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Be Happy, Sweaty Person

Is it true?  Is sweating actually healthy in itself?  Well, yes it is, and SweatHawg products keep it where it belongs.  Namely, out of your eyes and off your glasses.  A sports medicine doctor at Ohio State University, Michael Jonesco, says that you can think of sweat simply as salt water excreted from glands in our skin.  However, “There are two types of sweat cells, eccrine and apocrine,” Jonesco explains.  “Most of our glands are eccrine, which is mostly water, sodium, chloride, and potassium.  Apocrine sweat glands, the types found in the scalp, groin, and underarm region have additional fatty acids and protein byproducts like urea and ammonia, also a brew house for bacterial growth”, and thus the associated odors.Jonesco says sweating is “very healthy,” helping the body maintain a normal core temperature (and the SweatHawg design ~ collecting, wicking, evaporating ~ helps sweat better do this critical job).   In 2011, research found that humans do tend to excrete some toxic elements by way of their sweat.Some people naturally sweat more than others, which is mostly a predetermined genetic phenomenon.  “However, sweating can also be a trained response of our autonomic nervous system, an important trait in folks that live or exercise in extreme settings and temperatures,” Jonesco explains.  In fact, according to <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20696786">a 2010 study</a>, fit people seem to perspire more and quicker during workouts, allowing them to go harder.Jonesco says that “a good workout is indeed a sweaty workout,” and should definitely be a goal of your weekly regimens.  “No matter your activity, if you are stressing your body—which is what a good exercise program does to a safe degree - your heart rate and core body temperature should elevate as signs your body is being adequately stressed,” he explains.So, you can go ahead and give yourself a pat on the back for every activity in which you’re downing water and sweating it back out.  Whatever your sweaty activity, SweatHawg has you covered. <a href="https://www.sweathawg.com/which-SweatHawg-product-to-choose/" target="_blank">Something for anyone doing anything</a>.  Go for it!John Rahm Designer/CEO
Friends don’t let friends do stuff dripping...

Riding, running, working, hiking, whatever.  Dripping sweat stings eyes, stains glasses, induces misery.  Pretty soon you are doing whatever you are doing, completely blind. You know these scary moments are entirely unnecessary!  As a true friend, bring along a spare cap insert, or headband, or helmet liner, or hard hat sweatband, and pay attention to your companions. When the hat comes off and the forehead gets wiped, or they’re pushing on their helmet to squeeze the sweat out of the pads, or wiping their eyes, or cleaning their glasses, be prepared to alleviate their suffering. Be a true friend! Hand them a SweatHawg and their problem is solved. Now through Sunday, June 23rd, save 20% on any two items.
Hydration Hack

Our typical customers, the “ultra-sweaters”, need to pay extra attention to the other side of the equation, hydration. If we are prodigiously sweating away half a gallon to a gallon an hour, we know we need to be adding a like amount as we go, and replenishing lost minerals as well. Dehydration negatively affects both mental and physical performance.Dehydration is defined as a water loss of 2% of your body weight, you do the math, it’s a good thing to know. You can find your sweat rate by weighing yourself nude before and after exercise (add the weight of the water you drank during your workout). For every pound you lose, drink 80 to 100 percent of that loss to stay in optimal fluid balance. By figuring out your sweat rate you can practice programmed drinking during exercise to minimize sweat losses.As an ultra-sweater myself and a "past" consumer in this area, I know there are hundreds of hydration products on the market. Special formulas and exotic ingredients abound, all begging to be a part of the solution. But this is simple, folks. Is there even an incremental distinction, actually, from one to the next? In this light, I am going to make the case for hydration hacking. Keep it simple.Replace what you lose, in proper proportion. The critical elements are of course water and minerals, specifically sodium. Potassium, calcium, magnesium, and other minerals are lost in very small amounts when you sweat, and can best be replaced through healthy food choices rather than hydration additives. Water alone is adequate for rehydration purposes when solid food is consumed, as this replaces the electrolytes lost in sweat. A small amount of carbohydrate (< 2%) may improve the rate of intestinal uptake of sodium and water.Here are your recipes:Plain:One quart of water 1/8-1/4 teaspoon of plain natural salt Flavoring may help you drink morePlus:One pint of water One pint of pure plain fruit juice (adds carbs and flavor) 1/8-1/4 teaspoon of plain natural saltKeep on sweating ~ Don’t forget your SweatHawg out there, to keep this happily balanced output from your eyes and glasses!
