Can I drink water immediately after strenuous exercise?

When exercising, people often sweat profusely due to the large amount of exercise. Excessive sweating will inevitably make people feel thirsty, so many people will drink a lot of water after exercise. However, this practice is actually incorrect. If you do this frequently, it will cause physical discomfort. So, what should you do when drinking water after exercise? What should you pay attention to?

After strenuous exercise, people often sweat a lot to remove heat, and sweat also removes some of the salt in the blood. If you drink a lot of water right away, it will increase sweat excretion, causing more salt loss, and increase blood circulation, thereby increasing the burden on the heart. Therefore, people should not drink water immediately after strenuous exercise.

Hydration during exercise is very important. Exercise intensity, duration, weather conditions, etc. all have an impact. The easiest way is to judge based on weight. Since dehydration is the main reason for weight loss after exercise, you can calculate the proportion of dehydration to body weight based on the method of "pre-exercise weight minus post-exercise weight divided by pre-exercise weight". When the amount of dehydration is less than 1% of your body weight, you will feel slightly thirsty and only need to drink ordinary water. When the amount of dehydration is 2%-3% of your body weight, taking a 50 kg body weight as an example, if your weight drops by 1-1.5 kg after exercise, you need to drink salt water with a concentration below 0.9%. Only when the amount of dehydration is greater than 4% of your body weight, you need to drink sports drinks. At this time, exercise consumes a lot of water, and substances such as electrolytes, sodium and potassium are also lost in large quantities. Supplementing with sports drinks can help restore body functions.

When it comes to hydration, we must insist on drinking small amounts and multiple times! Never drink too much!

From a health perspective, you should not drink water immediately after exercise, as this will increase the burden on your heart. However, if you sweat too much and are very thirsty, you can drink some water appropriately. But when drinking water, you should pay attention to drinking in small sips, and you can stop after drinking two sips. After resting for a while, drink in small sips again. Repeating this process is good for your body.