Workout Rehydration - Gatorade anyone?

I bring a bottle to practice, but I rarely have to time to actually drink out of it until after the workout is over. I need to get hydrated for several hours beforehand. I couldn't drink sports drinks of any sort. They are too sweet for my taste.

In Mexico that is another thing. I get the bartender to set me up with a few Margaritas when I swim up to the swimup bar, when I am doing my 100 repeats. I do 5 X 100 then a longer break then 5 X 100 and another break. Do you do: a) flip turns at the bar b) sip and turns at the bar c) bottoms up at the bar and the empty Margarita glasses are your lap counters? You're my kind of swimmer. (And I promise I won't hold your hand or try to kiss you if we ever meet.) :thhbbb: P.S. Before anybody gets any ideas, read the Burquini thread. You've been warned. :duel: Attention Admins: We need the little devil smiley........

Am I the only person who wouldn't think of drinking during a 90-minute workout? Heck, half the time I have to get out and toddle off the bathroom in the middle of practice. Funny you should mention that. A couple of years ago I was telling my urologist that often when I swim fast and hard (hard flutter kicks) I find that I have to make "pit stops" more often than when I'm doing my whole 60 to 90 minutes at an easier pace. I was trying to find out if my more pronounced kicks, affected my core (and body area around the bladder thus causing this) but his response was not exactly to the point but he did say that when we swim, the body is absorbing water through the pores which leads to the feeling to want to........... you know. So, according to him, while swimming we are already re-hydrating (porously???)

Do you do: a) flip turns at the bar b) sip and turns at the bar c) bottoms up at the bar and the empty Margarita glasses are your lap counters? You're my kind of swimmer. (And I promise I won't hold your hand or try to kiss you if we ever meet.) :thhbbb: P.S. Before anybody gets any ideas, read the Burquini thread. You've been warned. :duel: Attention Admins: We need the little devil smiley........ In Mexico the swim up bar is 15 ft from where I do my flip turns. I don't sip until my longer rest periods. 3 Margarita glasses equals 1500 meters. After 3 Margaretas I switch to Aqua Mineral with a squirt of limon. I try to do doubles - I don't mean drink doubles, I mean 2 workouts a day.

Water mainly....and now instead of Gatorade or Powerade or any sodas..... I started drinking the new V-8 Fusion drinks....Love em!!!!!!! Fuits and veggies in a drink!!!!!!! That actually tastes good too!!!!!

In Mexico the swim up bar is 15 ft from where I do my flip turns. I try to do doubles - I don't mean drink doubles, I mean 2 workouts a day. With this kind of set-up, I would do quintuples (workouts or drinks). Come to think of it, I actually did that once, in Pattaya, Thailand, at the Royal Cliff Beach Hotel........... Swim up bar........... I was in my mid-40's and the barman would open up a fresh Singha (beer) each time he would see me swimming up to the submerged barstool. When I didn't need a drink, I'd approach to -and turn at- one side of the bar. Strange thing is that after a few laps, I could still swim straight up to that barstool (and no goggles). Cheers

USMS's very own Joel Stager performed study described below. I have seen it mentioned in a couple of national publications. www.medscape.com/.../...3299&src=nldne Chocolate Milk May Improve Recovery After Exercise News Author: Laurie Barclay, MD CME Author: Désirée Lie, MD, MSEd Feb. 27, 2006 — Chocolate milk is an effective postexercise drink that improves recovery, according to the results of a small, randomized trial reported in the February issue of the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism. "Our study indicates that chocolate milk is a strong alternative to other commercial sports drinks in helping athletes recover from strenuous, energy-depleting exercise," coauthor Joel M. Stager, PhD, from Indiana University in Bloomington, said in a news release. "Chocolate milk contains an optimal carbohydrate to protein ratio, which is critical for helping refuel tired muscles after strenuous exercise and can enable athletes to exercise at a high intensity during subsequent workouts." On 3 separate days, 9 male, endurance-trained cyclists performed an interval workout followed by 4 hours of recovery, and a subsequent endurance trial to exhaustion at 70% maximum oxygen consumption (VO2max). In a single-blind, randomized design, the men drank equivalent volumes of chocolate milk, fluid replacement drink (FR), or carbohydrate replacement drink (CR) immediately after the first exercise bout and 2 hours of recovery. The chocolate milk and CR had equivalent carbohydrate content. Primary endpoints were time to exhaustion, average heart rate, rating of perceived exertion, and total work for the endurance exercise. Time to exhaustion and total work were significantly greater for chocolate milk and for FR trials than for CR trials, suggesting that chocolate milk is an effective recovery aid between 2 exhausting exercise bouts. Study limitations include the possibility that the 4-hour recovery period limited the complete digestion of the complex carbohydrates contained in CR. "The results of this study suggest that chocolate milk, with its high carbohydrate and protein content, may be considered an effective alternative to commercial FR and CR for recovery from exhausting, glycogen-depleting exercise," the authors write. The Dairy and Nutrition Council, Inc, supported this study in part. Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab. 2006;16:78-91

Jayhawk- yeah, that article was circling around the office today... much like the cheesecakes sent to me will be later this afternoon. Very interesting study.

Water, water, water and at meets Gatorade and water. During a 90 min workout I usually drink 20 oz. During the 2+ hour workouts I'm running dry in the water bottle. I've been drinking chocolate milk after hard workouts (running and spinning as well as swimming) for several months now. It really does help. I tried Advocare. Made me sick. Alison

Water, water, water and at meets Gatorade and water. During a 90 min workout I usually drink 20 oz. During the 2+ hour workouts I'm running dry in the water bottle. I've been drinking chocolate milk after hard workouts (running and spinning as well as swimming) for several months now. It really does help. I tried Advocare. Made me sick. Alison I'm sorry! What products made you sick? I know I tried the MNS vitamins - for energy/appetite suppression - and they did not agree with me. It had something in it that messed my stomach up. Thats why I just take Coreplex (basic multivitamin) and Omegaplex instead. With swimming, I don't really need to suppress my appetite! Rehydrate actually calms my stomach. I drink it whenever I have an upset stomach or a virus.