[Sportsandrec] One more crushing tidbit...

[Joe Shaw]

I go tap over bottled when it is available.
Congrats on how well you are doing in school, that is awesome!
Tomorrow which is a fairly typical workout for me, I will warm up by walking 
briskly about a half mile on the track then stretching followed up with an 
hour on the eliptical at level twenty. I usually take in about eight ozs. of 
water before I get on and then probably another eight when getting off. I 
also slam back a full bottle of PowerAde  after the water to put back as 
when I finish the eliptical I go heavy on lower body weights tomorrow. After 
a hard cardio I like to really punish the legs with as much weight as I can 
take leaving it all in the gym when I am finished. I like PowerAde better 
than GatorAde because I like a couple of the flavors better. I like the 
grape a lot and love the PowerAde Green Squall which is suppossed to have 
kiwi, pineapple, and melon flavors. It has high levels of vitamin b and 
electrolytes. F.y.i. GatorAde was invented at UF and not FSU, I will  not 
have Noles  Nation displeased with me by mixing those two hated rivals.
We seem to have found a hydration discussion somewhere along the way. While 
I agree with you it is important to take in fluids to keep the body running 
smoothly and at it's most efficient, I believe very much so that each 
person's chemical make-up is different. I have competed in many different 
sports since I was seven or eight years old and have never been the world's 
great water drinker. I was on a track team once where the during practise 
water was taken away because there was too much hovering around the water 
and not nearly enough work getting done. I endorsed that move. When our 
water was removed, we drank water before and after we practised. Our team 
got better and not worse, I think because our work ethic and our focus 
became a little more clear. We sat up a sprinkler some days at the finish 
line (smile) Nobody died or fell out that track season.
I agree with you that you can drink too much water and I guess it is a 
pretty fine line, but it is each individual's line.
Here are my two pennies.
Joe

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thornbury, Kelly" <kthornbury at bresnan.net>
To: <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 3:55 PM
Subject: [Sportsandrec] One more crushing tidbit...


> ...that "sparkling, mineral filled, plastic exposed, poison
> rich tap water" is actually more closely regulated than the water we love 
> to drink that's bought in a store in those little plastic bottles...
>
> Yes, I have been called a dumb jock, several times, but I did carry a 3.92 
> through high school and a 4.0 so far in my post-secondary career...And its 
> not anger, its concern. I've worked exercise labs and competed in races 
> where individuals have neglected fluids and ended up in the hospital with 
> heat-related illnesses or severe dehydration.
>
> Don't neglect those electrolytes either...Drinking too much water right 
> before an event, or not enough during and after, will certainly throw off 
> sodium chloride (salt) and potassium levels. I usually switch from water 
> to Gatorade after 60 minutes, or in really hot weather, and my post 
> exercise concoction consists of about 1/3 Tbs of salt in a liter of water 
> or by adding a dash of salt to my next meal. The little extra salt helps 
> to retain ingested fluids post exercise. As for the Gatorade, this isn't a 
> sports commercial, but Gatorade is one of the most researched sports 
> drinks on the market, developed at FSU (hence the name), and has a nearly 
> perfect ratio of sugars and electrolytes.
>
> Again Joe, not mad at all, just concerned...
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