How much water should you drink daily?

gnolan

By this i mean tap or bottled water on it's own, not with teas or coffee, or even water content in fruit and everything else. I never drank much water each day, but have recently made a conscious effort to drink about 4 litres a day. I'm not sure if this is too much, and i realise it depends on activity level and diet.

I am doing the stronglifts program, so exercising about 80-90 minutes 3 times a week while maintaining a diet between 1750 and 2000 cal.

rubadub

gnolan wrote: »

By this i mean tap or bottled water on it's own, not with teas or coffee, or even water content in fruit and everything else.

But all this does count. I think they recommend 8 glasses WORTH of water per day. This was some study in a hospital then somebody misinterpreted it to mean 8 glasses a day, on top of food. But you are getting water with foods you eat all day long, unless you live off dried foods!

If you have a massive bowl of watery soup you are getting in your water, why would you omit it?

Coffee & tea have caffeine which is a diuretic (make you pee) so you might have to drink a little more to compensate, though I have heard its effects are not as much as you would think. But alcohol will have an negative effect over a certain %, you can drink 10 pints but be dehydrated, you should have pints of water while out drinking, makes you feel better too, more alert.

Depends on how much you sweat too. When I started lifting I was unfit and fat and it was summer, I sweated like a hog. Now in cold weather I barely break a sweat lifting (except for 20 squats which leaves me drenched!).

I have heard many times that the amount you need is over-rated, and to just listen to your body, if you are thirsty -drink.

RacoonQueen

I don't include tea, fruit, juice etc...try to drink about 4 litres outside that

dioltas

I usually drink alot, I'd be hard to put a number on it though. As said already if I'm thirsty I drink. I've read that it's a good idea to drink enough to keep your p*ss clear.

O.P.H

Jesus 4 litres is a huge amount of water in my opinion. I've always understood that the RDA for water daily is about 1.5 litres for women and 2 litres for men and by your exercise plan you dont seem to need and special intake of water, unlike a marathon runner or somethin. Once your pissin clear your ok. Too much water is dangerous, so dont over do it.

Roper

O.P.H wrote: »

JToo much water is dangerous, so dont over do it.

Okay, gotta bite. Tell me why.

OP if you get yourself a bottle and sip as you go you'll find you get more into you on any given day. And all that "don't count tea/coffee fruit juice etc." is a bit extreme and most people out of a lab/office will tell you not to worry about that. Just get fluids in. Obviously it doesn't mean 12 cups of coffee and no H2O.

dave80

ive had 3 ltr of water already today just about to fill another ltr bottle, i find the water stops me from snack on cr*p as the water fills me up a bit

rubadub

Roper wrote: »

Okay, gotta bite. Tell me why.

In extreme cases you can die, like Leah Betts died from water, not MDMA, they go looking for the dealer when really they should have been after the media whos over the top propoganda and dangerous "advice" just to shock and sell a few more papers lead to her, and others, to drink toxic amounts of water.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication

I have also heard excess water can flush out nutrients, and could cause a strain on your body. Dunno if that is true, but also you spend all day in the jacks

Roper

rubadub wrote: »

In extreme cases you can die, like Leah Betts died from water, not MDMA, they go looking for the dealer when really they should have been after the media whos over the top propoganda and dangerous "advice" just to shock and sell a few more papers lead to her, and others, to drink toxic amounts of water.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication

I have also heard excess water can flush out nutrients, and could cause a strain on your body. Dunno if that is true, but also you spend all day in the jacks

Well I think the lesson there is taking E impairs your judgement, and don't read The Sun. Who knew?

The vast majority of people don't drink enough water. If one member of this forum dies from excessive intake of water (non drug related of course) in the next year, I will pay for their funeral. You heard it here first. Now don't all rush out buying water, I'm not serious.

I helped with an endurance kayaker last year and he collapsed in the boat after 14 hours during his race. The medics at waterside immediately pushed the "too much water" panic button until the doc arrived and said "looks like the flu". It was.

It is a concern for people in extreme endurance sports, taking too much on board too soon, but let's get real here, it's very, very unlikely for the average gym goer.

r3nu4l

As Roper says, the average gym goer is unlikely to drink too much water but you can die from drinking too much water.

This woman was on a severely calorie controlled diet

This guy tried to soothe his gums

Scientific American article

The problem is that by drinking fat too much water we can disrupt the balance of small molecules and electrolytes in the body in the opposite way to severe dehydration but nevertheless still disrupt their function.

NinjaK

I know this is an old thread but ill ask anyway, how much water do people here drink? Im a male in my 20's who works out, is 3 liters a day too much?

Leax

read this a while back and found it interesting:
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/8-glasses-of-water-a-day/#axzz1vWqt4On2