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K.
Water
Drink at least 4 litres per day. Drink more when you are training hard, you can never drink too much water I’m already on my 3rd litre and its only 9 AM.
no offense, but you can drink too much water. People have died from water intoxication before – alot of them are the ones anxious about drug tests and drink hell loads of water.
‘If we do not go within, we go without’.
You can leach out too many water soluble vitamins and minerals, this happens to athletes quite a bit. A recent NSCA journal article debunked the whole 8 glasses a day myth. I’ll see if I can find a link to it online
Water
>>>>People have died from water intoxication before – alot of them are the ones anxious about drug tests and drink hell loads of water
These people were people who drink that much for the purpose of feeling intoxicated (i saw it on the news… hehe).
But, to come close to this you need around 80 glass a day. A gallon is 16 glasses. So, that’s right, it takes at least 4 gallons a day to reach this. If you drink 4 gallons a day, you’d better be sitting on a toilet the whole time.
I’d say, 99.999~% of the population do not need to worry abou water intoxication. And I doubt anyone worried about a drug test actually drank in excess of 2 gallons a day, but if they did, damn, maybe they should lay off the drugs.
Kairo, drink as much as makes you feel good. Start at 8 glasses a day and work up to a gallon (16 glasses) ideally. If you only get 6 glasses one day that’s fine. It all depends. If you drink only 8 a day you’ll still be healthier than most people. Just know that if it’s like 8pm and you’re going to workout, and you haven’t drank anything all day, you might start feeling light headed. So, I’d say under normal conditions (ie, NOT working out in an unaircondidtioned room, or in a desert, etc) if you drink two glasses of water 30 minutes before you work out you’ll be fine. Sip on water throughout your workout, and drink it afterwards if you’re thirsty.
I’ve heard caffiene dehydrates you, so don’t be a caffiene monger before a workout. A little is ok, but don’t forget the water. Also remember that your body will develop a tolerance to caffiene after a while, so if you slam a Dew before your workout every night, after a while you’ll stop feeling it’s effects.
Does all this help? Let me know if you’ve got more quetsions.
Iron
Theres no set amount of water a human needs everyone has a different weight so those X many glasses per day recomendations are myths. Everyone has a different amount of body mass to hydrate. your body also takes fluid from just about anything containing moisture you eat. Milk, juice and most beverages except for cafeinated ones also will rehydrate you. Females in particular have fluid needs that vary drastically on a weekly basis due to hormonal fluctuations. The general rule for an athlete in training is to drink enough to have 4 or 5 clear urinations per da
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Uber said
". Everyone has a different amount of body mass to hydrate. your body also takes fluid from just about anything containing moisture you eat. Milk, juice and most beverages except for cafeinated ones also will rehydrate you. "
Well, your body does take moisture from everything you eat… but pure water is 99% better than the water you’d get form eating an orange for example, which is why most people think water should be consumed daily, regardless of whatever else you eat or drink.
He also said:
"The general rule for an athlete in training is to drink enough to have 4 or 5 clear urinations per da "
Yeah, i guess that’s a good rule to go by, too. All of your urinations, including your morning pee (ideally) should be clear. This indicates sufficient hydration. Good call.
Iron
water can also help prevent cramps.
And dont drink icecold water during training, it can really hurt like hell.
Just wanted to mention it.
Water Intake
2 cups - 2 hrs before working out
2 cups - 15 minutes before working out
2 oz. every 15 minutes during a workout
at least 2 cups immediately afterward
These recommendations are taken from the American Council on Exercise(ACE).
“2 oz. every 15 minutes during a workout”
no offence, but i think this is wrong. If u drink during, or just before a workout. Then you get more exhausted and can get winded more easely. I’ve had alot of people telling me this, and I’ve experienced this myself. It is probebly different from person to person.
~K~
the super-duper supreme
Water
How much daily? Currently I’m drinking about 6 to 8 litres a day at least. When I train I sweat like a maniac is this good? It feels good but I’m sure that when I’m at the Dojo my partners don’t appreciate me dripping sweat all over them. So my questions are how much water daily and how do I aleviate my profuse sweating.
“Life’s a great adventure, mate.”
Jacko Jackson
Sweat is good. Sounds like you are drinking enough water. But no matter how much you drink, don’t expect to quit sweating. Sweating is good. It rids your body of toxins, and cools you at the same time. Good.
JWT
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Drink enough to have 3-5 clear urinations per day
“Drink enough to have 3-5 clear urinations per day.”
That isn’t a very accurate way to determine how much water to drink. Everyone has different bodily capacity and needs. Just drink as much as you can and don’t worry. Water is great no matter when. As long as you aren’t drowning you are fine. 
Its a very accurate way, and its recomended by most organizations that train elite athletes. Your own bodies usage is the regulating factor in this method. Too much water can leach water soluble vitamins and minerals from your body. Every marahon will have at least several people who over hydrate and end up getting debilitating cramps from this leaching process.
sweating.
If your sweat has a bad smell to it, you are holding toxins in your body. You should notice a less sweating once your body has squeezed out all the toxins. The bad smell should go away first then less sweating. That is the theory anyway. You may however, just sweat alot. If that is the case then your training partner will just have to get over it. It just sweat after all!
Brian
San Francisco, CA
Sweating
Brian_CA said:
“If your sweat has a bad smell to it, you are holding toxins in your body. You should notice a less sweating once your body has squeezed out all the toxins. The bad smell should go away first then less sweating”
No. First of all, the bad smell of sweat results from stagnant sweat (on your clothes or whatever) attracting bacteria. It is the bacteria that smells, not the sweat itself. And just so no one says otherwise, the bacteria is NOT in the sweat when your body produces, it gets trapped in the sweat when it is on your body, clothes, etc.
Second, the body sweats to cool itself down, not to release toxins. The body may become more effecient at keeping itself cool as you work out more, which may result in less sweating, but it has nothing to do with the level of “toxins” in your body.
Iron
“Just drink as much as you can and don’t worry.”
Not quite…too much water can mess with the digestive process. You need to regulate your water intake.
-SevenStar©
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re: Iron fist
Dear IronFist,
Firstly, I must ask what your qualifications in order to discuss the body? Are you a doctor? A yoga instructor or perhaps anyone else who has trained extensively in anatomy and physiology? If so, how many people have you healed? what’s your track record on this subject?
Secondly, I must repectfully disagree with you. The skin is the largest organ in your body. Part of it’s function is excertion. Toxins are expelled through the skin from your internal organs. Thus sweating incurres. While bacteria can can form from sweat, where do you think that bacteria comes from? Only one place, from the sweat of your skin.
While sweat does act as a cooling agent for the body, Sweat results from the body systems working at level that causes stimulation of the internal and external systems.
When you have a fever, what happens? you sweat. Two reasons, one the body uses the skin to expell the sickness from your body and secondly to cool you down.
There is tons of medical study done on the subject. A good deal of talks about sweat and atheletes. Part of the reason people who work out are generally healther is due to the detox you get when you sweat.
Sweating is great, however if are in empty room naked and your sweat stinks, you are releasing toxins and might want to look at your at improving your diet.
hope this helps,
Brian
San Francisco, CA