Upper Body Training Days.....

[kerris80]

Hey Guys,

Quick question for you all. I have been going to the gym since January of 2011 and lost 75 pounds last year. This year my goal is to tone up what is left, I want people to look at me and know that I'm a gym rat :-) However, on leg and cardio day I leave the gym dripping in sweat but on upper body days, I can not seem to get to that point of "grossness". I lift until failure on every exercise, so I'm not sure what else to do. After my workout it's hard to hold up my protein shake to drink so I don't think at this point I can add any more weight, should I be concerned or just keep at it?

Thanks in advance for your advise!

[danap3681]

What do your upper body days consist of? I get ultimate "grossness" aka sweating on my workout days more than I do on my cardio days

[kimm4]

Since when does leaving the gym in dripping sweat indicate a productive workout?

The only time I sweat during any workout is in during the summer months...

[kerris80]

[QUOTE=kimm4;856832773]Since when does leaving the gym in dripping sweat indicate a productive workout?

Well that was kind of my question, I wanted to make sure that I was getting a solid workout in and that there were other women out there not breaking into a full sweat everytime they left the gym :-)

[kerris80]

What do your upper body days consist of? I get ultimate "grossness" aka sweating on my workout days more than I do on my cardio days

Tuesdays:
Pushups
Machine Bench Press
Incline Dumbbell Press
Butterflies
Dips
Overhead Tricep Extensions
Decline Crunch

Thursdays:
Wide-Grip Lat Pulldowns
Dumbbell Pullover
Dumbbell Rows
T-Bar Row
Hyperextension
Dumbbell Curl

Friday:
Military Press
Barbell Push Press
Back Flyes
Butt-Ups
Knee/Hip Raise.....

Monday-Legs
Wednesday/Saturday-Cardio

[danap3681]

[QUOTE=kerris80;856842203]

Since when does leaving the gym in dripping sweat indicate a productive workout?

Well that was kind of my question, I wanted to make sure that I was getting a solid workout in and that there were other women out there not breaking into a full sweat everytime they left the gym :-)

Some women just do not sweat alot. I sweat everyday possibly because of southern heat and humidity on top of poor ventilation and tanning beds running non-stop next to the weight room in my gym. Doesn't mean you are not getting a good workout if you don't sweat

[kerris80]

[QUOTE=danap3681;856853793]

Some women just do not sweat alot. I sweat everyday possibly because of southern heat and humidity on top of poor ventilation and tanning beds running non-stop next to the weight room in my gym. Doesn't mean you are not getting a good workout if you don't sweat

Thank you that makes me feel better!!

[gwnorth]

Well for me on leg days my heart rate gets higher doing compounds like squats and deads -> sweat. On upper body days not so much. It also depends on whether I'm doing higher reps/lower weight or lower reps/higher weight and whether or not I'm superseting and how much rest time I have between sets.

[MaliaBot]

Sweat does not an intense workout make. How awkward was that sentence. Seriously, though. If you did as much as you could, don't "sweat" it. (I am killing it today!!)

Not being able to hold your protein shake, or problems washing your hair afterward the workout, are all good signs that you had an intense workout.

[DaniGrrl]

I worked out with a friend today. We did back and bis. He kept commenting about how I wasn't sweating and he was dripping. I told him I really just don't sweat that much when doing upper body. I started to towards the end when he made things crazy hard but for the most part I was dry. Now talk to me tomorrow during legs - I'll be soaked.

And with all the non-sweating, my biceps are still literally numb. So I wouldn't worry about not sweating

[ilovethe80s]

Sweat does not an intense workout make.

Very true. Couldn't help reading that in Yoda voice in my head, but true

[illiniStrive]

Very true. Couldn't help reading that in Yoda voice in my head, but true

Lol same.

Honestly, whether I sweat or not depends on the rep/set scheme and the temperature of the gym. My gym back home is always warm and thus I always break a sweat, whereas the gym on campus is super cold and I only sweat if I'm in a high rep range, like 8+.

Doesn't mean I'm working any harder, it just depends on the stimulus.

[thehobbes]

Seems normal OP. I sweat profusely when I do squats and DL, but not so much if I'm doing bench or military. And yeah I also tend to sweat more in the summer despite the gym being temp controlled (I think they probably let the temp go up a few degrees in summer anyways.)

[MelnCrash]

I sweat crazy arms/legs/cardio/heat/air con. Doesn't seem to matter. I'm just naturally a sweaty person