[Sportsandrec] One more crushing tidbit...

[Ashley Bramlett]

I thought Gatorade and Powerade tasted similar, just competing companies. 
If they're different how so?  What flavors?
Joe, I'm impressed you can handle an hour on the eliptical.  You are real 
fit!  I can do 30 minutes and then I'm tired.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Shaw" <jrs3147 at comcast.net>
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Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 12:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] One more crushing tidbit...


>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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