Exercise and water
When you exercise, your muscles work and generate heat. The more intensely you train, the more heat you will produce. You get rid of this unwanted heat mostly through sweat, but also through frequent breathing, which evaporates a lot of water. In total for the whole training we throw away from half to over two liters.
What happens if you don’t drink enough water?
Have you ever felt dizzy and suddenly exhausted in the middle of a workout? Or the persistent headache after it? We often think that the cause is fatigue or insufficient sleep, and although these are concomitant factors, the main one is dehydration. It reduces the body’s ability to cool down and carry oxygen to the muscles, causing fatigue much earlier than normal. Strength also decreases in proportion to fluid loss, as the muscles in its composition are mostly water – about 76%. With the loss of even 2% of water in the body, physical strength can drop to 15-20%.
When it reaches a state of dehydration, our body takes precautions, especially against overheating. Your body will get it from its own reserves, mostly blood. As a result, it thickens and makes it harder for the heart to pump it through the circulatory system, blood stasis occurs in some parts, and over time the risk of high blood pressure, high cholesterol and heart disease increases. Recent studies have also linked reduced water intake to chronic headaches, heartburn and arthritis.
To avoid unpleasant moments in the room related to dehydration, you should always:
- Prepare for a workout by drinking enough fluids beforehand. If it is in the afternoon, it is best to drink the minimum daily amount – 2 liters;
- Drink fluids during the workout itself, whatever it is; The first thing we need to recover from a workout is water.
Water or …
If we exercise hard, clean water is not always the best choice for restoring fluids. The so-called “isotonic drinks” will have a better effect. They contain about 6-7% carbohydrates and electrolytes in such a proportion that they pass into the blood more easily than pure water because they have a pressure close to that of the blood.
Water retention
If you happen to wake up swollen and swollen, and the shoes from yesterday do not fit you, then you have retained water. This may indicate kidney problems, but the problem may be that you just overdo it with salt (which is relatively easy, given most ready-made foods). In this case, you need to drink more water to get rid of the accumulated amount. It is best to take distilled or spring water instead of mineral water.
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