The Importance of Knowing Your Sweat Rate

It’s a good idea to know a bit about your sweat rate, and this article at active.com has some more insight into it. It’s cool because it discusses the differences in sweat rates between athletes and analyzes Chris Leigh, who collapsed just 50 meters from the finish at the 1997 Hawaii Ironman.

Boy does he sweat a lot!

Stay on top of your fluid game

Also, check out this basic formula to determine your sweat rate.

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  1. Scott Hughes on August 13th, 2006

    I always sweat more than most people. It’s important to know one’s sweat rate, because not only is hydration needed to optimize performance, but also it’s dangerous to sweat too much.

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