Levi Mauldin
Suzanne Shumock
Composition 1
3rd October 2014
To Hydrate or not to Hydrate
All throughout an athletes life they are told to drink plenty of water, and replace their fluids. Athletes are told this enough to the point where it makes numbs them since they heard it so many times to the point where they forget the extreme importance of proper hydration, proper hydration. Proper hydration is not only key to optimum health, but also to great performance. Athletes are told to drink plenty of water, but do they really know why? It is this writer’s opinion that a greater understanding of proper hydration can lead to better health and performance for athletes and help spread awareness for dehydration and over hydration.
Why should people
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“The body loses moisture through perspiration as well as through respiration. Both of these processes speed up during exercise as the body works to cool itself down with sweat, which evaporates from the skin, taking heat with it, and by breathing harder to get extra oxygen to the muscles”(How Much Water Weight Can a Player Lose During a Game?). But you can replace all that lost water in surprising ways. “You can get some fluid through the foods you eat. For example, broth soups and other foods that are 85% to 95% water such as celery, tomatoes, oranges, and melons (Water: Meeting Your Daily Fluid Needs). Foods like fruits, vegetables, and soups combine to make up over 20%, on average, of your water intake every day (How to Increase Water Consumption If You Hate Water).With that being said it’s very important to keep hydrated or risk obtaining very serious medical issues. In an interview with Kevin Mauldin, a highly respected and award winning athletic trainer, he stated. “Hydration in athletes is the most important thing an athlete can do before a game. Hydration will keep the player cool and energized so that he can compete. If a player doesn’t hydrate enough, the risk of heat related symptoms become very likely” …show more content…
Heat exhaustion, heat stroke, and heat cramps are problems that coaches try and prevent every day at practice by taking water breaks, resting muscles, and taking off equipment so the players can cool off. One of the best ways a player can cool off is by sweating. Without water players can not sweat normally and therefore they can not cool off effectively. When a player is dehydrated that means that the player has lost a substantial amount of fluid in his system that makes the player unable to sweat. Not being able to sweat leads numerous amounts of heat related problems. Heat related illnesses and dehydration go hand in hand, but like most dehydration problems it is simply a matter of drinking more water to be able to regulate your body temperature
6. PHIL LIPID and PROFESSOR TOSOL discuss the Great Dehydration. Explain what you think occurred during the Great Dehydration. Why are sports drinks recommended to prevent, or treat, dehydration?
You can become dehydrated without even realizing anything is wrong. Many body functions use water, using up what is already inside your body. Drink water often and rest frequently, especially in hot weather.
Staying hydrated when you are running is critical. It can be easy to become dehydrated when you're working yourself out and sweating up a storm, and this is even more of a problem when you like to run when it's hot outside. If you're carrying your water on you while you run, you'll be encouraged to take sips of water more often, which can help prevent dehydration. This can help you feel better while you are working out and can help prevent dizziness
It is important for anyone doing physical activity to keep well hydrated, for performance to be at its best. Sports drinks are specially formulated to help people rehydrate during or after exercise. Drinks such as Gatorade and Powerade contain the main electrolytes and carbohydrates, which are used by the working muscles, to maintain optimal sports performance (Medindia.net, 2014). The acidity of sports drinks and the sugars, is raising health concerns, and creates unnecessary calories. (Nutritionwonderland.com, 2014) Sports drinks are proven to only be necessary when working intensely for over 90 minutes, so an athlete running a marathon may need a Powerade, but water is the best source of hydration for exercise of 90min or less.
Water makes you weak. Water is for washing blood off that uniform and you don't get no blood on my uniform, boy you must be outside your mind! We are going to do up-downs, until Blue is no longer tired, and thirsty’. This is a quote that Coach Boone says to his team when they request for a water break.
