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Drink Up!

BY KATHLEEN

Hydra­tion is cru­cial to your health, but in the sum­mer, it is cru­cial to the pre­ven­tion of heat ill­ness. If your activ­ity lasts an hour or less, water is the best source of hydra­tion. Longer activ­i­ties will impli­cate elec­trolytes, and then sports drinks is the bet­ter choice (alter­na­tively, water enhanced with ½ tsp of salt per 16 o.z.). Stay away from caf­feinated or car­bon­ated beverages.

Pre-hydration is as impor­tant as post-workout hydra­tion. Thirst is not a good indi­ca­tor. By the time you feel thirsty, you are dehy­drated. Dur­ing the work­out, you should be con­sum­ing 8 o.z. of water for every twenty min­utes of activ­ity. After your work­out, remem­ber to rehy­drate. If you are feel­ing dehy­drated, in addi­tion to flu­ids, try a banana, some pickle juice, or a lit­tle mustard.

Don’t waste your drink­ing water by pour­ing it on your head. Pour­ing water on the skin does lit­tle to decrease core body temperature.

Finally, one more rea­son to wear your sun block: Sun­burned skin is less effi­cient at sweating.

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13 Responses to “Drink Up!”

1. tracy says:

   July 28, 2011 at 9:26 am

   Ahhh…my fren­emy Park Murph. How I have dreaded your return, but looked for­ward to get­ting to know you again. You are like a nice ver­sion of the park rash, detested and a badge of honor at the same time. An work­out oxy­moron of sorts.

   And team hard core really rocked it — Jeff, Bayo and Greg! I am glad some­one is still super duper sore from Monday’s work­out, because I thought it was just me and my pecs that were feel­ing the pain.

   Also, get excited about tomorrow’s PT test and the prizes for the per­fect atten­dance groupies! And the T-shirts! And cof­fee after­wards! What a tough month, but Shazia, Wes and Susan really proved their worth this month!
2. Jeff says:

   July 28, 2011 at 9:58 am

   Tracy, you were awe­some today and kept us mov­ing! Greg and Bayo were awe­some work­out part­ners! It was awe­some awe­some­ness all around. See you tomor­row for end of month. I feel bad get­ting a t-shirt when I missed more days than I attended. Next month I plan to achieve per­fect atten­dance since I have no vaca­tion scheduled.

   I am 50–50 for the Happy Hour at the Nook tomor­row night. It’s been a s*&^tty week.
3. Kathleen says:

   July 28, 2011 at 10:20 am

   I can’t remem­ber Lauren’s name for the Terresa/Jamie/Kate team, but they were fantastic!

   This has been an amaz­ing month. Con­grats to Tracy, Wes, Shazia, and Susan!! Only one more day to go.
4. Wes Wes says:

   July 28, 2011 at 11:37 am

   Park Murph? More like Puke Murph. Man, that one is hard. Thank you M.E. for leav­ing out the round of squats!

   See you all tomor­row for a dy-no-mite PT test!
5. Mary Ellen says:

   July 28, 2011 at 12:16 pm

   Woop­sie — didn’t mean to leave out the squats — just totally messed up and said sit-ups instead. I think Leigh more than made up for the miss­ing squats for many of you, but for those of you that missed it, maybe we’ll do one final round of tabatas tomorrow.

   How is July is almost over?! Can’t wait to see some of the num­bers tomor­row. It’s been a tough month and I’m sure it’s paid off for a lot of you!

   M.E.
6. Girl Jamie says:

   July 28, 2011 at 12:23 pm

   Team name for Terrrrresa/Kate/Jamie = 2 Asians + 1 Cau­cASIAN

   Woooo-eeeee! Park Murph with a twist (sit-ups instead of squats) was just as deadly. M.E, don’t worry, we’ll still fear it just as much. Espe­cially since Leigh decided to take us through 3,392,059,201 rounds of tabata squats after­wards. Dang you, Leigh! I think Bahar’s “OH GEEZ!” reac­tion pretty much summed it up. But it’s such a good full body work­out! First run felt ok. Kate was a speed demon and kept it up through­out the entire work­out! I thought I was doing well, then I heard these foot­steps behind me that had at least 2 sec­onds inbe­tween each foot­step. I knew it had to be a tall per­son fast approach­ing. Lo and behold, it was the one and only…BAYO!! No sand­bag­ging today! Sec­ond run…helllllo legs! It was rough, and the fin­ish line couldn’t come soon enough.

