Low cal or regular cal gatorade?
I've put on a bit of weight and want it to stop. I figured switching to low calorie gatorade might help with that a bit. I'm an athelete, so I do need the drinks (and I absolutely hate coconut water). Is the lower calorie gatorade super bad for you, or is it just as bad as regular calorie gatorade, just with fewer calories? Thanks!
If you're going to use it as a recovery tool after a tough workout - do regular gatorade.
Back in my days of college athletics I would go through 1 G of gatorade in a day.
Probably not the healthiest/smartest idea, but it kept me hydrated.
If you need a post workout drink, drink organic milk (or even yummier-organic chocolate milk). It's cheaper, more nutritious and a better post-workout drink for athletes. When I did track, it's what our dietitian recommended we drink after practice, and she was right.
regular gatorade diluted with water.
Man people might disagree with me, but I'm also an athlete and I never drink gatorade, just water. It's just sugar water with salt, well and artificial colors and flavors that you could do without. IMO its not healthy... and if you eat a healthy balanced meal before hand that should be good. But Im no professional, so no facts.
Maybe make your own gatorade lol at least a bit healthier
Oh and I worked out 5 hours a day doing basketball/weights/a lot of running.
1 hour movement
2 hours practoce
1 hour ipi (weights)
then went to my other gym:
15-1 hour cardio
30-1 hour weight training
Im injured now, but that's what I did and I never passed out/lightheaded or anything with only water. =D
Not to be argumentative, but Gatorade does a much better job than water as far as hydrating you during tough workouts.
Then again, most anything with sugar and some electrolytes will do a better job than water. Gatorade is just the most widely available and publicized.
5 hours a day? I can see why you were injured.
Drop the gatorade and drink water. If you are doing VERY long intense workouts (4+ hours a day) then you may want to add a bit of salt and a splash of juice to your water to replace the lost electrolytes. Gatorade is nothing but a marketing gimmick.
Check out this link: "The truth about sports drinks" published today in BMJ.
I was injured because I had bad form because I was new. =D I went to a sports academy school so yeah that was the program.
And of course it works better than water... but not if you're trying to lose weight.
If you MUST have something have some real juice or something.
Bad form seems pretty inevitable when you lift a lot, it only takes one time to mess your body up. It seems most seasoned bodybuilders and strength trainers have pretty debilitating injuries, but pain killers help.
Sometimes it is just bad genetics amongst other billion zillion factors.
5 hours of working out is something I don't aspire to do especially after growing older, unless light cardio like walking or lightly playing a sport is thrown in there.
Original Post by jjmethini:
Bad form seems pretty inevitable when you lift a lot, it only takes one time to mess your body up. It seems most seasoned bodybuilders and strength trainers have pretty debilitating injuries, but pain killers help.
Sometimes it is just bad genetics amongst other billion zillion factors.
5 hours of working out is something I don't aspire to do especially after growing older, unless light cardio like walking or lightly playing a sport is thrown in there.
Yeah. Doc said basically my back will never heal. Oh well I can get over it haha. But I also think genetics come into play because EVERYONE on my fathers side of the family have bad backs/other injuries. -_-
I love basketball but I don't think I will be able to keep up with it I always get hurt, so atm Im sticking with just the gym 1-1.5 hours. Hopefully I can lose with that. Lol.
Original Post by krissy55555:
Drop the gatorade and drink water. If you are doing VERY long intense workouts (4+ hours a day) then you may want to add a bit of salt and a splash of juice to your water to replace the lost electrolytes. Gatorade is nothing but a marketing gimmick.
Check out this link: "The truth about sports drinks" published today in BMJ.
That goes directly against several scientific studies which show a boost in performance in endurance athletes who hydrate with a liquid containing sugar as opposed to plain water.
Do you have links to those studies? There doesn't seem to me to be much in the way of studies supporting the use of sports drinks in "normal" people (not elite athletes), with the exception of research sponsored by the drink companies.
I agree that that there may be a slight performance benefit in elite athletes doing long, intense workouts. However, I think adding a bit of juice and salt to your water is just as effective as using a sports drink.
Original Post by krissy55555:
Do you have links to those studies? There doesn't seem to me to be much in the way of studies supporting the use of sports drinks in "normal" people (not elite athletes), with the exception of research sponsored by the drink companies.
I agree that that there may be a slight performance benefit in elite athletes doing long, intense workouts. However, I think adding a bit of juice and salt to your water is just as effective as using a sports drink.
Like I said, it only really applies to endurance athletes (high level, at that, like you said).
Here are a couple:
http://jp.physoc.org/content/587/8/1779.abstr act
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F1 0.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0000927
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