If you fail in keeping yourself hydrated you
can suffer from fatigue, lower your performance, lessen your endurance, etc. We all have
heard that we should drink at least 8 glasses of water every day but when we
exercise or practice sports we should drink water even more not to get
dehydration, to help our body to function properly and to compensate the water
we lost through sweating. To know how much extra water you should drink, you should weight yourself before and after your workout. For every pound lost during exercising you should drink 500 ml of fluid. You should also drink water before (250 to 500ml 1 hour before exercise), during and after working out.
You can also have sports drinks but you will
only really benefit from those if you do intense workouts for longer hours such
as running for more than 1 hour. Sports drinks can help in that case cause they
also have carbohydrates that will give you energy and also sodium which will
help to absorb fluids. For the regular people on a light to moderate exercise
routine water is better cause it is quickly absorbed by the body and has zero
calories.
Remember to keep yourself hydrated throughout
the day. In case you have any alcohol or drinks with caffeine (hopefully you
will avoid them), try to drink at least one glass of water for every drink you
have.