   Boy Jamie: you come back to us, ya hear? Enjoy August, and we’ll see you in Sep­tem­ber. Shoot me an email at jamieykchan@​gmail.​com when you get the chance. I for­got to tell you some­thing.
   Mr. Sweeney: Missed you today! Is the Happy Hour still on for tomor­row? 6pm at The Nook, right?
   Oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY! haha
   Con­grats to all the July per­fect atten­dance campers! This had to be one of the tough­est months with the 5 day week and you stuck with it! Amazing!

   This is super cool. I want one in my front lawn. Grass globe in Paris: http://​www​.mymod​ern​met​.com/​p​r​o​f​i​l​e​s​/​b​l​o​g​s​/​3​d​-​g​r​a​s​s​-​g​l​o​b​e​-​a​t​-​p​a​r​i​s​-​c​ity

   See you tomor­row for the fab­u­lous PT/t-shirt/coffee day!
7. Daniel says:

   July 28, 2011 at 1:47 pm

   Sh!Ty weeks deserve a Happy Hour at the Nook!

   Meet us at the Nook, by the 14th ST gate of Pied­mont Park, around 6PM.

   Promise no Burpees.
8. Marcia says:

   July 28, 2011 at 2:37 pm

   Park Murph is one of my favorites… a nice run with some core exer­cises. Thanks Mary Ellen! I also didn’t mind not doing the sit ups!

   Thanks Susan for keep­ing our team moti­vated! Angela, Karen and Shazia were get­ting it done.

   See every­one tomor­row! I will try to make the Happy Hour (I don’t get off work until 7 and I’m com­ing for Alpharetta so hope­fully the fun will still be going on when I arrive.)
9. Julie says:

   July 28, 2011 at 2:50 pm

   Rick and Cha Cha are my heroes. I sucked today.

   Some­one please remind me, aside from the 20 rounds of stairs, what is our PT test tomorrow?

   Happy hour can’t come soon enough, I may be there around 1 p.m.
10. Girl Jamie says:

    July 28, 2011 at 3:32 pm

    Our last Happy Hour at Front Page News lasted until at least 10pm, so come on down! Looks like Julie might be three sheets to the wind by the time 6pm rolls around. Rock­star. Work­out hard, play harder

    From The Nook’s web­site:
    Fri­day Week­end Kick-Off!
    Cel­e­brate the begin­ning of the week­end with buy one, get one Totchos with your pur­chase of an adult bev­er­age between 5-7pm and join us at 6pm sharp for a spe­cial treat

    Umm­mmm, totchos?! Yes, please! Get in my belly!

    PT: start at the lake/dock, run the loop around the upper hill, 40 squats, 30 sit-ups, 20 push-ups, 10 burpees, gazil­lion stair runs, puke. Yay!
11. tracy says:

    July 28, 2011 at 4:43 pm

    I have heard out­landish sto­ries about the Totcho and Fish Bowl expe­ri­ence at the Nook for years. Being from Texas, I con­sider myself a tator tot snob, so I will be forc­ing every­one to order var­i­ous Totcho con­coc­tions so that I may sam­ple and award the win­ner of best Totcho.

    I will also speak for the Lit­tle Devil and go ahead and promise that she will force every­one to drink from the fish bowl and, if she is still stand­ing by the end of Happy Hour, she will award the win­ner of best fish bowl mixture.
12. terresa says:

    July 28, 2011 at 7:23 pm

    team name for jamie, kate, and me.…2 wongs make a white?

    huge con­grats to shazia, wes, susan, and tracy for your per­fect atten­dance. i am seri­ously impressed! espe­cially that crazy 5 day week. you guys are amazing!

    can’t make happy hour tomor­row night:(. some­body please have a drink on my behalf!

    see you tomor­row morn­ing for PT!
13. Girl Jamie says:

    July 28, 2011 at 11:42 pm

    OMG Ter­rrresa. You are hilar­i­ous! I hope no one is offended by our ran­dom Asian humor!