Sweating the Details
Hydration tips to improve your workout
I've come to Austin, Texas, in the middle of July to sweat. Before I even step off the plane, my pits spring a leak. And they're just warming up: I'm on my way to the Human Performance Lab at the University of Texas to get a scientific read on my perspiration. I can easily soak a sports bra during a workout, but I have no idea whether that's healthy — or how often I should reach for a water bottle to stave off dehydration.
Normally, I'm an athletics geek — give me a heart-rate monitor or any other gadget that spits out a numeric assessment of my (hopefully) improving fitness, and I'm as happy as an iPhone beta tester. But hydration? Bleh. Where's the cool data or graph-able output in that?
I arrive at the lab, strip down, and weigh in. After throwing on cycling shorts and a tank top, I pedal a stationary bike inside a chamber whose temperature is set to sweltering: 92 degrees with 50 percent humidity. Thirty minutes later, I'm drenched. I get naked again and discover that I've lost more than three-fourths of a pound. Yikes. Seems like a lot.
Normally, I'm an athletics geek — give me a heart-rate monitor or any other gadget that spits out a numeric assessment of my (hopefully) improving fitness, and I'm as happy as an iPhone beta tester. But hydration? Bleh. Where's the cool data or graph-able output in that?
I arrive at the lab, strip down, and weigh in. After throwing on cycling shorts and a tank top, I pedal a stationary bike inside a chamber whose temperature is set to sweltering: 92 degrees with 50 percent humidity. Thirty minutes later, I'm drenched. I get naked again and discover that I've lost more than three-fourths of a pound. Yikes. Seems like a lot.
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