Which SweatHawg Product To Choose

 We field many questions about which SweatHawg product to choose. We hope these descriptions help you make your decision. We’d say you can’t have too many Hawgs, so feel free to buy more than one style!  <a href="https://www.sweathawg.com/sweat-headbands/" target="_blank">HEADBAND </a>This is SweatHawg’s take on the most popular, ubiquitous, and versatile sweat-and-hair management headwear format. Our combo of aggressively wicking and aggressively absorbent fabrics sets us apart from the crowd. Stretchy with hook and loop closure means one size fits most. These are popular with cyclists, runners, gym rats, climbers, yogis, walkers, skaters, gardeners, you name it. What can’t you use a headband for? There may be a conflict at the back with certain helmets, where the back of the helmet may push on the overlapping closure. Tight helmets may be over-tightened by the double thick X2. <a href="https://www.sweathawg.com/skullcaps/" target="_blank">SKULL CAP </a>The skull cap is another common headwear format, redesigned by SweatHawg for serious sweat management with hyper absorbent materials up front. Works great as a stand alone or under a helmet, especially helmets with face guards. Face guards challenge the easy use of our helmet liners, making the skull cap the better option. There’s a long list of common users: football, lacrosse, and hockey players, cyclists, motor sports, downhill and skate skiers, pretty much anywhere you might use a headband, but want some extra sun or wind protection. Skull caps come in single and double thickness (X2), the double being designed for humid climates. But if you know you are a double-heavy sweater, X2 is for you. Singles work fine for most. If you use it with a tight-fitting helmet, a double may be trouble. <a href="https://www.sweathawg.com/hard-hat-sweatband/" target="_blank">HARD HAT SWEATBAND </a>SweatHawg’s take on this critical accessory was designed around a standard 4-point suspension system, and fits in a 5” wide gap and around a typical 1.5” plastic brow band. They work in any hard hat, welding helmet, or face shield with this size gap and strap. The other popular option for this crowd is our skull cap, single or double absorbency. Technical fabrics make the SweatHawg hard hat sweatband a clear winner. The competition is commonly cotton, which simply saturates and drips. Two thick layers (50 sq. Inches each) of aggressively absorbent fabric absorb and disperse sweat. These are wrapped with lightweight aggressively wicking anti-microbial bamboo. The clamshell design with hook and loop closure is simple to install or remove. Some brow bands have padding that may have to be removed. Laundered regularly, these last for years. Forget sweat, finally! <a href="https://www.sweathawg.com/helmet-liners/" target="_blank">HELMET LINER </a>Designed for cyclists, this was SweatHawg’s first product. Great for cyclists, of course, but also great in any other simple open-face helmet. Skiers, skaters, mountaineers, rock climbers, motorcyclists, etc. Passively secured; hold the helmet liner in place in the helmet, lean forward, put your head in the helmet. A face guard makes this process difficult, so helmets with a face guard need a skull cap instead. We have customers who put these in ball caps, and it can be done, but we think the cap insert is a better option. Helmet liners come in single and double thickness (X2). The double was designed for humid climates. Regardless, if you know you are a double-heavy sweater, this is for you. Singles work fine for most. If your helmet is a really tight fit, a double may be trouble. <a href="https://www.sweathawg.com/helmet-liners/" target="_blank">HELMET LINER - Hook and Loop </a>The only difference between this and the regular helmet liner is a strip of Velcro style loop material at the front edge. The pads in bicycle helmets are typically held in place with hook and loop dots or strips, so this enables the user to remove the front pads and secure the helmet liner to the pad system’s hook material. So, the hook and loop helmet liner pretty much for cyclists only. As far as we know the only helmets with Velcro attached pads are cycling helmets. These are also a great option for people with worn out pads. Toss ‘em, and get a helmet liner - hook and loop <a href="https://www.sweathawg.com/cool-cycling-cap-under-helmet/" target="_blank">CYCLING CAP </a>The SweatHawg cycling cap is essentially a skull cap with above-the-ear head coverage and a modest bill up front. This was designed for cyclists as a cool lightweight alternative to the traditional warm heavy cotton caps. Sun protection for the top of your head, absorbent/wicking sweat control, and some shade for your eyes. The bill can be flipped up out of the way. For cyclists they are great on the ride, and great in the bar afterwards as well. No sweat, and no helmet hair either! Primary users are cyclists and runners. Triathletes like them since they are a great choice for both the ride and the run. Theoretically these are a good choice for anyone looking for head coverage, sweat control, and eye shade. <a href="https://www.sweathawg.com/cap-insert/" target="_blank">CAP INSERT </a>The SweatHawg cap insert is our unique take on sweat management in a ball cap. We developed the cap insert upon discovering that some of our customers were stuffing helmet liners in behind the sweatbands of their ball caps. The cap insert is more effective, much easier to use, and a great accessory to any ball cap that has an open sweatband at the front. Most do. The cap insert keeps dripping sweat from eyes and glasses, and takes up a lot of the sweat that would otherwise be saturating and staining the cap itself. Other uses. We have sold these to cyclists who don’t want the sun protection of the helmet liner’s top “drape”, only sweat control. Cap inserts can be used in a helmet just like a helmet liner: hold in place in the helmet, put the helmet on your head. It stays where you put it, held in place by the snug helmet.
