RobotLion
Son
Quick-dry bottom layers last a lot longer before getting your second layer wet than something heavier. I think the key is really something that isn't heavy and definitely something that doesn't cling to your body when wet.
How to avoid or reduce getting sweat at dancing
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Quick-dry bottom layers last a lot longer before getting your second layer wet than something heavier. I think the key is really something that isn't heavy and definitely something that doesn't cling to your body when wet.
This is why I stopped using cotton for salsa. Too tiring to carry around 5+ clean t-shirts every night. Sometimes it could last only couple dances.
How Terry told me once when I changed shirts, not worth it, if in one dance it becomes wet like his
I think the old fashioned approach of just carrying spare t-shirts works best. I sweat quite a lot but it only becomes an issue at all-nighters/congresses when I am dancing for 5-6 hours plus..
I couldn't wear two layers when dancing.. It is a nice feeling to put a dry, new t-shirt on!
I couldn't wear two layers when dancing.. It is a nice feeling to put a dry, new t-shirt on!
I sweat a lot, and I bring a mini towel and put it in my back pocket during dance parties lasting 2-4 hours. For congresses involving 4-6 hours of dancing changing shirts 2-3 times is needed. I also use sweatbands on my wrists too, but I only do this for casual settings or classes since it looks silly for party or formal events.
ChristianKl
Changui
There are two variables:
1) Heat production
I think heat production largely relies on the amount of body movement. Follows who do a lot of body movement usually sweat more.
As a lead I sweat more when I'm dancing fast and have a lot of body movement.
2) Getting rid of heat
The easiest way is to have a lot of open skin.
Having shirts with short sleeves helps.
As a guy wearing short trousers doesn't look very classy but when it's hot, it's worth it.
1) Heat production
I think heat production largely relies on the amount of body movement. Follows who do a lot of body movement usually sweat more.
As a lead I sweat more when I'm dancing fast and have a lot of body movement.
2) Getting rid of heat
The easiest way is to have a lot of open skin.
Having shirts with short sleeves helps.
As a guy wearing short trousers doesn't look very classy but when it's hot, it's worth it.
calichris10
Son Montuno
I am a sweat-er, I start sweating when I walk in the club...its like my body knows whats coming. I'm exaggerating, but not by much 
. I always bring 1(maybe 2) change of clothes in case I need to change during the night and 1 for the ride home. And lots of shoes..girls need options. Good thing I have a car, don't know how I would do it if I didn't!
I was at a club once and it was literally like a sauna. I looked like I had jumped in a pool with my clothes on.
Oh yeah and to you guys who barely move while leading and after look fresh as a daisy while I look like a drowned cat, grrrrr
. I always bring 1(maybe 2) change of clothes in case I need to change during the night and 1 for the ride home. And lots of shoes..girls need options. Good thing I have a car, don't know how I would do it if I didn't!I was at a club once and it was literally like a sauna. I looked like I had jumped in a pool with my clothes on.
Oh yeah and to you guys who barely move while leading and after look fresh as a daisy while I look like a drowned cat, grrrrr
wildbill20056
Son Montuno
I'm with you Chris, I'm a sweater. Especially earlier on in a hot dance room. Eventually I do acclimate (I'm sure it's not dehydration, I drink like a fish), and it comes under control, but frankly if you're not sweating at a salsa party: you're not dancing enough!
As everyone else has said, bring spare t shirts, a towel, take breaks to head to the restroom and blowdry your head lol Drink plenty.
Just make sure you're clean and smell good. From my own POV a sweaty follow is grand, it means she's as crazy as me and we're probably going to get along just fine
As everyone else has said, bring spare t shirts, a towel, take breaks to head to the restroom and blowdry your head lol Drink plenty.
Just make sure you're clean and smell good. From my own POV a sweaty follow is grand, it means she's as crazy as me and we're probably going to get along just fine
I rarely perspire. I run about 2 miles most days and no different when I finish than when I begin.
What will definitely help. Not a cure, but a help.
-get in shape.
-be lean
You may still sweat on the dance floor but you will sweat a lot less if you are fit.
My girlfriend always comments to me that there are guys who can't dance for 5 minutes without huffing and puffing and how she has to wash her hands after dancing with them. In contrast I've rarely danced with a woman who perspires 'a lot'...except for the heavier ones.
Yes, perspiring is natural. Fit, lean people do perspire but less common and less amount.
What will definitely help. Not a cure, but a help.
-get in shape.
-be lean
You may still sweat on the dance floor but you will sweat a lot less if you are fit.
My girlfriend always comments to me that there are guys who can't dance for 5 minutes without huffing and puffing and how she has to wash her hands after dancing with them. In contrast I've rarely danced with a woman who perspires 'a lot'...except for the heavier ones.
Yes, perspiring is natural. Fit, lean people do perspire but less common and less amount.
wildbill20056
Son Montuno
Sorry bud simply not true. Some folks are simply prone to sweating, regardless of fitness. Indeed it's more often true that fitness correlates with sweating more easily: your body is more efficient at dispersing heat.
Women generally, genetically, sweat less than men, though again will tend to sweat sooner, rather than later, depending on fitness levels.
What does correlate with sweat is of course, weight. As the more mass you carry, the more self insulating you are, and the harder your body must work to regulate your heat levels.
So you'll sweat sigificantly less if you were overweight and lose some/most of the excess.
Will you sweat less or more as you get fitter and fitter? Marginally you may sweat more, at the same bodyweight, but for most it'll come down to acclimation and genetics.
