Drinking water???

I'm one who does NOT take water with me to the pool. When I have taken water with me, I would never drink it, so I just stopped. There's a weird reason for that: swimming makes me burp a lot, and the full feeling I get from a belly full of water is that much more unpleasant. What I do instead is drink water before getting into the pool, and usually a bottle afterward. I drink a lot of water throughout the rest of the day, too, so I seem to keep hydrated. A lot of those people who walk around dehydrated all the time are dehydrated because they don't drink enough throughout the day, not because they don't drink enough when they exercise. If you load up on water during and after your exercise, but then don't drink enough at rest later, you'll still be dehydrated. Keep in mind, however, that my workout is only about 70 minutes. If my workout were to increase in yardage and time, I would probably have to take some water along with me.

I'm one who does NOT take water with me to the pool. When I have taken water with me, I would never drink it, so I just stopped. There's a weird reason for that: swimming makes me burp a lot, and the full feeling I get from a belly full of water is that much more unpleasant. What I do instead is drink water before getting into the pool, and usually a bottle afterward. I drink a lot of water throughout the rest of the day, too, so I seem to keep hydrated. A lot of those people who walk around dehydrated all the time are dehydrated because they don't drink enough throughout the day, not because they don't drink enough when they exercise. If you load up on water during and after your exercise, but then don't drink enough at rest later, you'll still be dehydrated. Keep in mind, however, that my workout is only about 70 minutes. If my workout were to increase in yardage and time, I would probably have to take some water along with me.