Keeping hydrated

[Pigivi]

I thought this may come very handy in the heatwave:

blog.walkjogrun.net/2013/07...

[Rignold]

I am a big iskiate fan and incorporate chia in my breakfast pre run smoothies always, but it amazes me how little water people drink in general, regardless of heatwave.

I drink, as a minimum. 4 litres aday, and an extra litre for every hour of exercise I do.

Minimum.

In hot eather I drink more according to thirst.

I read stuff on forums from people suffering cramps, headaches etc with hard workout regimens, who are drinking 1-2 l/day or less... face>palm.

Drink water, people. It's more or less free and the most important thing for your body after oxygen.

[Pigivi in reply to Rignold]

I am always amazed at how many people* in this country say that they do not like water! And never got around the fact that so many drink "squash" or even a cappuccino with their meals... Wine is the way to go

But 4 litres may be too much if one is only 5 feet and weighs 40 kg and sits all day- but not enough for an active 6 ft nd 80kg...

I personally go by the colour of urine ; too clear: too much water, getting darker: drink more - red: stop eating beetroot ! And my average is 3 lt per day, excluding the water found in vegetables and fruit, and if I sweat I drink more, and eat salt...

Have you heard about hyponatremia? Rare but a scary possibility...

* especially young ones - when I was working as cook on a tall ship, many of the kids (16 to 20 yo) on board would not touch water if it hadn't any coloured stuff in it!

[Rignold in reply to Pigivi]

Yes I know about hyponatremia. It was a thing back in ye days of Rave and non stop ecstatic dancing too. But I don't drink my 4l of water in one go, it is balanced through the day. Also, 4l is about 9 pints. If you can drink 9 pints of beer of an evening without hyponatremia, the same amount of water from dawn till dusk is not an issue.

The 'too much water' argument is always put forward by people who drink none in the same way the 'bad for your knees' running argument is proposed by the couch bound.

[Anaverageman Graduate in reply to Rignold]

Dont disagree in principle but there is (about) 5 mg salt in most beers... so analogy not exact... it is true YOU can probably drink that volume without any worries... ( real hyponatremia can be a real problem when about 6-8 L/day)

but not as UNCOMMON as people think.. especially amongst marathon runners ( study in boston few years back found 1/3 of those tested post run had low sodium levels.. )

current acsm recommendations exercise < 1 hr ..replace fluids

exercise ( sweating ) > 1 hr think about replacing fluid AND sodium...

[Anaverageman Graduate]

im sorry but it looks like you'd be drinking FROGSPAWN... in that pic...