This is true even during exercise. It's not the exercise that makes you sweat; exercise just raises your body heat, and it's the heat that makes you sweat. That's why you sweat without exercising on a hot day, and why you can sometimes exercise without sweating in a cold environment. In other words, sweat means a lot less than you might think. Sweating doesn't mean you're getting a good workout, doesn't mean you're losing weight, and it doesn't tell you much about your fitness level. Let me explain.
If you go for an hour-long run in the heat, you’ll sweat buckets. Run an hour on a treadmill at room temperature, and you may not sweat quite as much, but you’ll still be dripping. Go and run an hour in the winter, though, and you’ll barely be damp. That’s because your body doesn’t have to worry about cooling itself down.
Why do some people sweat more than others?
One of the biggest differences between people who sweat a lot and those who sweat less is body size. And by "size" I literally mean that—it doesn’t matter whether you’re fat, muscular, tall, or some combination thereof. The more of you there is, the harder your skin has to work to cool you down, and thus the more you sweat.
On the flip side, the fitter you are, the more you might sweat, as research suggests runners’ bodies turn on the sweat glands sooner than sedentary people, and that they sweat more during the same workout. So sweating more doesn't mean you're out of shape; it can mean you're actually fitter and better adapted to the heat than people who sweat less.
What’s the connection between sweat and weight loss?
Sweating a lot during a workout does not mean you’re losing fat, so let’s bust that myth right there. Sweating a lot can make you lose water weight, though, which is only temporary.
When you sweat, and that sweat evaporates or gets rubbed off (you mop your brow with a towel, let’s say), that’s water leaving your body. You can actually weigh yourself before and after a workout and notice a change in weight if you sweat enough. Every pound of weight you lose is two cups (16 ounces) of water that has left your body. So technically you “lost weight,” but it wasn’t fat. You’re just due to drink two cups of water, and then you’ll be hydrated and happy again.
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