DAILY CLIMBER

Water? What’s that?

Let me tell you. Your body is made of 70% water. Every muscle in your body, whether it is smooth, skeletal, or cardiac, requires large amounts of water for the process of converting stored energy into usable energy. Your nervous tissues (as in your brain) require water to break down glucose via the Kreb’s cycle. Even a slight drop in water has serious effects on your body overall. Dehydration promotes the release of anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) which drives water out of the blood stream and into the tissues, increasing blood pressure and decreasing sweating (not good if you’re pullin’ your proj’ next summer). Dehydration also makes the digestive system work poorly, leading to more frequent digestion problems and decreased uptake of nutrients. Lack of proper hydration slows healing, increases joint friction (pain!), retards critical thought processes, and reduces athletic performance overall.

So how much water should you drink? The National Research suggests that fairly active adult males drink 96 ounces per day, slightly less for females. But don’t even think that coffee and soda can count towards that; the caffeine found in those drinks promotes rapid water loss! So does a diet of high salt, high fat, and/or alcohol.

Sufficiently worried yet? Get on the right track by getting the Hydracoach Intelligent Waterbottle. It will calculate exactly how much water you need per day and will keep track of how much you drink. It’s perfect for staying hydrated at work, in the car, or for a day a the crag.

Mayo Clinic on hydration

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