The importance of Hydration - Heads up

[arandazzo88]

The importance of staying hydrated during a workout cant be overstated, although water does not provide energy in the same way carbohydrates and fat do, it plays an essential role in energy transformation.

[flexedguns890]

Though your pee is actually supposed to be transparent.

If it's yellow, you know your body is actually dehydrated! I suggest you read up on a few articles regarding proper hydration.

Looks like it's not so much general knowledge afterall. Glad this thread turned out to be helpful for someone.

Yeah, I have a problem. I literally drank 10 liters of water in 1 day and I can't get my pee transparent (meaning I am dehydrated af). Additionally, my bladder has exploded. Is there a solution for this problem?

[sycalls]

Hydration is extremely important. Not only is it the fact that even 3% dehydration hinders performance, it is extremely important for you to keep fluid intake up because water is virtually everywhere. Your blood is split into basically plasma and cell components. Plasma is 90% water. It is safe to say that the vast majority of your body uses and consists of water. Not only that, but your kidneys will definitely thank you and in fact more urinating equals more efficient blood filtration. 20% of your total blood volume can be found in your kidneys at any moment. The kidneys are the waste disposals for bodies on the chemical and urea-formable substances. The following link is a meta-analysis from the United States National Library of Medicine, in which it explains the correlation between dietary protein and renal metabolism. This article explains that it was established that increased protein intake elevated rates of creatinine and urea excretion in the dog model [46]. The common mechanism underlying increased excretion rates was eventually attributed to changes in GFR and Van Slyke demonstrated that renal blood flow was the basis for GFR mediated changes in clearance rates in response to increased protein intake. Of course you're going to urinate a lot, who cares? Your kidneys will thank you. Not to mention summer is near, and if you've been working for that summer body and want to dry up before the beach; avoid not drinking water. Electrolyte loss and lack of fluid intake is setting you up majorly for hypothermia (heat stroke).

[Myfitfriend]

I’m always on at people to drink more water. It’s the best thing you can do to instantly feel better.

These people that live on fizzy drinks freak me out. I don’t know how they do it

[derftane]

I used to be guilty of drinking less water but when I got sick because of it, I trained myself to drink more each day. I add one glass each day until I was able to drink 12-13 glasses of water regularly. It make me feel better about my body and it help me remove unwanted fats and toxic in my body.

[skinnyboi411]

Thanks for this, I've only been drinking 0.5 liters per day usually at school, buying a water bottle today

[gr3gorio]

Normally I only drink when I feel thirsty and I think I also need to changed that.

[alfredtee12]

Helps alot

[alfredtee12]

Thanks

[socksndtubes]

This is especially important if you're taking supplements. Good job on the post, and glad you got a newfound appreciation for some H2O. Learned a few things from this post as well, like the bad breath thing. Never really noticed.

[BushMeat]

Hydration is extremely important. Not only is it the fact that even 3% dehydration hinders performance, it is extremely important for you to keep fluid intake up because water is virtually everywhere. Your blood is split into basically plasma and cell components. Plasma is 90% water. It is safe to say that the vast majority of your body uses and consists of water. Not only that, but your kidneys will definitely thank you and in fact more urinating equals more efficient blood filtration. 20% of your total blood volume can be found in your kidneys at any moment. The kidneys are the waste disposals for bodies on the chemical and urea-formable substances. The following link is a meta-analysis from the United States National Library of Medicine, in which it explains the correlation between dietary protein and renal metabolism. This article explains that it was established that increased protein intake elevated rates of creatinine and urea excretion in the dog model [46]. The common mechanism underlying increased excretion rates was eventually attributed to changes in GFR and Van Slyke demonstrated that renal blood flow was the basis for GFR mediated changes in clearance rates in response to increased protein intake. Of course you're going to urinate a lot, who cares? Your kidneys will thank you. Not to mention summer is near, and if you've been working for that summer body and want to dry up before the beach; avoid not drinking water. Electrolyte loss and lack of fluid intake is setting you up majorly for hypothermia (heat stroke).

Cliffs? Or layman's terms? I understood most of it, but there are some things whose significance isnt clear

[venk123]

The importance of staying hydrated. Stay hydrated gradually, throughout the day. Drink fluids, or eat water-rich foods. Drinking fluids is crucial to staying healthy and maintaining the function of every system in your body, including your heart, brain, and muscles

[andrew080]

The importance of staying hydrated. Stay hydrated gradually, throughout the day. Drink fluids, or eat water-rich foods. ... Drinking fluids is crucial to staying healthy and maintaining the function of every system in your body, including your heart, brain, and muscles.

[lolilol1987]

Thanks for the article. 65-70% of adult body is water and that should be maintained. Any less than that and people start facing problems. Happy to hear the improvement in your health after taking the hydration steps.

[LittleRock10]

Very informative thread. Great.

[SkillaThrilla]

I must agree, My doctor told me 3 weeks ago that im not drinking enough water after a checkup so for the past 3 weeks I went from 1 glass of water a day and soda to 5-10 glasses of water a day and a morning Multivitamin and i have never felt so healthy in my life, my strength has literally doubled, Also every morning the first ting I do is Slam a huge glass of water.

[Madmaster333]

Agreed.

[Enjoythis5]

If you are holding water weight, by drinking more water and reducing your sodium, you can drop some of that water weight and effectively lose weight.

[thelandsvietnam]

thanks for reminding me to fill my bottle up OP

[Jeremy19969]

Could not emphasize this enough! Good job

[Montymaginn]

I'm sick of drinking water :z I go for a piss every half an hour when I'm at home

hahaha

[MarieJasmine]

Thanks for the share
It is the real issue here, that we dont hydrate ourselves enough and indulge ourselves in serious health issues.

[TentacleEGGS]

- Alex[/QUOTE] Damn i never really thought of this. You are genius man ill try drinking 2 or 3 Liters a day and see what will change.

[ElliotPWR]

Though your pee is actually supposed to be transparent.

If it's yellow, you know your body is actually dehydrated! I suggest you read up on a few articles regarding proper hydration.

Looks like it's not so much general knowledge afterall. Glad this thread turned out to be helpful for someone.

Incorrect, your pee should be a bright tone of amber/yellow. If it’s clear, it would indicate overhydration, and will cause a decrease of electrolytes in your body. Electrolytes regulate muscle and nerve function meaning that overhydration can be rather counter-productive for bodybuilding.

This is not medical advice and should not be treated as such. Consult with a medical professional before making significant changes in your diet.

However, it can be said that your pee should neither be dark yellow nor clear, but bright yellow/amber.

[goldenerafan]

Not that easy with over reactive bladder

[jamesrobert1997]

I saw noticeable effect of hydration on muscles. Before good hydration my muscles remained dull and sore after workout. But now i can easily train my muscles hard enough by drinking plenty of water everyday.

[Kzk1]

I wish I had a toilet that's a chair at the same time (if that's a thing lol).

[ontlyarnold]

I never recommended bottled water in my post. That's just the bottom part of an article I shortly linked for the interested people.

[saheimlifts]

gonna go drink 4 litres rn

[aries4191]

Thanks for this.
Drinking about 64 is water right mkw