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02-22-2007, 01:02 AM #1Registered User
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Sweating It Off : Does it really work?
One of my friends recently asked me about using the sauna to help lose weight. I do realize that sweating makes you lose water weight, but does it actually make you lose body fat?
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02-22-2007, 03:56 AM #2Training Trainer ELITE MEMBER
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Today I can do what others will not so that tomorrow I will do what others cannot.
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02-22-2007, 04:44 AM #3Registered User
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^ what he said.
It feels good though
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02-22-2007, 07:12 AM #4fiendish thingy ELITE MEMBER
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Just to go on from what Ponyboy said - simple answer is no, but the long answer is yes, slightly, raising your temperature will increase your metabolic rate slightly causing you to burn a modicum of cals from fat, but nothing noticable. Worthless for losing fat IMO.
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02-22-2007, 08:16 AM #5Former Fat Girl ELITE MEMBER
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Not fat loss but you could lose temporary water weight. After a 20 mile run, I was down 5-7 pounds but it crept back up once I rehydrated and ate
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02-22-2007, 08:47 AM #6Good old English grit
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A sweatsuit might help though whilst doing cardio but again you're mostly losing water weight.
I'm 34 - when am I officially an old fart?
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02-22-2007, 09:54 AM #7Succinct ELITE MEMBER
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Dehydration has more negative side effects regarding overall health than positive fat-loss effects.
It doesn't work.
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02-22-2007, 02:44 PM #8Registered User
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my father always decent weight for his age, hes job he normally probably sweat alot. Might have something to do with it but he sure wasnt sitting his ass in a sauna there was grueling excercise involved
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02-22-2007, 05:21 PM #9Thats Dr. Keke to you! ELITE MEMBER
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Originally Posted by ponyboy
“I used to do drugs. I still do drugs. But I used to, too.”
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Probably the same affects of a hard sports practice. It's not surprising to see football players, soccer players, boxing, and other athletes losing 5-10 lbs during one work out. Either way you gain it back by the next day if you hydrate enough.
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02-22-2007, 06:47 PM #11Training Trainer ELITE MEMBER
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Remember too if you do this you're not only losing water, you're losing electrolytes (mostly sodium) that also need to be replaced when you refuel.
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02-23-2007, 02:45 AM #12Stay puffed, baby.
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Anyone who recommends a sweat-suit while doing cardio is recommending a practice that can easily put a person in the hospital. Originally Posted by JonnyStead
"in the howling bleeding nights, the dogs plunge into the Volga and swim desperately to gain the other bank. The nights of Stalingrad are a terror for them. Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men endure."
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02-23-2007, 10:34 AM #13Registered User
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true but to wreselers there very valubill because some time they nead to drop 5 lbs in a day so they can be very usefull to Originally Posted by Duncans Donuts
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02-23-2007, 10:40 AM #14SHRUG LIKE YOU MEAN IT MODERATOR
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Yeah, because we all know of the heated wrestling bouts in the Emergency Ward Wrestling Federation. Originally Posted by kidbodybilder
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02-23-2007, 10:45 AM #15Registered User
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no i mean in like high school, college and pros not the fake wwe shit
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02-23-2007, 10:49 AM #16SHRUG LIKE YOU MEAN IT MODERATOR
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I think you missed the point, but nevermind. Originally Posted by kidbodybilder
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Its very unhealthy. Originally Posted by kidbodybilder
Alot of my friends that cage fight have to lose 5-10 lbs sometimes, and that means throwing on the space suit and jumping rope/running for hours. I sweat just looking at them
Alot of the leagues now are weighing the fighters months in advance to prevent them from dropping alot of weight right before the fight, kids pass out from dehydration and most times can't perform @ 100% and wind up getting injured.
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02-24-2007, 08:47 AM #18Registered User
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you lose fat by breathing it out and urinating it.
If you could drink and retain a gallon of water you would be about 8 lbs heavier even though you had not really taken in any more food calories. But assuming you are not dehydrated you will eventually excreet and sweat off that gallon of water and lose the 8 lbs.
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