i notice on my workout days, i tend to feel very hot after hitting gym, for the whole day... even my wife notices it.. usually i don't switch on the air cond when i sleep but on gym days i feel so hot that i need to switch on the a/c. is this normal?

do u drink protein shake after wo? if yes, tats prob one of the reasons

Did you take fat burner?

let's c

1) u r feelin hot
2) u r married...married...married

then wake up ur wife for cardio...
LoL

i think it's normal to feel hot or even more energized after workout.
do u hv enough time between ur bedtime n workout time to let ur body relax?
drink more water

What is this? of course you feel hot after hitting the gym. If you come out of the gym not feeling warm/hot then you haven't been working hard enough.

Take a very cold shower, you'll return to normal after a while.

He's feeling hot right after gym, wow.

- EPOC---excess post-exercise oxygen consumption, some people also call it oxygen debt.

and

- increased metabolism from your workout.

Just drink more water.

You also need to cool down properly before taking a shower after gym. Typically about 15-20 mins after your last workout.

Read his post properly.

He said the whole day guys, not directly after the gym.

I'm sure it's not literally the whole day. My guess is that he's working out in the evening, coming home and going to bed soon after and wondering why he's still feeling hot. He just hasn't had enough time to cool down. Whatever it is, it's nothing to worry about.

also, I had to chuckle at the comment that drinking a protein shake will make you feel hot

i get it sometimes when i overwork myself in the gym. can feel the tissues in my muscle burning for the next few hours and gotta full blast my aircond otherwise i'll sweat like crazy and cant sleep.

It's called jump-starting your metabolism.

feeling hot is normal and gooding!! means ur body is burning fat,calorie,carbs. if u dun feel means u fail =X

protein shake is heaty. nothing funny about it.

yeah i kinda figured must be the metabolism kicking into action.. guess i'm not the only person feeling like this..

If the protein was from meat, then there's the thermic effect of protein, as said in Tom Venuto's Feed the Muscle Burn the Fat ebook. I'm not sure of whether it's true, but after I eat my meat, rice and vege around 1 hours I start feel hotter than usual, and I also turn air cond to sleep since I eat as above right b4 bed time, usually before I start bodybuilding, 2.5 yrs and before I don't turn on air cond one. After 2-3 hours the heat returns to normal.

This post has been edited by Diiimn: Dec 24 2010, 10:09 AM

Actually the word heaty is kinda annoying to us medical
people. Lol.

how so? nothing scientific about it? haha

Protein is the culprit. other than that, metabolism.

thermogenic sounds better ?

well i had dat everyday ...even on my non workout days...ive drink alot of water but that doesnt do the job...

ORS---oral re-hydration salt. Try it.

If all else fails: vitamin C.
Vit C has 'cooling' effect.

This post has been edited by iamyuanwu: Dec 25 2010, 01:19 AM

where are you getting this idea from? I'm curious, I've never heard of anything like this in my life.

It's called the Thermic Effect of Food (TEF), which is the increment in energy expenditure above resting metabolic rate due to the cost of processing food for storage and use. Protein, compared to other nutrients, requires more energy to process and has a higher thermic effect as compared to other nutrients. This is why you feel 'heaty' after protein shakes. So althought the word 'heaty' sounds like one of those 'old people myths', it is actually anchored by science.

Acidic food la tu.

man it tasted a bit weird coz i had bought few packs from pharmacy ...

Agree true~