Daily water intake

[muscle99]

How much straight water do you consume a day? I am about 80kg @ about 10% bf & I drink about 7- 9 litres per day. 3litres 1st thing in the morning. Dispite this I seem to be dehydrated all the time. Little or yellow piss, dry eyes, little sweating.

[HarryB]

It is possible to drink too much water. Robs your body of all it's water soluble vitamins and minerals. I would have thought that about 3 to 4 litres would have been more than enough. Heck I am 116 kg and go through about 3 litres a day max. And even that has me pissing every bloody 30 mins.

[rovr4on]

i drink about 2 litres a day and im 81kg 10-13%bf, only get yellow piss in morning or after a multi, but do get dry mouth at night, hard!!!

[jokerized]

How much straight water do you consume a day? I am about 80kg @ about 10% bf & I drink about 7- 9 litres per day. 3litres 1st thing in the morning. Dispite this I seem to be dehydrated all the time. Little or yellow piss, dry eyes, little sweating.

thats a lot of water, must be pissing every 10 mins!

[bang_bang]

7-9 litres...? are you sure? thats a f*ck load of water. i struggle to drink the 3 litre i aim for.

[maccaz]

shieet thats a lot of water, ever been checked for diabetes?

[drizzt]

Huge amount of water! I have a 1.5l bottle, and I aim to get through that twice each day, has me pissing like a racehorse.

I did 6-7litres a day in the leadup to a powerlifting comp a few weeks back, and I found that really tough to get the amount in, was constantly sipping water through the day to reach my target.

3 litres at once in the morning is massive, I'd imagine that would surpass the daily intake for a lot of folk...

If you're not letting much of it out I'd start thinking about a GP visit...

[Phedder]

shieet thats a lot of water, ever been checked for diabetes?

Diabetics piss a lot, and he's said he doesn't. Seems odd though, it's gotta be going somewhere, unless he's gaining a few kg a day :shock: Could always try tasting your piss, and hope it's not sweet

I usually drink roughly 4L a day just sipping away comfortably.

[nate225]

6-7 L is the usual. Maybe only 5.5 L on non training days.

[andy s]

How much straight water do you consume a day? I am about 80kg @ about 10% bf & I drink about 7- 9 litres per day. 3litres 1st thing in the morning. Dispite this I seem to be dehydrated all the time. Little or yellow piss, dry eyes, little sweating.

I think thats roughly 8 kgs per day in mass terms. Thats a heap of water. As a general rule of thumb, I work water intake out as body mass (weight) X 0.033. ie. 80 kg X 0.033 = 2.64 litres/day. I've also been told to add a pinch of salt per litre in the summer as we sweat out alot of sodium?

Andy.

[Ronin]

I'd go through 2-3L easily during training of 90-120min (or more accurately, 2-3L goes through me easily ). Then another couple of litres during the day, on top of a few coffees and green teas. And that sees me pissing like a racehorse all day and night

[mike27]

i got thru 3ltrs or a bit more each day

im 87kg