Sports drinks

 I am at my championship meet for swimming and i noticed every team is drinking something different. From vitamin water, gatorade,ensure,red bull...it got me thinking WHY. So i decided to look up somethings because i could not understand why someone at a swim meet would want to drink ensure, because im aware my grandma drinks that . What ever happend to drinking water ? i got told that you are suppose to drink four to six ounces of water for every fifteen minutes of exercise, seems like a lot i know. So i did my research and found that WATER is the best way to go over any sport drink. The only reason people tend to think sports drinks are better is because it is easier to drink more of it. People only really need sports drinks with electrolytes if they are going to be exercising for three too five hours, but you do not need it for all exercise, since 8oz of it can contain up too 100 calories !

 ALSO last week i had a drug test and they told us that if we were vitamin water drinkers we better watch out. Vitamin water contains NCAA banned substances ! so if you are an athlete in college, id  watch out what flavor you drink..if interested ..look here !

next time you before you go to work out remember :

• Drink about 15-20 fl oz, 2-3 hours before exercise
• Drink 8-10 fl oz 10-15 min before exercise

• Drink 8-10 fl oz every 10-15 min during exercise
• If exercising longer than 90 minutes, drink 8-10 fl oz of a sports drink (with no more than 8 percent carbohydrate) every 15 - 30 minutes.

• Weigh yourself before and after exercise and replace fluid losses.
• Drink 20-24 fl oz water for every 1 lb lost.

HOPE THAT HELPS ! off too the pool....