your blood isn’t like sand being forced around your arteries.
Even your body fat scales are more accurate.
You have more energy and your hormonal system can do it’s job properly.
By simply being hydrated.
I realised yesterday while out on a bike ride that I was dehydrated, not because of a pee colour test; but because I did a 30 mile bike ride with friends including a breakfast / coffee stop and I didn’t go until I got home.
Normally when out with those guys, who are like camels in comparison to me, I would have stopped at least once and then at the cafe.
It being a bit colder yesterday morning meant I didn’t drink much on the way round but it is more than that. I’ve been a bit slack at taking my bottle around with me in general, leading to me drinking less in general.
When I used to run a PT team, we stopped doing a type of body fat test because it wasted 10 minutes to tell the person that they were dehydrated and the test wasn’t really accurate.
Becoming hydrated takes that all important word “consistency”.
If you have nailed your sleeping and still feel like your energy is low, focussing on hydration would be my first step.
The ideal amount you should aim for is 0.033l per kg of body weight. For example, I’m 90kg so 90 x 0.033l = 2.97l of fluids per day.
That’s base level, I’ll need more on exercise days as I have a high sweat rate.
If you are nowhere near your recommended level, don’t go for it all in one go, you’ll spend the whole day back and forth to the loo, you will get you’re steps in though 😉
It doesn’t need to be plain water, your first couple of teas and coffees count, herbal teas are good and adding a pinch of Himalayan salt to your water will help it absorb a little more.
Give it a go for a week and see how you feel.
Darren “dry” Checkley
