how much do u sweat when lifting weights?

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Guys,

Ive been doing compound weight exercises for about a week. Im a beginner, doing 3 sets of 10, 8, and 5 lifts with low weight, around 25kg or so. I am cutting and cycling carbs for my diet so my aim here is to loose weight.

I dont really work up a sweat during my weights workout. My HR gets up to only about 120 while I used to do cardio (every day) with my HR around 160.

My weights workout lasts for about an hour. Im wondering if I should lower the weight, take minimal time between sets, or even minimal time between exercises, to get my HR up, or is this not essential when weight training for weight loss?

Thanks

MB
 
25kg for all exersices? you know, you should adjust the weight so its HARD, atleast the last rep is suppose to be really hard, just so you can barley get it done.

And for the question, i sweat alot, but its individual, some people sweat alot, some dont.
 
I don't sweat much but really push myself with the weights I am lifting, struggling on the last rep and giving it all you've got makes you feel great I think...Although I do not sweat that much.

When I am doing my legs I work up a much bigger sweat and when I do cardio I sweat like crazy!

I think the reason I do not sweat is the long rest periods between sets - 2 Minutes. I was told this is better so that you really can give each set everything you've got. Should I lower my rest time even if it means I would get less reps out in each set?
 
DanHarris said:
I don't sweat much but really push myself with the weights I am lifting, struggling on the last rep and giving it all you've got makes you feel great I think...Although I do not sweat that much.

When I am doing my legs I work up a much bigger sweat and when I do cardio I sweat like crazy!

I think the reason I do not sweat is the long rest periods between sets - 2 Minutes. I was told this is better so that you really can give each set everything you've got. Should I lower my rest time even if it means I would get less reps out in each set?
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If you're going for strenght 2-3 minnutes if fine, as it gives APT time to restore so you're preformance doesnt drop as much from set to set. If you're goal is endurance or size you might want to go a bit lower.
 
ok I could have explained myself better. I dont use the same weight for everything. I go to failure in all three sets, but, for instance, I can only bench press 30kg with good form.
 
Some people sweat more than others -- if someone who sweats a lot stops sweating during exercise, then it may be a sign of "heat-casualty." But just because someone doesn't sweat a lot (or seemingly at all) doesn't mean that they're in trouble or not working hard.

I used to run with a Marine buddy during muggy ol' WashDC summers -- we would run fairly fast for several miles... I would sweat just walking outside into the heat to start the run & he didn't ever seem to sweat during the entire time. We were both relatively healthy young men at the time working equally hard.

So don't sweat it, man.

Light weight at high reps is good initial tendon training if done in a controlled manor (several 18th & 19th century strongmen trained with 5-10 pound dumbells for one set of 30-to-100 reps per exercise & conditioned themselves this way months prior to hitting the heavy weights for low reps). Quit when you get tired... once you can do between 50 & 100 reps with 5 pound dumbells easily, then you're ready to move up to the heavy weights, or like Bobby Pandour (who built a great physique) you can go up to 10 pounds & continue with high-reps (he did heavier leg-work, but I believe that was still under 200 pounds, plus bodyweight gymnastics exercises as well in the latter stages... for leg-work he ran up stairs with his brother on his back).
 
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I'm going to make the categorical statement that if you aren't breathing hard, struggling, and at least a little sweaty, you're not doing it right, imo. This applies to...other activities as well. ;)

Some people don't sweat much. I used to sweat like a ****ing yeti..but after a few months of training, I'm finding it's much less than I used to. However, I know that I'm working harder than I ever have, and that's what matters. :)

It's often recommended to super or even tri set as a beginner, as you're able to take some pretty brutal training and make great gains. If you feel like you're not being challenged enough, even though your weights are as high as they can go with strict form, try supersetting (in this case, doing two antagonistic exercises back-to-back without rest) and then resting for 90s before going again. You should find yourself working harder.
 
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I barely sweat at all. My workout buddy sweats like a madman though.

While I'm here I have kind of an off topic question. Does anyone else feel like they're gonna pass out after doing bent over rows? I think my problem is breathing, because it's so hard to get a good cycle of breathing when you're bent over. I always feel dizzy after and need to sit down for awhile.
 
Virv said:
I barely sweat at all. My workout buddy sweats like a madman though.

While I'm here I have kind of an off topic question. Does anyone else feel like they're gonna pass out after doing bent over rows? I think my problem is breathing, because it's so hard to get a good cycle of breathing when you're bent over. I always feel dizzy after and need to sit down for awhile.
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I can often feel a bit ill, the problem is probably breathing as you said. You could also try doing them at different points in your regime, so if you do them last, try them near the begginning. You never know it might help! lol.
 
Karky said:
If you're going for strenght 2-3 minnutes if fine, as it gives APT time to restore so you're preformance doesnt drop as much from set to set. If you're goal is endurance or size you might want to go a bit lower.
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Say if I was going for size and usually did an exercise using a weight of 50kg and taking 2 mins rest time in between sets, I would want to lower rest time slightly to go for size....So would I lower the weight to make sure I was getting out enough reps, or just keep the 50kg weight and lower rest time, even if it meant getting less reps out per set??

Also is about 90s the right amount if I were going for size? Or even lower to say 1 minute??
 
NBS 4life said:
i dont sweat much at all i sweat heaps doing cardio.
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Same here, I do not sweat much at all when weight lifting. Even if i push myself so hard i can hardly hold a cup up afterwards. Though, intense cardio i sweat like a cat in a room full of rocking chairs( a little Texas humor there).
 
The amount I sweat is dependent on my rest periods, exercises, and temp of the room.

When I start lifting heavy at the beginning of my workout, I take huge rest periods and sweat very little. When I start decresing the rest periods and supersetting, I start sweating big.
 
DanHarris said:
Say if I was going for size and usually did an exercise using a weight of 50kg and taking 2 mins rest time in between sets, I would want to lower rest time slightly to go for size....So would I lower the weight to make sure I was getting out enough reps, or just keep the 50kg weight and lower rest time, even if it meant getting less reps out per set??

Also is about 90s the right amount if I were going for size? Or even lower to say 1 minute??
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1 min to 90 sec would be good i think. Try it, if you have to, lower your weight, if you can stay with the same, then dont lower it.
 
I don't sweat much at all - but then again, it's always cold here in the morning.

I do start to sweat towards the end when I do squats, but that's it.

I never have a shirt on when doing muscle exercise, so that also helps.
 
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