Water in bodybuilding

Water in bodybuilding: you aren’t drinking enough water, and you’re probably consuming too much soda and other sweet drinks. How does this affect your bodybuilding?

Here is some advice.

Many bodybuilders take in large amounts of liquid calories without considering the effect on their physique. As a result, many bodybuilders also don’t drink enough water. Given these two facts, it helps to know about alternatives that let you get enough fluid while keeping liquid calories to a minimum.

FLEX magazine has always recommended that bodybuilders drink plenty of water: try to drink at least 4.5 liters a day. Nothing can replace the beneficial effect of water on the body. Maintaining a balanced water level allows certain processes in the body to take place. In addition, water supplies the body with the minerals it needs.

Whether it’s tap water or bottled water, drink water.

Whether you’re at the gym, driving or sitting at your desk, always keep a refillable bottle of water with you.

Push yourself to finish that bottle and then refill it right away. Keep doing this until it becomes a habit.

Sugary drinks such as soda, bottled iced tea and fruit drinks contain far more simple carbohydrates than a bodybuilder needs. They are nothing more than deceptive foods packed with sugar calories, and they do little to supply the body with fluid.

What’s more, sugar does your physique more harm than the extra calories. Sugar can lower your insulin level – something bodybuilders want to avoid – because it can lead to body fat retention.

Bodybuilders often use diet sodas and drink powder mixes with sugar substitutes as replacements to avoid sugar calories. While supplying the body with enough water, these also satisfy your sweet tooth. Still, soft drinks should be consumed in moderation, and you should drink as much plain water as you possibly can.

Among the other soft drink options that help keep the body’s water level up without lots of calories are mineral waters. Most of them are low in salt, but some have a high salt content. To know what you’re buying, check the labels on the back of the bottles.

Newer sports and fitness drinks give you plenty of fluid and few calories, and some contain sugar substitutes. Drinks that have been available for a long time, such as Powerade and Gatorade, contain much less sugar than regular soda, but they should be drunk only for recovery, which is what they are actually meant for. Don’t think of these lower-calorie soft drinks as something you can drink instead of other sweet drinks. The sugar they contain is still noticeable.

So the best source of fluid is plain water!

Author: FLEX, translated by K.Reial

Source: WHO – physical activity.

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