If i drink a gallon of water a day.. what will thay help me with?

Question

Im wrestling, and i want to know EVERYTHING (Mostly everything) that will help me with..?

Answer 1

it will keep you from being dehydrated if you active. if not active youll just urinate a lot. lol

Answer 2

You are mostly water. In fact, if you took the water out of a 180 lb lean body, there would only be 55 lbs left. Because your muscles, your brain, your blood and sweat are mostly water. Your body doesn't work like it should when it doesn't have enough water. You don't think as clearly; your endurances is compromised and your heart works harder.


When you're severely dehydrated, sweating stopsand you body overheats. The result is fatigue, weakness, dizziness and collapse or worse. In fact; every yr; deaths in young healthy athletes are linked to severe dehydration.

Sometimes, you don't even see sweat like when you go swimming. But you sweat everywhere; whenever you body heats up. from working out. Sweating is your body's cooling system. Evaporation from your sweat cools you down.

When you sweat, you lose water from your body that must be replaced. Feeling sick and cramping have been believed to be due to too much water. When in fact, stomachache,and muscle cramps are usually signs of not drinking enough fluids.


Athletes working out in the heat for several hrs can lose 10 lbs. that's more than a gallon of water. Drinking fluids after a workout is extremely impt Even when drinking fluids during a work-out many athletes been dehydrated.

Forget aout the old rule of drinking 8 glasses a day. You probably need more than that on a given day. Counting how many glasses you drink is only one way of keeping track of what you need. A better way of making sure you're hydrated is to check body weight before and after practice.

For accuracy, weigh in minimal clothhing if there's privacy. Afterwards change out of the sweaty clothing. The weight loss during practice or competition is not fat, it's water loss.

One pint of water weighs 1 lb. To replace the water, drink 1 pint for every lb of water loss. 1 pint-= 16 ozs -= 500cc- 1 /2 liter. It is critical to replace the water loss as quickly as possible , -If you can not check your weight;, make sure you observe your body for any signs for dehydration.


Mouth should not be dry and you urine should always look lemon colored most of the times. Other signs for dehydration, are losss of appetite, muscle cramps and stomaches are other warning signs of dehydration.

Heat illnessses are common problems for athletes. Heat cramps, heat exhaustion, heat strokes can come from similar circumstances; poor adjustment to the weather; relative dehydration.

Go to the site below for more info on the signs and symptoms of these heat illnesses.

http://www.tamu.edu/ticc/heat_illness.pdf

The following lists the type of drinks and their water content:

diet soft drinks, tea and coffee 99%
sport drinks 94%
milk 90%
soup 90%
soft drinks, soda pop, juice 89%
yogurt 80%
corn 76%
baked potato 74% etc

Answer 3

Water is very good for you, but too much of a good thing isn't. Don't down a bunch of water just because you think it's going to work some kind of miracle for wrestling. Sure, you will be hydrated, but you might consume too much of it and get sick, and that isn't good for your sports career, is it? Do everything in moderation, and you will be fine. I don't think it'll help you make weight, either, if you need to drop a few........if you are trying to gain it'll just make you feel bloated and sluggish....so I don't know what you are wanting this water to do for you....

Answer 4

Yeah you can drown your brain if you drink too much water, not to mention give yourself a crippling stomach ache. Once i tried to drink 7 glasses of water in a row and I don't know what is more painful, the stomach ache that followed or chopping off a limb.

Answer 5

Are you asking if water will help you with wrestling? Well, water helps with anything. Especially with doing anything physical. Something else that will help you would be to hit the gym and work on it all, arms, legs, back, chest and abs, and buy a medicine ball.

Answer 6

Amateur or Pro Wrestling?

If you're working out and taking supplements the water will be retained in your muscles which is not good if you have to make weight for matches.

Answer 7

I agree with the first guy. You may be drinking too much water. Remember, you do get water from fruits and veggies also. Have a nice evening.

Answer 8

Check if you are not diabetic. If you aren't, drinking water is a good signal from your efforts, which surely will help.

Answer 9

Who are "they"?? And a gallon of water is a bit extreme. You'll be running to the bathroom a lot.

Answer 10

Did you know that you can actually OD from drinking too much water? Yes, it is true..... although you are burning up alot of fat and you need to stay hydrated, too much of anything is not good for you.

Answer 11

Water is good for you period so drink up.