I feel cold inside, feet and legs, then will start shivering if I haven't put on a fleece in the house and got a hot drink. If I allow myself to get colder, then it takes me ages to get properly warm again.

Is my internal thermostat broken?! This is not recent btw, I've been like this for years.

 

[Tyke]

I find it helps to gradually lower the shower temp as you cool down rather than just having a hot shower.

 

[lukesdad]

Am I ready for the knacker's yard then?

I am warm enough while riding, don't feel too sweaty or anything, and I'm not a very sweaty or smelly person anyway. Once I stop, I'm ok for maybe 5/10 minutes at most, and then my temperature plummets. My skin feels warm to touch, but I feel cold inside, feet and legs, then will start shivering if I haven't put on a fleece in the house and got a hot drink. If I allow myself to get colder, then it takes me ages to get properly warm again.

Is my internal thermostat broken?! This is not recent btw, I've been like this for years.

If you stop the exercise and do nothing whilst still in thin damp sports gear you are going to feel cold. This may not apply but it is something to steer clear of.

 

[chillyuk]

I always find I don't really sweat until I stop exercising.

You probably do sweat but the airflow as you ride evaporates it before you really notice it. Once you stop then it ceases to evaporate as quickly. I sweat buckets because of medication and a medical condition, but am unaware of it on the bike.

 

[Mad at urage]

If you want to stop sweating quickly after exercise (e.g. attending that meeting after cycling in), you need to convince your brain that it is getting too cold.

That's convince it physically - i.e. chill your skull. Either cold water over the head and neck (chill the blood entering the brain) - aka 'run your head under the cold tap', or (surprisingly) hot (! don't scald yourself !) water splashed on the scalp and hair, which encourages increased blood in the scalp then (as it's only a thin layer of hot) evaporates quickly and chills the head. IME etc.