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Hard to trust fully. Hiking, I have found if I go too long without drinking I hit a wall where suddenly everything is twice as hard; I don't die but in a matter

by ip26 8y ago

Hard to trust fully. Hiking, I have found if I go too long without drinking I hit a wall where suddenly everything is twice as hard; I don't die but in a matter of minutes I go from "what a great day" to "how am I ever going to do this". Then I drink water, and I feel better. Thirst really hasn't been a great indicator, and I've had to settle on drinking a measured 16oz every hour, depending on conditions & exertion.

kerkeslager 8y ago
Right, but I don't think that's really indicative of the "exercise recovery" industry. Bottled water, of course, is an industry, but I don't know of a company that's specifically trying to sell water for exercise recovery. It's just water, it's fairly well known that humans need that, especially when exercising.
- ip26 8y ago
  I guess it's this part I'm reacting to more than anything: “We’re taught we can’t trust our bodies and that it’s not enough to listen to your thirst.” But it turns out thirst is a great indicator of dehydration. “You really can use [thirst] to know whether it’s time to drink or not,” she said. You'll get thirsty before you are dead. But for me I hit the wall before I really feel thirsty. Nobody describes feeling insatiably hungry and following their hunger as a strategy to avoid bonking- they manage their exertion and monitor their carb intake. For me & water, it is the same. Perhaps there is some nuance here- perhaps, like with food, your body suppresses the drive to drink during endurance sports. But maybe when you sit on the bench after a play, you do reliably feel thirsty when you need it.
- maxerickson 8y ago
  There's a product in the US that was initially marketed as "Propel Fitness Water". https://www.propelwater.com/ https://www.propelwater.com/
skywhopper 8y ago
The article does explicitly call out "exercising for more than an hour" as something different.
- ip26 8y ago
  That comment in the article was specifically about the simple carb (sugar) content of sports drinks, which is indeed silly for non-endurance use, but something of a separate question.

by ip26 8y ago

kerkeslager 8y ago

Right, but I don't think that's really indicative of the "exercise recovery" industry. Bottled water, of course, is an industry, but I don't know of a company that's specifically trying to sell water for exercise recovery. It's just water, it's fairly well known that humans need that, especially when exercising.

ip26 8y ago
I guess it's this part I'm reacting to more than anything: “We’re taught we can’t trust our bodies and that it’s not enough to listen to your thirst.” But it turns out thirst is a great indicator of dehydration. “You really can use [thirst] to know whether it’s time to drink or not,” she said. You'll get thirsty before you are dead. But for me I hit the wall before I really feel thirsty. Nobody describes feeling insatiably hungry and following their hunger as a strategy to avoid bonking- they manage their exertion and monitor their carb intake. For me & water, it is the same. Perhaps there is some nuance here- perhaps, like with food, your body suppresses the drive to drink during endurance sports. But maybe when you sit on the bench after a play, you do reliably feel thirsty when you need it.
maxerickson 8y ago
There's a product in the US that was initially marketed as "Propel Fitness Water". https://www.propelwater.com/ https://www.propelwater.com/

skywhopper 8y ago

The article does explicitly call out "exercising for more than an hour" as something different.

ip26 8y ago
That comment in the article was specifically about the simple carb (sugar) content of sports drinks, which is indeed silly for non-endurance use, but something of a separate question.