Memorial Day Weekend Celebration

We remember those who died for their country. God bless.SweatHawg is a small company that has devised and developed a new technology. Revolutionary “softwear”, made in the USA.  Revolutionary because it actually works!  We are successful because of you, our many loyal customers who managed to find us and support us, one way or another. Thank you.That said, this intrepid little company would appreciate your help in getting the word out about our products, our uniquely effective solution to dripping sweat. Our fans, finally able to forget sweat, may be prone to forgetting SweatHawg too.Spread the word. If you think we’re awesome, tell everyone who might find us useful. We have something for anyone doing anything. Many of our products are concealed during use, so your friends may not have a chance to ask. Remember, we back our gear, “best product of its kind or your money back”.Many thanks to all for your support and appreciation. Add a smidgen to the Gross National Happiness, as more hot drippy people go drip-free with SweatHawg.Now through Memorial Day Weekend, use coupon code MANY THANKS – for 20% off your order.
Sweat Control Central - An Overview

Sweating has been the cooling mechanism for Homo sapiens for all time, so, old problem. Did primitive people have a strategy to manage dripping sweat? Who knows? Was Tonto’s headband-with-feather for decoration, or to keep the sweat out of his eyes? In any case, modern man has devised a few strategies for “perspiration mitigation”. In this post, we’ll look into all we know of, there aren’t many. We start with background info. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO DRIPPINGHow much sweat you produce is the fundamental factor in how much you drip, and therefore suffer, usually from burning eyes and/or smeared glasses. First, only a minority of us has the dripping sweat problem. If you are reading this there’s a high likelihood you are in the club of the “ultra-sweaters”, or are close to someone who is. We constitute approximately 25% of the total population. FYI, the documented range of sweat production is between a quart and a gallon an hour, with a few outliers at either end. Some people produce less than a quart, and we have sold a few helmet liners to cyclists who bought them to wet them, and thereby get some evaporative cooling. Alberto Salazar, the great marathoner, set the gallon mark. The second critical factor is humidity. Sweat evaporates far better into dry air than wet. Heavy work or play in hot humid weather? Lots of sweat, little evaporation, lots of dripping and suffering. Cool weather and dry air, with the same effort, same activity, maybe no problem at all. We make humid climate versions of most of our products, look for the “X2”. The third main variable is individual and personal, namely hair. A full thick head of hair will disperse and to some extent even draw some sweat away from the scalp. And there’s some correlation with age here, as we lose hair over time. Shaved, bald, or balding? You’re getting little to no help at all, and will either have to learn to live with your misery, or you’ll have to acquire some helpful headwear. So, what are your options for sweat management? How do you keep dripping sweat from burning your eyes or staining your glasses, or both? The products people turn to can be broken into several categories. The principles at work and corresponding primary categories are absorption, dispersion, and diversion. And then we add a fourth category composed of hybrids of these first three groups. SWEAT MANAGEMENT PARAMETERS:AbsorptionThe most iconic example a product relying almost entirely on absorption for sweat management is the ubiquitous bandanna. Also a fashion statement in some circles, this is simply a piece of cotton fabric rolled up and tied around the head. You can purchase one practically anywhere for a few bucks. These are popular with wildland firefighters, wrapped around the brow band of their helmet. Bandanna advantages are their ready availability, price, and the wide variety of patterns and colors. This is a choice with some traditional momentum. Some headband manufacturers boast “100% cotton terry cloth”. They make towels out of it, right? So it must be absorbent. Otherwise, however, cotton has no beneficial technical properties. Cotton is indeed hydrophilic (draws in water), that’s a plus, but sadly draws in little. Cotton only holds around 4x its weight in H2O. And it holds water tightly, does not release it, and does not wick. So in effect cotton headwear