Got some surprising and exciting news while flipping through the new August 2009 Muscle and Fitness.
There I was on page 43 – all covered in sweat and worn out from 7 hours of sprinting that day. It was fitting that they wrote an article about Hydration and the importance of staying that way throughout the day and your workout.
When dehydrated your muscle power decreased by 20%, you will complete less reps and fatigue more quickly. Your body will cramp much more easily and your energy levels fall off dramatically. So what can be done to prevent all of this?
DRINK MORE WATER.
On workout days drink at least 1 gallon of water per day. Water plays a key role in boasting our metabolic rate, which makes our bodies faster and burn fat more efficiently. Here’s another tidbit from Muscle and Fitness: Water also can make you feel more full so this prevents over eating if you drink 8-16 ounces of water with every meal.
It’s important information about health, nutrition, life coaching and more that Hitchfit brings you. I do all the hard work and you get all the results! If you have the body you want right now, that’s great. If you don’t, go my web site hitchfit.com and sign up for a 12 week or 16 week plan and I’ll personally get you where you want to go. Good rule of thumb when trying to figure out how much water to drink is .75 ounces per every lb of body weight if you are working out on a regular basis and .5 per lb of body weight if you do not.
After reading all the benefits of water below, I advise you to start cutting all your other drinks out and stick with the Liquid of Champions: Water
Health benefits of drinking water:
- Regulate overeating
- More strength through your workouts
- Increased metabolism
- Higher energy levels
- Less water retention (really!)
- Alleviates some headaches
- Helps reduce blood pressure
- Helps reduce high cholesterol
- Eases joint pain
- Decrease in risk of some cancers
- Less chance of developing kidney stones
- Releases toxic waste products
- Improves skin elasticity
DRINK MORE WATER.
