Things to note when drinking water during exercise

Many people drink cold water during exercise, which is a very bad habit. It may cause great irritation to our own gastrointestinal tract and cause severe stomach pain. Over time, it may cause stomach problems. At the same time, you should not engage in strenuous physical exercise before or after meals. Let's get familiar with the precautions for drinking water during exercise.

First, avoid drinking a lot of water immediately. Experts believe that this will reduce the salt content in the blood. In addition, sweating makes it easier to lose salt, which can easily reduce the osmotic pressure of cells, leading to sodium metabolism disorders and muscle cramps. Second, avoid taking a cold shower or using air conditioning immediately. Experts believe that due to the large difference between limb temperature and water temperature, calf cramps are likely to occur due to sudden contact with cold substances. Therefore, after strenuous exercise, you should wipe off the sweat first and take a shower when the sweat stops. In addition, the strong blowing of cold wind after exercise will take away a lot of body heat, causing the skin temperature to drop too quickly, which can easily cause colds, flu, bronchitis and other diseases. The third taboo is to stop and rest immediately. If you stop to rest right after a strenuous exercise, a large amount of venous blood in the limbs will accumulate in the veins, causing the heart to be deprived of blood. The brain will also experience symptoms of hypoxia such as dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and shock due to insufficient blood supply from the heart. Fourth, avoid eating immediately. During strenuous exercise, blood is mostly concentrated in the limb muscles and respiratory system, while the digestive organs have relatively less blood and poor digestion and absorption capacity. Therefore, it is not advisable to eat immediately after strenuous exercise. Only proper exercise can lead to a healthy life.

Mastering these precautions for drinking water during exercise can effectively prevent us from having stomach pains. At the same time, there are obvious individual differences among different people, and their physical fitness and health conditions are different, so the exercise time and method chosen should not be exactly the same. The best one is the one that suits you.