Sweat Wars!
By Brook Fabian
Men Vs Women
Weight, level of fitness, genetics and temperature affect how much men and women sweat, but numerous studies have found that regardless of any of these factors, men are the sweatier sex.
Japanese researchers carried out a study on 37 men and women of varying levels of fitness and monitored their sweat production during an hour of cycling at various intensities. The results found that physical fitness affected sweat production in both sexes, with the participants who regularly exercised producing more sweat than those who didn’t. However, as the intensity increased, the difference between the sexes became more pronounced and it was the men with the higher fitness levels that sweated the most.
Why do men sweat more than women?
There are a few differing theories on this, but one thing is certain - women have just as many sweat glands as men, but men produce more sweat per gland, which is why when you’re doing your spin class, it’s usually the men surrounded by unsightly puddles, not the women.
