Can I drink water after exercising?

For many people, losing weight and fitness are different, but in fact the difference is not that big. Everyone mainly cares about health. Losing weight is because of overweight, which will lead to many problems in the body. Fitness is for a more perfect body, so we should encourage everyone to exercise more. But when it comes to drinking water during exercise, people may not know much about it. So when should we drink water?

During strenuous exercise, although the amount of sweat will increase rapidly, and due to accelerated and enhanced breathing, the water in the mouth and throat evaporates faster, and the saliva secretion decreases, thus causing the throat mucosa to dry out and causing a feeling of thirst, the body is not necessarily dehydrated. Usually, just gargling with water or drinking a small amount of water will be enough. If you drink a lot of water during strenuous exercise, it will cause your stomach to swell, hinder diaphragm activity and affect your breathing; at the same time, it will also reduce gastric acid concentration and affect digestive function. After strenuous exercise, the body's salt is consumed due to excessive sweating. At this time, drinking a lot of water cannot replenish the salt. Instead, it will reduce the osmotic pressure of the blood, destroy the water and salt metabolism balance in the body, affect the body's normal physiological functions, and even cause muscle cramps. In addition, the heart activity is still very intense after exercise. Drinking a lot of water will increase the amount of circulating blood, thus increasing the burden on the heart.

Generally speaking, if the amount of exercise is not too much, you can replenish water immediately, or drink about 100 ml at a time after 5 minutes. Wait at least 10 minutes between each session. It is not advisable to replenish water immediately after strenuous exercise. You can only gargle or swallow no more than 50 ml of water. You should do rest exercises (such as slow walking after a long-distance run) to get the body out of the exercise state. When the carotid pulse rate recovers to below 120 beats/minute (you can press the carotid artery to measure it yourself), you can replenish water. It is still advisable to replenish 100 ml at a time, with at least 10 minutes between each two times.

In fact, it is not just that you cannot drink water immediately after strenuous exercise, but you cannot drink a lot of water. Otherwise, it can easily lead to headaches, vomiting, etc., and it will also affect cardiopulmonary activity. You should take the method of drinking small amounts multiple times. You can't rest immediately, so there are many things you need to pay attention to after exercise!