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Have you ever been running for a good while (> 20 minutes), and notice that you only start sweating *after* you stop?
I noticed this yesterday with just my arms. When I held the railings, I felt my arms getting hot. This might be a reason why we move them when we run.
My explanation is that when your heart has been working in high gear, and takes a little while to get back to normal. So if you stop all of a sudden, all the extra energy that the heart was feeding to the cells is no longer being used for mechanical purposes, so it turns to heat instead (i.e. it dissipates).
Right? Wrong?
I noticed this yesterday with just my arms. When I held the railings, I felt my arms getting hot. This might be a reason why we move them when we run.
My explanation is that when your heart has been working in high gear, and takes a little while to get back to normal. So if you stop all of a sudden, all the extra energy that the heart was feeding to the cells is no longer being used for mechanical purposes, so it turns to heat instead (i.e. it dissipates).
Right? Wrong?
