Can I drink water immediately after exercise?

As the pace of life becomes increasingly faster, more and more people are starting to use exercise to keep fit, and more and more people are doing morning exercises. The editor recently discovered that many people will replenish water or electrolyte drinks immediately after exercise. Although what they drink is not exactly the same, many people drink it immediately after exercise. So, is it right to drink water immediately after exercise? Let me give you some basic information.

After strenuous exercise, people often sweat a lot to remove heat, and sweat also removes some of the salt in the blood. If you drink a lot of water right away, it will increase sweat excretion, causing more salt loss, and increase blood circulation, thereby increasing the burden on the heart. Therefore, people should not drink water immediately after strenuous exercise.

Sports drinks should not be consumed casually. Taking them when they are not needed may cause harm to the body. In addition to water, functional drinks also contain glucose, sodium, and potassium. These substances only need to be replenished after a large amount of loss. If exercise does not cause the loss of solutes such as sodium and potassium, drinking a large amount of functional drinks will increase the sodium and potassium content, which may affect the balance of water and electrolytes.

Hydration during exercise is very important. Exercise intensity, duration, weather conditions, etc. all have an impact. The easiest way is to judge based on weight. Since dehydration is the main reason for weight loss after exercise, you can calculate the proportion of dehydration to body weight based on the method of "pre-exercise weight minus post-exercise weight divided by pre-exercise weight". When the amount of dehydration is less than 1% of your body weight, you will feel slightly thirsty and only need to drink ordinary water. When the amount of dehydration is 2%-3% of your body weight, taking a 50 kg body weight as an example, if your weight drops by 1-1.5 kg after exercise, you need to drink salt water with a concentration below 0.9%. Only when the amount of dehydration is greater than 4% of your body weight, you need to drink sports drinks. At this time, exercise consumes a lot of water, and substances such as electrolytes, sodium and potassium are also lost in large quantities. Supplementing with sports drinks can help restore body functions.

Therefore, it is wrong to drink water immediately after exercise, as it will stimulate our gastrointestinal mucosa and cause it to vibrate strongly. In severe cases, it can also cause serious acute diseases such as acute gastric bleeding and intestinal cramps. Therefore, do not drink water immediately after exercise. Rest for a while, wait until your breathing is stable, and then drink water in small sips. It is best to drink light salt water. This is the correct way.