draws sweat in readily, saturates quickly, and holds on to it. And then comes the dripping we long to avoid, barely even delayed. Simple headbands of synthetic fabric typically hold less moisture than cotton, but may perform slightly better since they wick and release moisture faster. Usually thin and lightweight by design however, they are rarely substantial enough to absorb and hold much moisture. As soon as your sweat production rate exceeds the fabric’s capacity to wick and dry...you’re dripping. Accomplishing sweat control with low absorption fabrics quite simply requires large volumes of fabric. There is a product out there that is basically a long stretchy tube of synthetic fabric that ultra-sweaters have had some luck with. More fabric means more absorbency, and more time drip-free. But dealing with a bulky piece of headwear, maybe not so easy. DispersionDispersion is a quality we have touched on in the absorption section. Dispersion: to distribute over a wide area. In our case, we want to disperse sweat to stop the dripping. The factor of dispersion is present in all permeable fabrics and therefore in all sweat managing headwear. Even cotton, though barely. All permeable fabrics have some degree of capillarity, the ability to move or wick moisture. The movement of moisture is a critical factor in effective sweat management. The more rapid the dispersion of absorbed moisture, the more available it is to evaporate, and thus the drier and cooler the user stays. Wicking and evaporation alone however are insufficient to the needs of the ultra-sweater. Lightweight wicking fabrics alone, by far the most common design, don’t hold enough moisture to be able to buffer the user’s output of sweat unless the output is modest. The sweat-free window in the case of the ultra-sweater is simply that small bit of time before the user’s rate of sweat output overtakes the fabric’s limited wicking and evaporating capacity. DiversionThe third and most unusual approach to managing excess sweat is to mechanically collect it and divert it away from your face. Think of the gutters on a house. There is a product out there that is essentially a silicone gutter, worn like a headband, that collects sweat across your forehead. This then drains out either end, at your temples. These effectively intercept the sweat running off your head. As they rely on gravity, you need to remain upright yourself or the sweat spills out the front and onto your face and glasses. They will not serve you well in yoga class, the gym, gardening, aero position cycling, etc. Users complain about the volume of diverted sweat that now courses down the sides of their face, and the red stripe left behind on their forehead when the gutter is removed. HybridsMost sweat managing headwear relies on a combination of the three mitigating principles, absorption, dispersion, and diversion. The exceptions to this rule are items made of either cotton or silicone. With almost no wicking ability, cotton headwear relies nearly entirely on absorption. And silicone’s impermeability spells pure diversion. The vast majority of products are made of synthetic fabrics that both absorb and disperse, and are therefore inherently hybrid. Worth mentioning are two truly hybrid products that have each diverged from the predominant wicking-fabric-only model. Both have incorporated a second material in their designs to add functionality to their respective headwear lines. One has added a silicone strip low across the forehead of their wicking fabric headwear. The strip helps to divert some of the run-off sweat to the sides of the user’s face. However, since the silicone strip is adhered to the underside of wicking fabric, ultra-sweaters still end up with a dripping issue. Sweat wicks through the fabric right over top of the silicone strip, and into their eyes and onto glasses SWEATHAWG: ULTIMATE HYBRID HEADWEARThe fundamental shortcoming for lightweight wicking-fabric-only headwear, at least for folks at the high end of the sweat production range, is their lack of absorbency. The dreaded dripping begins as soon as the fabric’s limited capacity first to absorb and then to disperse and evaporate is exceeded. In humid climates especially this can be very quick. SweatHawg products are unique in having an absorbent layer temple to temple that holds 10x its weight in water. SweatHawg’s hybrid system employs two different fabrics, one wrapped up with the other. In every version of our headwear we have placed a strip of aggressively absorbent fabric across the forehead, then an aggressively wicking fabric overall. In this creative combination of lightweight fabrics, the absorbent layer gathers excess sweat at your forehead, and the other wicks it away, dispersing moisture to then evaporate. Evaporation results in cooling, the intended purpose of sweat from the start. Fabric that holds ten times its weight in water retains excess sweat that is continually wicking away, evaporating, and cooling. This added absorptive capacity prevents the usual deluge of dripping, similar to the way a reservoir evens out streamflows and prevents flooding. This is so simple and so effective! We stand behind our products as most effective for sweat management, guaranteed. No more drips, no more burning eyes, no more smeared glasses.
Best of 2017 BikeRumor.com Review

<h2>17 things that made bicycle travel better in 2017 By <a href="https://www.bikerumor.com/author/zachoverholt/" style="background-color: initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Zach Overholt</a> of BikeRumor.com.   <a href="https://www.bikerumor.com/2017/12/27/17-things-that-made-bicycle-travel-better-in-2017/" target="_blank" style="background-color: initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-weight: 700;"><img src="/product_images/uploaded_images/bikerumor.com.jpg" style="background-color: initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(52, 49, 63);" alt="https://www.bikerumor.com/2017/12/27/17-things-that-made-bicycle-travel-better-in-2017/" title="https://www.bikerumor.com/2017/12/27/17-things-that-made-bicycle-travel-better-in-2017/"></a></h2><a href="https://www.sweathawg.com/sweat-cap-inserts/" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica; background-color: initial;">SweatHawg Cap Insert</a>.   I'm definitely what you could call a hat person.  That means I'm almost always wearing a different hat while traveling. But one thing remains constant – the Sweathawg Cap Insert. Hustling through the airport can work up a sweat – especially through the crowded summer season. The Sweathawg insert keeps your cap (or hat) looking fresh by absorbing most of the perspiration and preventing sweat stains. In many cases it can actually make the hat more comfortable (for those that are follicularly challenged). I was given one of these years ago, and bought a bunch more so I could keep them in certain hats and not have to rotate as much. I may have a problem. <a href="https://www.sweathawg.com/sweat-cap-inserts/" style="font-family: Helvetica; background-color: initial;">$10.</a>Thank you Zach for including SweatHawg Cap Inserts in your <a href="https://www.bikerumor.com/2017/12/27/17-things-that-made-bicycle-travel-better-in-2017/" target="_blank">"17 things that made bicycle travel better in 2017"</a> article!
It is Headband Season!

‘Tis the season, <a href="https://www.sweathawg.com/sweat-headbands/" target="_blank">headband</a> season! One week from official Winter, many of us have been driven inside by cold, snow and darkness. Runner or cyclist, treadmill or trainer, you can still manage a great sweaty workout with SweatHawg Headwear. Links to trainer and treadmill workouts below. Three trainer workouts: <a href="https://www.trainingpeaks.com/blog/3-indoor-cycling-workouts-for-the-winter/">https://www.trainingpeaks.com/blog/3-indoor-cycling-workouts-for-the-winter/ </a> Treadmill tips: <a href="https://www.verywell.com/common-treadmill-running-mistakes-2911980">https://www.verywell.com/common-treadmill-running-mistakes-2911980</a> <img src="/product_images/uploaded_images/treadmill-runner-56a813645f9b58b7d0f06d02.jpg" style="width: 313px;">
Skull caps are our most popular cold weather product.

