Water - why so freakin much?

[Lyndon]

I know to drink lots of water but why?

Does it help muscle grow better , or 'flush' fatloss out faster etc

Jeff Rodriguez (JROD) drinks like 8+ litres a day!

Is this to train the body to hold no water under the skin , not meaning at comp time either...

[Calvin]

Drinking water makes you urinate more. This is why it is beneficial. thnx

[Lyndon]

Drinking water makes you urinate more. This is why it is beneficial. thnx

Excellent! :shock:

[severe]

Reduces dehydration. Dehydration is the performance killer. Staying dry for stage presence is one thing, but water is the lubricant of the soul.

Drink none on a workout day, and see the difference. And peeing is good for you, as stated earlier.

8 liters a day is a little crazy. As long as you are never thirsty, imo you should be sweet. Unless you a fiend for supplements etc, then drink often. but 8 seems like he enjoys looking at his cock far too often.

[Monkey Man]

I'm constantly drinking and probably have around 4-6

[Android]

Someone I know just recently passed kidney stones.

Doctor said it was his high acidic diet (meat), more multi-vits than body needs, together with a lack of water to dilute the concentrations of salt. His job is in the airlines and always staying hydrated is challenging.

Minor side effect and not life threatening or permanent, but not fun pissing blood either 8)

More water would have helped...not less meat, not an option

[Andre01]

Someone I know just recently passed kidney stones.

Doctor said it was his high acidic diet (meat), more multi-vits than body needs, together with a lack of water to dilute the concentrations of salt. His job is in the airlines and always staying hydrated is challenging.

Minor side effect and not life threatening or permanent, but not fun pissing blood either 8)

More water would have helped...not less meat, not an option

or pissing the stone out.

your body needs water for everything that it does. As someone said before, as long as you are not dehydratd you should be fine. As a nurse (well almost) I cant stress it enough how important it is to drink. The other thing is that some vitamins and minerals need water to be absorbed.

[Android]

yeah, poor guy has one more stone to pass...just doesn't know when it's coming :-)

Have to add that this isn't from a lack of water short-term. It needs a bit of consistent dehydration/ excess minerals etc to build up to this point....years not months to build a stone u reckon?

[severe]

My mate got kidney stones. From drinking Rebulls all night (no water) every friday and saturday night for a year, while bouncing.

He is a meat eater.

But didn't drink water through his shifts, nor did he drink much through teh day.

He will never drink those crap drinks again, and now drinks water.

so, took about a year, but couldve been building longer.

[BeastBuilder]

I just carry around a 2L bottle with me all day and drink out of that and go through 3-4 of those, so thats 6-8L, I'm not overly big, 98kg at 5'11", I just drink lots so guess it depends on the person.

As strength training athletes we eat a shitload of protein so we need to drink more water than the average person given the extra load on our kidneys from all the protein, equally drinking water prevents dehydration and thus stress on your body, extra unwanted stress added along with other factors can hinder progress be it getting bigger or losing fat, but whatever the goal water is needed for both.

Just my 2 cents :wink: