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Water consumption during a workout.............
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John WB said:
Question... why? How many hous do you train?!
Lets say you are consuming 8l a day, thats a good number for the 100kg male.
If you are doing resistance training for more than a solid hour of activity, you are futzing around, but lets say you are at the gym for two hours (where folks get this kinda time, only Jah knows)
Thats a liter an hour of your day. That would put your consumption at about 18 liters a day. Not.
I dont know why folks overhydrate while training. That is to say, 'Whats the benefit?'
Said it before, will say it again, if you weigh MORE after your workout than before, you are doing your efficiency and ability to use the nutrients you possess on hand a serious disservice.
If you have a solid reason 'WHY', i am all ears. If the reason is " well... 'cause i feel like it.' then thats cool, too, i guess, but not all that solid when it comes to trying to work smarter rather than harder.
Not sweating you per se, (pardon the pun), just wondering across the board.
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GrandMaster
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hmm i usually consume alot of water during a workout...avg 1.5Ltrs?? i would say.....
regarding your first post Ghede..i think i will follow suit
makes sence to me..
regarding your first post Ghede..i think i will follow suit
makes sence to me..
Lifterforlife
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Ghede makes excellent points, and he is right on.
I would love for one of these guys that carry around a gallon jug of water with them to inform me of just what drinking all this water really does for them. Besides making them pee all the time. And not the tired old regurgitated material that permeates the net that someone who sounded like he knew what he was talking about, and been picked up everyone.
A California State University student died of "water intoxication" during hazing in the basement of a fraternity, authorities said Thursday.
Matthew Carrington, 21, died early Wednesday while drinking water from a five-gallon jug and doing exercises at the Chi Tau house near the Chico campus, said Chico Police Sgt. Dave Barrow.
An autopsy showed death was triggered by hyponatremia, a condition in which excess water in the body causes sodium levels in the blood to drop. Water is then absorbed into the blood and fluid builds up in the brain.
This is real stuff......it happens more often than one hears about. Hyponatremia reflects an abnormal ratio of sodium to water and is defined as a serum sodium concentration of less than 135 mEq/L. It usually results from retention of water secondary to impairment in free water excretion. Occasionally, hyponatremia is due to sodium loss exceeding that of water (eg, thiazide-induced hyponatremia).
I remember when you could simply drink when you are thirsty. There is also some nonsense that says when you are thirsty you are already dehydrated! Shit, I have been getting thirsty for years.
I would love for one of these guys that carry around a gallon jug of water with them to inform me of just what drinking all this water really does for them. Besides making them pee all the time. And not the tired old regurgitated material that permeates the net that someone who sounded like he knew what he was talking about, and been picked up everyone.
A California State University student died of "water intoxication" during hazing in the basement of a fraternity, authorities said Thursday.
Matthew Carrington, 21, died early Wednesday while drinking water from a five-gallon jug and doing exercises at the Chi Tau house near the Chico campus, said Chico Police Sgt. Dave Barrow.
An autopsy showed death was triggered by hyponatremia, a condition in which excess water in the body causes sodium levels in the blood to drop. Water is then absorbed into the blood and fluid builds up in the brain.
This is real stuff......it happens more often than one hears about. Hyponatremia reflects an abnormal ratio of sodium to water and is defined as a serum sodium concentration of less than 135 mEq/L. It usually results from retention of water secondary to impairment in free water excretion. Occasionally, hyponatremia is due to sodium loss exceeding that of water (eg, thiazide-induced hyponatremia).
I remember when you could simply drink when you are thirsty. There is also some nonsense that says when you are thirsty you are already dehydrated! Shit, I have been getting thirsty for years.
Lifterforlife
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A bit more to add.....
Needless to say, I’m aware of the fact that this starkly contrast to the mainstream on this — they recommend an absurd eight glasses of water a day. That’s half a gallon or more!
And as overboard as the mainstream is on the average person’s daily water needs, they’re especially misguided about what those who exercise require in the way of H20. To hear them tell it, if you’re jogging (joint-pulverizing lunacy) or lifting weights, no amount of water is too much to drink, it seems.
Never mind the fact that drinking too much water during periods of exertion can flush your body of sodium and lead to hyponatremia, or “water intoxication” — a condition where the sodium-starved brain swells against the skull until nausea, weakness, seizures and in extreme cases coma and death ensue. And potassium deficiency (hypokalemia) is even worse.
Don’t think it doesn’t happen. In 2002, a pair of female runners perished of the syndrome following marathon races because they drank too much liquid during their runs. And according to a recent Associated Press article, officials at last year’s Houston Marathon cut in half the number of water stops along the way. Why? Because the past few years have seen a DRAMATIC INCREASE in the number of hyponatremia cases trickling into medical tents at the finish line. According to the piece, runners were incensed at the decision — yet fewer of them ended up with the condition this year than in years past.
A few years ago, the number-one concern of marathoners and triathletes was dehydration. But thankfully, some exercise authorities are starting to sound the alarm about excessive water consumption. One leading international expert, a Professor of Sports Science at the University of Cape Town in South Africa and author of dozens of articles about the perils of overdrinking, sums it up like this in the AP piece: Your body instinctively knows when it needs water, so drink only when thirsty…
Needless to say, I’m aware of the fact that this starkly contrast to the mainstream on this — they recommend an absurd eight glasses of water a day. That’s half a gallon or more!
And as overboard as the mainstream is on the average person’s daily water needs, they’re especially misguided about what those who exercise require in the way of H20. To hear them tell it, if you’re jogging (joint-pulverizing lunacy) or lifting weights, no amount of water is too much to drink, it seems.
Never mind the fact that drinking too much water during periods of exertion can flush your body of sodium and lead to hyponatremia, or “water intoxication” — a condition where the sodium-starved brain swells against the skull until nausea, weakness, seizures and in extreme cases coma and death ensue. And potassium deficiency (hypokalemia) is even worse.
Don’t think it doesn’t happen. In 2002, a pair of female runners perished of the syndrome following marathon races because they drank too much liquid during their runs. And according to a recent Associated Press article, officials at last year’s Houston Marathon cut in half the number of water stops along the way. Why? Because the past few years have seen a DRAMATIC INCREASE in the number of hyponatremia cases trickling into medical tents at the finish line. According to the piece, runners were incensed at the decision — yet fewer of them ended up with the condition this year than in years past.
A few years ago, the number-one concern of marathoners and triathletes was dehydration. But thankfully, some exercise authorities are starting to sound the alarm about excessive water consumption. One leading international expert, a Professor of Sports Science at the University of Cape Town in South Africa and author of dozens of articles about the perils of overdrinking, sums it up like this in the AP piece: Your body instinctively knows when it needs water, so drink only when thirsty…
GrandMaster
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see my issue is i dotn drink ENOUGH water regularly!
when im at the gym, i get thirsty and drink water.........also because i work for a purification company, and the water is 1million X better then bottle or tap water, lighter, more pure, less chemicals....
so this will be my new thing, trying out the new water with my workouts
when im at the gym, i get thirsty and drink water.........also because i work for a purification company, and the water is 1million X better then bottle or tap water, lighter, more pure, less chemicals....
so this will be my new thing, trying out the new water with my workouts
GrandMaster
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2 gallons a day?! thats 7.5 ltrs!! 
isnt that a bit much??
isnt that a bit much??