 Sweat management is at least as important in the winter as it is in summer. SweatHawg can help.  <a href="https://www.sweathawg.com/skullcaps/">Skull caps</a> are our most popular cold weather offering. Wick and stay dry.  Don’t sweat. You may have heard this basic adage of winter adventure, which in my experience is all but impossible to achieve. But there are some simple things you can do to minimize the amount you sweat, which is still a very worthwhile goal. Why not sweat? It’s simple. If you sweat, your base layer gets damp or wet. If your base layer is wet, it takes a lot of body heat to warm that moisture, evaporate it away, and keep you comfortable. And if that doesn’t happen, the moisture will cool you down and eventually chill you unpleasantly. Or, to put it more simply, damp base layers make you cold.Hence the advice to avoid sweating in the first place, which isn’t really achievable. Here’s what you can do, however, to reduce the amount you do sweat. Sense your sweat Pay close attention to your body as you begin to exert yourself in the cold and learn to recognize the specific moment when you begin to perceptibly sweat. For me, it’s when a flush of warmth radiates across my skin and I can almost sense the sweat pores opening up. That’s the moment to take some, or all, of the following steps. Adjust your layers You need surprisingly few layers to stay warm when working hard in the cold, and should de-layer to that level as soon as you sense your body sweating. (Note that if you’re not cold when you begin moving, you will rapidly overheat as your body warms from the exertion.) Note that Gore-Tex and equivalent waterproof-breathable materials, as well as windproof fleece, are not actually that breathable and quickly begin to trap sweat beneath them faster than they allow it to pass through, which can prompt the next step… Ventilate, ventilate Stripped down to nothing but a base layer and outer shell, but still sweating? Unzip the pit zips on your jacket if it has them. Open the front zipper as much as conditions, or your backpack, allow. If your pants or bibs have side-zips (a highly recommended feature), open them as well. You may consider removing your jacket entirely. Move slow and steady This is one of the most challenging pieces of advice to follow. Moving slowly enough to dramatically reduce your sweat feels like you’re moving at a snail’s lethargic pace. But doing so not only reduces the sweat factor, it also conserves your energy and allows you to maintain a sustained pace for extended periods of time. My favorite slow-and-steady technique is to match steps with slow, steady breathing. One step for each inhale, one for each exhale. On climbs and other strenuous, sweat-inducing terrain, it’s one step for each full breath (inhale and exhale). Though slow, it’s consistent, low-sweat, and a great way to maintain a pace for the long haul. Stay dry. Stay warm!  You can <a href="http://www.outdoors.org/articles/amc-outdoors/dont-sweat-impossible-piece-of-winter/" style="background-color: initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif;">check out the article</a> from Matt Heid at Outdoors.org on sweating in the cold.  <img src="/product_images/uploaded_images/dont-sweat.jpg" style="background-color: initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">
Hydration: The Flip Side of Sweat

For many athletes, sweating feels uncomfortable, though<a href="https://www.sweathawg.com/products/" target="_blank"> SweatHawg products</a> can certainly help with that (our mission in life).  But sweating is of course essential, your body relies on evaporative cooling as the primary mechanism to decrease surface body temperature and prevent overheating. During activities in the heat, the cardiovascular system works overtime in order to provide blood to the working muscles, as well as increase blood flow to the skin for cooling. Unfortunately, if one area of the body is receiving less blood than needed, performance will be compromised.While the temperatures may be similar in two different regions of the country, relative humidity is the most important factor having a direct relationship to sweating and cooling, as relative humidity determines evaporation rates. The lucky athletes are those who train in areas of low humidity and welcome a nice breeze to keep the body from overheating. As for athletes training in high humidity, they are all too familiar with wet clothes and high heart rates during the first ten minutes of training outdoors.How Much Should You Drink?If you consume too much water and not enough electrolytes, your body pulls electrolytes from its cells in order to create the right balance for absorption. If you consume too many electrolytes and not enough fluid, your body pulls fluids from within to create the right balance for absorption.Electrolytes modulate fluid exchanges between the body's fluid compartments and promote the exchange of nutrients and waste products between cells and the external fluid environment.Heat may cause athletes to lose up to .5-4 L/hr of sweat, depending on body size (surface area), training environment, diet and ability to meet hydration and electrolyte needs. Hydration guidelines are not designed to replace all the fluid you lose while out sweating, but most of it. When you know your sweat rate, you can then aim to hydrate accordingly. An optimal hydration solution is necessary in order to meet individual calorie and electrolyte needs, so choose carefully. Remember, liquid calories are essential in ensuring a successful performance.