Can I drink water after exercise and what should I pay attention to?

After exercise, our body is still in a depressed state. If we drink water at this time, it may cause great harm to our stomach and may also cause us to vomit by mistake. Therefore, we must have a buffer stage and then drink water. This can effectively avoid unnecessary harm caused by drinking water after exercise. Let us now understand whether we can drink water after exercise and what precautions to take.

1. 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 gargle with water or drink 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.

2. 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 gargle with water or drink 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.

It is very helpful for us to know in advance whether we can drink water after exercise and some precautions. It will be of great help to us in alleviating many problems. At the same time, we must pay great attention to exercise and other measures to avoid damage to our body and endanger our life and health due to improper exercise.