Although water is a better form of keeeping hydration and a healthier option, sports drinks are more appealing overall. Sports drinks can give better results than water. However, this doesn't mean that sports drinks should replace water altogether. Water is still needed for the body for hydration, but sports drinks will always have the higher
When you play a sport, for example bowling, you would not show up to a match without your proper bowling balls, your tape, other various equipment, and a proper mental state. The game would be so much more difficult without your own specific equipment. The real question is how you can prepare for a tournament from the inside out? Of course swallowing some bowling tape or a bowling ball is not a plausible option, but you can make sure to eat the healthy nutrient packed fruits and vegetables your body needs. Your body can not function to its fullest without taking all aspects into account. Most of the professional bowlers know this to be true so they will employ nutritionists and dietitians to help them choose a healthier lifestyle that pertains to them. It seems like an easy out to settle for the greasy fries and a coke while sitting in a bowling alley all day, however that won’t do anything but hinder your performance in the long run. One of the most important things to keep yourself energized and hydrated is Water. It is preeminent to keep the body at a safe temperature. Bowling doesn’t seem like a strenuous task, but bowling 12 game blocks that last over 6 hours is a very intense task to manage. Sweating is one of the main reasons for the loss of water and adequate consumption is a key to keeping your body at its
When being outside for a long period of time, where excess sweating will happen, drink lots of water. Avoid exercise on very hot days. Elderly and infants can easily get dehydrated without enough fluids. Alcohol increases water loss, especially when it is very warm. When dehydration caused by heat exposure, exercise, or not enough fluid intake is generally easy to manage. People who are dehydrated should drink fluids containing electrolytes, sports drinks are a good choice for this. Sipping small amounts of water, ice chips, popsicles made from juice or sports drinks are also a good source for fluids. Avoid drinking drinks that contain coffee, tea, sodas, milk. Milk is a food, not a drink, and its digestion by adults is frequently incomplete.
Many athletes are very picky when it comes to staying hydrated. Hydration is a very important key for athletes. Athletes choose from either water or various sport drinks, such as gatorade, powerade and many others. Both sport drinks and water seems to be helpful according to athletes. Which one is really better? There are many things athletes don't know. Sports drinks are better than water when it comes to intense workouts, such as performance training.Only if you're trainign is over an hour, for certain purposes. Sports drinks will replenish you're body with electrolytes and carbs. Water is better too drink when you're workout is under an hour. You're body needs at least 4-6 ounces of water every 15 minutes during an activity. Many kids tend
In schools around the country there are kids who are involved in sports, but lack the amount of fluids your body needs to function properly. The reason why this happens is due to dehydration. People in sports get pushed so hard and hardly ever get the chance to run to the water fountain to get a drink of water. Dehydration causes people to faint, vomit, and produces a fever because of the lack of fluids in their body.
The reason why every student athlete should care more about their meals and amount of water they drink is because it will help them perform better. Good performance is the main goal of an athlete and in order to perform well, the simplest way of improving performance is to eat and drink the correct about. Our bodies need energy to
Keeping hydrated is one of the most important thing you can do for yourself. Consistently drinking water during will keep your muscles working hard throughout the heat and help your
The human body is mostly made of fluids and it is important that we replenish the fluids in our bodies. According to Source A, sports drink should only be substituted in a situation where you are either playing a sport or exercising more than a 60 minute time period. Furthermore, if you are unable to eat before a long workout, sports drink should be used as a replacement to prevent muscle cramping. Also, flavors of sports drinks are more appealing than your regular bland water. If you are a heavy sweater when you are performing various activities, the source advises you to substitute water with a sports drinks in that situation. Clearly, water should not be always replaced with sports drinks, but there are numerous cases where you should when
The two return to play guidelines I feel are most important are heat exhaustion and heat stroke. While all are very important to learn, these two are crucial as it occurs more frequently here in Phoenix, Arizona. After an athlete has heat exhaustion, it takes about a day to two days to recover enough to get back into sports. During this time staying hydrated and keeping cool is imperative. The athlete should avoid alcohol or caffeine and that only further dehydrates you. Taking breaks from the heat as the athlete gradually goes back into sports will help getting used to the heat again (Ehrlich, 2014). After having heat exhaustion, the athlete should be more cautious and drink past thirst satiation because he or she will be effected more by the heat than usual. This is very important as returning to play
Many procedures used for body weight management by athletes can lead to a number of negative side effects which could play a significant role in decreasing physiological performance during the competitive season. Most of the time this occurs with athletes trying to lose weight to perform at a lighter weight class in their respective sport. Some of the methods used to reach a lower desired body weight include low calorie diets, deliberate dehydration, and saunas (Oppliger, 2003). These methods have been shown to decrease strength and power, overall health, physiological function, water balance, electrolytes, glycogen and lean body mass in athletes (Oppliger, 1996).