Fitness Tip - Hydration

Rest and Hydrate! A common phrase heard around the studio.

We're always telling clients to drink more water. But why and how much? Here are some of the benefits of drinking water.

• Helps to suppress appetite
• Regulates body temperature
• Helps the body to release stored water
• Ensures proper organ function
• Aids in metabolism of water
• Acts as a key ingredient to muscle contraction
• Helps rid the body of waste and avoid constipation

Ok, so you're sold on the benefits of water, but how much should you drink. Everybody knows the 8, eight oz glass rule. That's fine for someone who is sedentary, but it's not enough for an active person trying to change their body composition.

Use this rule instead: Drink half your body weight in ounces per day. That's a lot of water you say. Yes, but you need the water.

How do I drink all that water in one day? Simple get a 32 oz. water bottle (BPA free of course) and drink it. Repeat it as necessary. And yes, you will pee a lot as well:)

Remember to make YOU a priority in 2009.