• LuckyDevil@piefed.social
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    2 months ago

    I also, despite being in good shape, sweat a ton. I honestly hate it, but there are much worse things to live with.

    Anyways, I had the same pit stain problem as you. I found that it was my antiperspirant causing the problem. I switched away from an antiperspirant (which honestly wasn’t really helping me sweat any less anyway) to a straight deodorant (Old Spice) and the problem went away.

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      2 months ago

      Getting in shape, all things being equal, makes you sweat more, not less, since you are training your body to sweat more in response to the greater thermic effect of more intense exertion.

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        2 months ago

        Adding to this, It raises your metabolism so you burn hotter just generally during the day whilst doing nothing too

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        2 months ago

        But it isn’t cooling (eccrine) sweat that causes pit stains. It’s apocrine sweat that’s released under stress. I don’t think that increases when you get in good shape. Probably decreases with your cortisol.