Facebook Twitter Instagram
    Swimmer's Daily
    • Home
    • Blog
    • Timeline
    • Tags
    • Sitemap
    • About
    • Contact
    Facebook Twitter YouTube Tumblr
    Swimmer's Daily
    Home»Science»Drinking only to thirst (no more, no less) improves performance
    Science

    Drinking only to thirst (no more, no less) improves performance

    rokurBy rokurMay 15, 2011Updated:May 15, 2011No Comments2 Mins Read
    Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email

    Shocker, the classic dogma might be wrong, that you should ‘drink ahead of thirst, otherwise it is already to late’. This is the message of a new British Journal of Sports Medicine meta-analysis, pointing out that many of the classic studies are time-to-exhaustion tests, rather that test where you cover a given distance as fast as possible.

    Runner Drinking Water

    (Picture courtesy of Jason Patel, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

    The orthodox view is that if you lose more than 2% of your body mass in fluid loss, your endurance will be hurt. But reviewing five studies, Eric Goulet at the University of Sherbrooke found that loosing 2.2% of body mass actually improved performance 0.06%, compared to subjects who drank enough to roughly maintain body mass.

    This agrees with real-world data like this study from a marathon in France, which found that sub-3:00 finishers lost 3.1% of their body weight, 3:00-4:00 finishers lost 2.5%, and slower-than-4:00 finishers lost only 1.8%.

    Looks like our built-in system of thirst might have been right all along. These findings may have more effect on sports like running where you have to carry your own weight, than in swimming where additional water is just more water in the water. But if they are right, we can maybe stop harassing ourselves and others into drinking so much water, and I love it when nature wins :-)

    Read more here on Sweat Science.

    Related

    Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
    rokur
    • Website

    Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT consultant, spare-time swimming aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters and a wife. President of the Faroe Islands Swimming Association. Likes to run :-)

    Related Posts

    New Spinal Implant Allows 3 Paralyzed Men to Stand, Walk and Swim Again | Global News

    February 11, 2022

    Swimming: Is Taller Better? | Global Triathlon Network

    February 9, 2022

    Swimming Australia – Making Gold Medalists With Machine Learning | Amazon Web Services

    August 14, 2021

    Leave A Reply Cancel Reply

    This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

    Sponsor
    Top Posts
    • How Long After Adding Stabilizer Can I Swim?
      How Long After Adding Stabilizer Can I Swim?
    • 10 Worst Shark Attacks Ever Recorded
      10 Worst Shark Attacks Ever Recorded
    • Estrella Navarro Holm on freediving
      Estrella Navarro Holm on freediving
    • Story Of Encounter With The Candiru "The Fish That Can Swim Up Inside The Penis"
      Story Of Encounter With The Candiru "The Fish That Can Swim Up Inside The Penis"
    • Until Fairly Recently, The YMCA Actually Required Swimmers To Be Nude
      Until Fairly Recently, The YMCA Actually Required Swimmers To Be Nude
    • Watch These Poor Divers Get 'Pinged' By A Submarine's Sonar While Scuba Diving
      Watch These Poor Divers Get 'Pinged' By A Submarine's Sonar While Scuba Diving
    • Why Tommy Little Has Decided to Swim 92KM From the U.K. To Belgium & Where He Will Keep His Passport | The Project
      Why Tommy Little Has Decided to Swim 92KM From the U.K. To Belgium & Where He Will Keep His Passport | The Project
    • Newport Beach Lifeguard Died From Accidental Drowning: Autopsy
      Newport Beach Lifeguard Died From Accidental Drowning: Autopsy
    • The best headphones for swimming - Aftershokz vs JBL vs Sony | Mainly Manly Stuff
      The best headphones for swimming - Aftershokz vs JBL vs Sony | Mainly Manly Stuff
    • Orcas vs Shark: Killer Whales Take Down Tiger Shark
      Orcas vs Shark: Killer Whales Take Down Tiger Shark
    Countdown to Budapest 2022June 18, 2022
    The big day is here.
    Countdown to Rome 2022August 11, 2022
    35 days to go.
    Categories
    Buffer Overflow
    Tweets by swimmersdaily
    • RSS - Posts
    • RSS - Comments
    Contact Info & Hours
    Swimmer's Daily
    c/o Rókur í Jákupsstovu
    Brekkuvegur 10
    FO-650 Toftir
    Faroe Islands
    Mobile +298 219754
    [email protected]
    09:00-21:00 UTC/GMT
    Subscribe to Blog via Email

    Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

    Join 5,085 other subscribers

    Meta
    • Log in
    • Entries feed
    • Comments feed
    • WordPress.org
    Facebook Twitter YouTube Tumblr
    © 2022 ThemeSphere. Designed by ThemeSphere.

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.