You Sweat WHERE?!

𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭? 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞’𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞... 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?

𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥

Now that we cleared that up I had to muster up the courage to go where I’ve never gone before... talking about the “V”, the “area”, the “privacy”, “region”, “down there” crotch”, or whatever word you use to describe it.

If you know me, you know how much I’m literally cringing over here at the thought of the “v” word. I’ve just NEVER been comfortable talking about it. And the very thought of writing this is making me jump out of my own skin

But after a recent OTF workout in Panama with my coach buddy Brian, I looked at this picture and about fell over with embarrassment .

I picked myself up, dusted myself off, and BAM inspiration hit me. Time to talk about something that I know is SO important for us all to be aware of. And let’s be real, we’re women. We all have one.

I’m a sweater. It’s natural. Your body does it to detox and it’s a GOOD thing. But it forced me to do some research to make sure I wasn’t the only female on the planet to look like she pees herself during her workouts. And yes, I swear it’s sweat and not pee!

So I pose the question, “𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵?”

First of all, it’s COMPLETEY natural. Girls, we got sweat glands. And they exist where the sun don’t shine too ! When you workout, your body temp raises, and in the areas with the most friction, it heats up, especially in high intensity workouts!

With this completely normal sweat, it’s important to remember this area needs to breathe too. Problems occur when the sweat becomes stagnant, making it a breeding ground for yeast and other bacteria

Remembering this, it’s important to get that area dry as quickly as possible post workout. This means get your shower and put on some dry clothes as soon as possible. Your grocery run can wait, friends. Your lady bits will appreciate it in the long run!

I would also recommend investing in good workout undies like Under Armour or Tommy John that have fabulous breathable material for working out. It’s totally worth the price and your undercarriage will thank you for it!

𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭? Did you know the vagina (as I hyperventilate to type the word ) is smart?! Brilliant actually. It cleans itself. Yep. Step away from those cleansers, friends!

“𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚊 𝚟𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚒𝚍𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚕𝚞𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚊," 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝙻𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗, 𝙰𝙿𝚁𝙽, 𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝙻𝚘𝚜 𝙰𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜.

“𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚓𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚟𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝙸 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏-𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚍 — 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢'𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚟𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚘𝚊𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑𝚎." 𝙱𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚜, 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚍𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜, 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚞𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚊 (𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝) 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜.

𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚒𝚌 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎, 𝚘𝚍𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙻𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍: 𝚆𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚊𝚙 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚊 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚊 𝚒𝚜 𝙾𝙺, 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚓𝚘𝚋 𝚘𝚏 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗.”
- https://www.womansday.com/.../8-things-you-didnt-know.../

So there ya have it, folks! Another realization of how truly brilliant our bodies are! Idk about you but I think women are pretty daggone freakishly amazing even if the name of a body part makes me almost black out

And for all you fellow sweaters, this one’s for you! Way to crush those workouts, friends. Shows you’re a beast in the gym and passionate about your health. I dig it

As always, be WELL, my friends

//LWA\\