Sweat doesn’t equal calorie burn

Yep. It’s true. Sweating does not mean you are burning a lot of calories.
In fact, how much you sweat during a workout is not correlated to calorie burn.  What it means is your body does a good job of keeping you cool.

Sweat is the human body’s air conditioner and it turns on when it feels you heating up.  That means the environment you workout in effects how much some of us sweat.  So, if you workout in a warm environment, you will probably sweat more than if you worked out in a cool environment.

The way your body burns calories remains true no matter how hot or cold it is.  Calorie burn is based on an increased heart rate for a specific amount of time, usually 30 minutes or more for most people.

And when you burn calories, you burn fat.  And that’s the skinny.  There are no tricks, no gimmicks and no way to get around it.

Now, there is something to be said for sweating.  When you do so, you release or eliminate toxins from your body.  So, if you’re feeling a little down about the calorie thing, know you are still accomplishing a lot when you sweat.

And if you're interested in burning calories without without working up a sweat, check out this list of activities that will kickstart your metabolism.