As the sweat drips from your forehead, you can see that the person on the treadmill next to you is barely bothered by anything. How much you sweat depends on several factors.
1. The number of sweat glands in your body
A person has between two million and five million sweat glands. If you have more sweat glands, you usually sweat more than someone who has fewer sweat glands.
2. How quickly you get warm
Sweating is a way to cool down your body. Being sensitive to heat or exercising at a level that is very intense for you can cause you to sweat more than someone who trains at a leisurely pace.
Not being able to sweat is a serious condition.
3. Your gender Although women have more sweat glands on average, men sweat more. This does not guarantee that as a woman you will not sweat more than the man on the treadmill next to you.
4. How fit you are
Sweating is not always a sign of poor fitness. When you're fit, your body will start sweating more efficiently to keep your body temperature down as efficiently as possible. If your condition is not good, you might as well start sweating quickly, but in that case it will be from the effort.
5. The fabric of your clothes
Synthetic clothing dissipates your body heat less well, making you sweat faster.
6. Your habits
Caffeine, nicotine and alcohol can make you sweat more.
7. Hyperhidrosis
Unfortunately, there can also be a medical cause for the sweating. People with hyperhidrosis suffer from excessive sweating. A GP can diagnose this condition and tell you more about the treatment options and what you can do about it yourself.
