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Bodybuilding and Hydration
When exercising, one of the most important things you can do, is to drink plenty of water. Everyone needs water or some other form of liquid to survive, whether you exercise regularly or not. We need all of the following to live, oxygen, water, food and plenty of rest and sleep. The sleep allows our bodies to recover from the days activities.
Protein is also very important to body builders and you may be having plenty of protein in your diet and through supplements, but unless you are getting you daily intake of water, you may as well not bother. The protein needs water in your body to be able to fold into ints three dimensional shape. Cells also need water to function properly so that we can survive.
Whether we exercise regularly or not we are always losing water from our bodies, it can happen in many forms such as swetaing, urinating, crying and also evaporation. We will dehydrate if our body is getting rid of the water in our bodies quicker then what we can replace it. The results can be fatal if left long enough before rectifying. The symptoms and some of the effects of dehydration include some of the following, dry mouth, dizziness, weakness, dry nasal passages, heart palpitations, not being able to sweat, heat exhaustion heat stroke, confusion and sometime and more seriously death.
If you are a body builder and you are exercising regularly and intensively and you are not getting nearly enough water that you need, you will not be able to work out as effectively, you will not be able to lift heavy weights as you will feel weaker than before. Unless you are properly hydrated whilst working out intensively, you will not be able to complete your training regime properly.
If you are working out you need to listen to what your body is telling you, do not stick to the 8 glasses a day rule, you may need more if exercising. Look for the changing colour in your urine, it should be light coloured and not dark. If it looks dark, you need to start drinking more fluids.
You may not actually like water, but it comes in many forms and can be intaken through many methods. Decaf coffee and tea count as your water intake, so do fruit juices and fizzy pop, just as long as they are the sugar free versions. Even eating vegetables and plenty of fresh fruit will help you with your water intake.
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