Topic: Drinking water

[coastal96]

A couple of posts in albinoboy's thread regarding drinking water coupled w/ an issue I had today working out brought a question to mind.  I know all about the importance of drinking water throughout the day and the proper amount of water u should intake.  However, what about drinking water during an intense workout?  On days when I do a particularly intense workout . . . Wednesday's WOD for example w/ the running, pushups, pullups, and box jumps . . . I might feel particularly thirsty throughout the workout.  Obviously to compensate I will drink water.  However, during these intense workouts, if i drink enough water to begin to satisfy my thirst I start to feel really bloated and sometimes even get to the point of nauseau.  Again, this only happens during particularly intese sessions.  Anyone have an idea as to why this happens and the proper way to intake fluids during these types of workouts?

[FreeStyleFox]

Sip don't gulp!!!!  During intense workouts or if your dehydrated you can take in to much water to fast.  That leads to bloating and nausea as well as other possible health risks.

[Gearsighted]

I would first take a look at your overall fluid intake during the day, outside of workout circumstances. Are you drinking constantly, getting at least an ounce per-pound bodyweight? Is your urine yellow or clear? I usually don't have horrible thirst during the workouts, just a dry throat which a quick sip here and there helps.

If your water-intake is appropriate, you might be sweating enough (both during the workout, as well as the rest of the day) to be depleting your electrolytes. Try some watered-down gatorade (to cut the glycemic load) immediately before, during and after your workout. Mix the gatorade with a good protein source to kill two birds with one stone in the post-workout nutrition window

[LCTDeuce]

I tend to drink at least 2/3s of my daily water intake at meals. That's probably not good is it?

[~Bry~]

i learned my lesson when i drank a bunch of water(gulped, fast) during training, only to puke it back up a couple minutes later.

[FreeStyleFox]

Some ppl don't know this but drinking to much water can kill you.  Hence the throwing up.

[Kipup]

***I love it when random science facts kick in***

 - Drinking too much water lower's the concentration of electrolytes (salts) in your body, thus inhibiting nerve conductance. With the decreased signal from the brain, muscle performance drassticly deteriorates and eventually virtually no signal at all reaches the muscles.
 Without the signal from the brain, the heart doesn't beat 

**  Very Very rare though, as you guys have said - small sips instead of chugging.

[Gearsighted]

Yep, Kipup is right, it is very rare, usually only seen in people who run marathons/ultra-marathons and don't replinish with more than water for that time. For the average person, the problem is usually a lack of consistent water intake throughout the day, which leads to a low-level of dehydration when it's time to workout, hence the fact that you drink and remain thirsty. By the time you feel thirsty, you are already attempting to regain your hydration from a debt!

[coastal96]

Sip don't gulp!!!!  During intense workouts or if your dehydrated you can take in to much water to fast.  That leads to bloating and nausea as well as other possible health risks.

I'm pretty sure I don't gulp.  At least I know I don't chug a ton of the water in between rounds or anything.

I would first take a look at your overall fluid intake during the day, outside of workout circumstances. Are you drinking constantly, getting at least an ounce per-pound bodyweight? Is your urine yellow or clear? I usually don't have horrible thirst during the workouts, just a dry throat which a quick sip here and there helps.

I weight 175 . . . . During a work day I will end up taking in about 100 ounces between 6am and 4pm.  After that the intake will vary depending on what I'm doing that evening.  If I goto the gym and lift I'm constantly hitting the water fountain but don't know exactly how much I'm drinking.  Otherwise I might get in between another 50 and 100 ounces.  That may be the key though.  I don't intake water with that kind of consistency on non-work days.  I might only get 100 ounces some days.  Plus, if I work out in the morning on a day off I am pretty sure I'm not hydrated enough.  I'm sure that's what happened yesterday.  I'll make sure to keep better taps on that on the days I'm not at work.

Thanks guys.

[Unique]

***I love it when random science facts kick in***

 - Drinking too much water lower's the concentration of electrolytes (salts) in your body, thus inhibiting nerve conductance. With the decreased signal from the brain, muscle performance drassticly deteriorates and eventually virtually no signal at all reaches the muscles.
 Without the signal from the brain, the heart doesn't beat�

**� Very Very rare though, as you guys have said - small sips instead of chugging.

So what did you say again?

[Sat Santokh]

Ideally you shouldn't drink for 30 minutes before and after a meal because it waters down the HCL and other acids in your stomach.  Although that is extremely hard to do.  It will just make your digestion better.

[like_a_child]

Ideally you shouldn't drink for 30 minutes before and after a meal because it waters down the HCL and other acids in your stomach.  Although that is extremely hard to do.  It will just make your digestion better.

Please clarify - it is extremely hard to water down the HCL and other acids in your stomach, or it is extremely hard to not drink anything for 30 minutes before and after a meal? I could definitely see the latter - I usually drink 2-3 cups of milk with my meals (6 a day, and this is "drinking container" cup, not "measurement name" cup).

Also, "just makes your digestion better" is for drinking water, or not drinking water? (Again, I assume the latter . . . but maybe I wouldn't want so much milk at meals if I ate less peanut butter sandwiches, or dry foods )