http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt Gale Bernhardt's personal blog on triathlon, mountain biking, road cycling, running, "for women only" stuff, running with a dog and other issues in the endurance sports world. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:57:03 GMT Jive SBS 4.5.5.2 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2010-08-31T23:57:03Z http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/2010/08/31/did-you-know-there-are-gender-differences-in-sweat-rates <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:5e16b5d9-5d52-47b4-8e55-8992c1385ebd] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>Women sweat less prolifically than men, even though they have more heat-activated sweat glands per unit of skin area. Women begin sweating at higher skin and core temperatures. For a comparable exercise load, even after equal acclimatization, women produce less sweat than men.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Though women sweat less, they tolerate heat similar to men of equal fitness at equal exercise levels. Experts believe that men likely use more evaporative cooling while women make more use of circulatory cooling. The experts point out that producing less sweat to maintain core temperatures protects women from dehydration.</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:5e16b5d9-5d52-47b4-8e55-8992c1385ebd] --> women sweat_rates Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:57:03 GMT guest http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/2010/08/31/did-you-know-there-are-gender-differences-in-sweat-rates 2010-08-31T23:57:03Z 2 years, 8 months ago 2 0 http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/comment/did-you-know-there-are-gender-differences-in-sweat-rates http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/feeds/comments?blogPost=21435