On the plus side, those who sweat more naturally, are less prone to sun stroke and heat stroke, as they are generally more efficient at managing heat levels. Though this assumes constant hydration
Women generally, genetically, sweat less than men, though again will tend to sweat sooner, rather than later, depending on fitness levels.
What does correlate with sweat is of course, weight. As the more mass you carry, the more self insulating you are, and the harder your body must work to regulate your heat levels.
So you'll sweat sigificantly less if you were overweight and lose some/most of the excess.
Will you sweat less or more as you get fitter and fitter? Marginally you may sweat more, at the same bodyweight, but for most it'll come down to acclimation and genetics.
On the plus side, those who sweat more naturally, are less prone to sun stroke and heat stroke, as they are generally more efficient at managing heat levels. Though this assumes constant hydration
calichris10
Son Montuno
This is completely false. When you are very fit you sweat sooner and with more volume.
Do you have any citations to back this up? Sounds pretty much against what I know from anatomy classes and common sense. Better trained muscles require less energy for same movements and thus dissipate less heat. Also better trained movements are more efficient, thus require less muscle work, thus less energy..
@Resides, depending on climate 2 miles relaxed running should not get you sweaty. 8 quarter mile sprints, maybe. That's just not big enough work for heart to start working.
On the other side, I can dance one super slow dance with most beautiful girl and soak from sweat - go figure
wildbill20056
Son Montuno
Hey Smej, the limited available empirical info suggests fit people may sweat sooner and at lower temperatures, but the evidence isn't overwhelming. In fact that only factors which are known, as far as anything can be known, to increase your likelihood and volume of sweat is relative intensity of exercise, weight and gender. Women literally, on the whole, sweat less than men.
However experts like Janet Rankin at Virginia state, hold that the fitter you are, the more efficient your sweating becomes and thus you do it sooner and 'better.'
There's negligible savings in energy in terms of work done by a fit or less fit body. The variables would only cause minor variance in comparison to the constant in terms of word done. You need pretty much the same energy to complete a physical action no matter how fit you are.
That said in a hot salsa room, it's less a question of internal heat you have to process, rather than your body dealing with spectacular external heat and humidity. In such a case, a fit person's 'efficient' sweating probably kicks in earlier. But beating all of that will be genetics and acclimation.
However getting super fit almost certainly won't save anyone from being a sweater on the dance floor, unless they are predisposed to sweating less genetically.
However experts like Janet Rankin at Virginia state, hold that the fitter you are, the more efficient your sweating becomes and thus you do it sooner and 'better.'
There's negligible savings in energy in terms of work done by a fit or less fit body. The variables would only cause minor variance in comparison to the constant in terms of word done. You need pretty much the same energy to complete a physical action no matter how fit you are.
That said in a hot salsa room, it's less a question of internal heat you have to process, rather than your body dealing with spectacular external heat and humidity. In such a case, a fit person's 'efficient' sweating probably kicks in earlier. But beating all of that will be genetics and acclimation.
However getting super fit almost certainly won't save anyone from being a sweater on the dance floor, unless they are predisposed to sweating less genetically.
calichris10
Son Montuno
Sure!
"As you get in better shape, your body learns to cool itself more efficiently. Blood is shunted to the skin’s surface more quickly via tiny blood vessels that dilate and radiate heat away from the body. At the same time, the sweat glands increase their output of a fluid-and-sodium mixture, which cools the body as it evaporates. While fit people produce more sweat than sedentary folks, they lose less salt, because more of it is reabsorbed by the body’s cells as it travels from the sweat glands to the skin’s surface. The result: More copious and diluted sweat, and more rapid cooling"
-body building.com
http://www.mensjournal.com/health-fitness/health/do-athletes-sweat-more-20140507
http://trainright.com/chris-carmichael-blog-does-sweating-more-mean-youre-more-fit/
Obviously we all sweat all the time. I thought thread is about dripping.
I've made considerable gains over last 5 years from changing t-shirt every couple dances and dripping; to dancing 12+ hours a day with couple shirts and not dripping. There are multiple factors and I tried to list them in #5.
Another possible solution - go to open air parties on the roof or beach or other windy location.
I've made considerable gains over last 5 years from changing t-shirt every couple dances and dripping; to dancing 12+ hours a day with couple shirts and not dripping. There are multiple factors and I tried to list them in #5.
Another possible solution - go to open air parties on the roof or beach or other windy location.
Chris, I love how you use men's journal as a reference, but did you actually read the article? 
you might find it does not back up your claims.
I'm not saying fit people sweat less just because they are fit (they might even be trained to sweat more, lol) they sweat less because they use less energy for same movements.
you might find it does not back up your claims. I'm not saying fit people sweat less just because they are fit (they might even be trained to sweat more, lol) they sweat less because they use less energy for same movements.
calichris10
Son Montuno
Here is more. "Researchers now have access to "extremely sensitive and reliable sudorometers" – in this case, something called the QSART capsule, which can analyze in far greater detail exactly how and why trained athletes sweat more. Do they have more sweat glands? Do these sweat glands each produce more sweat? Do they start producing sweat sooner? In one word yes."-runners world
calichris10
Son Montuno
I read the first half:"They found that long-distance runners began sweating faster and sweat more per gland."Chris, I love how you use men's journal as a reference, but did you actually read the article?
I'm not saying fit people sweat less just because they are fit (they might even be trained to sweat more, lol) they sweat less because they use less energy for same movements.
I actually have personal experience with this...I am a certified personal trainer and have had many detailed conversations on this. But also while training strenuously over the course of a couple of years my body fat dropped below 15% and I completely noticed a change in the amount and how quickly into a workout I began to sweat. I sweat way more when super fit than not. Its like my body is working more efficiently, knows whats coming and starts its cooling process.