How long after exercise can I drink water?

Do you like sports? Do you like drinking water? I believe everyone understands that doing more exercise can not only exercise the body, but also shape our beautiful figure. Drinking more water is even more necessary, at least eight glasses of water a day, which is beneficial to promote metabolism in our body. So today I’m going to talk to you about how long you should wait before you can drink water after exercise.

The main electrolytes in sweat are sodium and chloride ions, with smaller amounts of potassium and calcium. During long-term exercise, the sweat lost contains the most sodium. The loss of sodium ions and chloride ions cannot regulate physiological changes such as body fluids and temperature in a timely manner. At this time, replenishing water alone may not be enough to cope with the loss of electrolytes. Drinking too much boiled water will dilute the electrolytes in the blood and lead to hyponatremia. Sports drinks not only replenish water, but also contain sodium, potassium, chloride ions and glucose, which can also replenish lost electrolytes.

Remember to rest and drink water every 15 minutes to half an hour after exercise. If you are severely dehydrated, feel muscle weakness, nausea and vomiting, you can add half a teaspoon of salt to your drinking water to replenish the lost salt. When drinking water, avoid guzzling it. The correct speed for drinking water is to drink it slowly in small sips so that the body can absorb it well.

It is best to keep drinking water close to room temperature. Drinking ice water after intense exercise can easily irritate the respiratory and digestive systems and affect body expansion; while overheated water can easily burn the mouth and esophagus, causing the stomach to absorb more slowly.

Commercially available sports drinks contain glucose, electrolytes and water, so they can also be used as a substitute for drinking water, but it is not advisable to drink too much; when not exercising, it is best to drink less. Fruits with high water content, such as watermelon and pear, are also good auxiliary sources of water.

The above is the article that the editor introduced to you about how long you should wait before you can drink water after exercise. I hope that you can remember the editor’s introduction after exercise in the future. In fact, everyone knows that after exercise, the water in the human body will be lost along with sweat, so generally after a short period of exercise or sweating, everyone needs to replenish the body's necessary water by drinking water.