I sweat a lot when I exercise. After an hour of running at medium intensity (~150bpm avg HR) in 20°C @ 50% humidity, I am literally drenched in sweat. I can wring my clothes and sweat will pour from it. It’s difficult to find clothes that are comfortable to wear for my long trips.
Don’t wear cotton. It absorbs the water instead of letting it evaporate off your skin. Best decision I made when it comes to sweating. I think every major sports brand has breathable workout clothes.
Yup. If my merino shirts didn’t work so well through my workouts I’d probably hardly ever do an intense workout. My back sweats like I’m my own personal rain storm.
Opposite of this. Polys don’t get rid of liquids and wicking is just nonsense terminology for running down your body. You WANT the clothing to absorb the liquid. Then take the shirt off to remove it completely and then use the shirt (i prefer wife beaters) as a rag to dab your face. Polys have never made me feel fresher on my upper body than cotton cuz cotton will cool the sweat it holds.
I do wear poly shorts and boxer briefs tho as cotton in the groin does chafe.
You don’t want the fabric to wick the sweat away, you want it to evaporate off your skin, which it does very efficiently, and take the heat with it. Wet cotton is an insulator and will make you overheat.
I do wear these “sweat wicking” clothes, but it doesn’t evaporate even remotely as fast as I sweat. Sweat is literally just absorbed by my so-called “sweat wicking” clothes like someone sprayed me with a water gun.
Do you have some brands to recommend? Or material? One of my biggest issues is that the wet fabric of my tights starts chafing in my groin area.
Most of what is use says adidas, puma, the outdoorsman or Columbia on them, and they all say 100% poly. For underwear I use Duluth trading’s armachillo boxer briefs, and I do not have a material list on those.