Different sports lead to different sweat and salt loss patterns, and this stays true even when we account for other factors like fitness or body size.

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Normative data for sweating rate, sweat sodium concentration, and sweat sodium loss in athletes: An update and analysis by sport

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2019 Oct

The study looked at how much athletes sweat and how much sodium they lose in different sports, and found that these amounts are different depending on the sport—even when other factors are accounted for. This supports the idea that each sport has its own unique sweating pattern.

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Normative data for sweating rate, sweat sodium concentration, and sweat sodium loss in athletes: An update and analysis by sport

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DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2019.1633159

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