Sanya Malhotra’s fitness trainer Tridev Pandey says, “If sweat was the measure of fat loss, sitting in a sauna would be the best workout. But it’s not”. The expert took to Instagram to share that many people still judge their workouts by how much they sweat, when in reality, sweat is just your body trying to cool down, not burn fat.

“You can have a highly effective session with minimal sweat…and a sweaty session that does almost nothing for progress,” he shared in the caption of his Instagram post. So, what actually moves the needle? Pandey says the effort you put in, the work your muscles do and how consistent you are over time are the true indicators of fat loss. “Stop using sweat as feedback.…