November's Tip of the Month: Water

NikkiHorror · 11-09-2006, 02:36 PM #1 (**permalink**)

This is a short, but a good one.

You're not supposed to drink cold water when you work out!

Drinking chilled water when you excersize makes your body work too hard. Your body has to work to heat the water to body temperature like always, but it's especially hard for it to do when you're turbo kick boxing, jogging, or jazzer-cizing.

So drink tepid water when you're at the gym and your body will thank you!

8th_deadly_sin · 01-15-2007, 06:34 PM #2 (**permalink**)

Nice tip, I've never heard it before!
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Thanks!

glam8babe · 09-22-2007, 06:05 PM #3 (**permalink**)

never knew that! the gym where i go has a cold water tank

knoxydoll · 09-22-2007, 06:09 PM #4 (**permalink**)

Yup, it'll just make you sweat more and defeat the purpose of drinking it.

STolEn_KisS · 02-18-2008, 10:23 AM #5 (**permalink**)

hmm but if you are making your body work hard, won't that mean you are burning more calories?

MACATTAK · 02-18-2008, 03:29 PM #6 (**permalink**)

^^^ That's what I always thought. Plus they tell you to drink cold water every other time so your body will burn more calories!

knoxydoll · 02-19-2008, 06:38 PM #7 (**permalink**)

It doesn't burn you more calories, because it's almost instantly turned into sweat. You don't get the hydration you need, and you risk potentially passing out or getting ill from it. But that's only when your body's heat level is elevated and you're sweating already.

val-x · 08-22-2008, 05:34 AM #8 (**permalink**)

Thanks for the tip!I always drank cold water during gym classes, I'm not gonna do that anymore!

marissa762 · 09-01-2008, 04:44 PM #9 (**permalink**)

aren't you burning more calories when you are investing energy to heat it up ?

brokenxbeauty · 09-01-2008, 11:22 PM #10 (**permalink**)

Wow, cool tip! I've never heard this before.

emeraldjewels · 09-08-2008, 06:09 AM #11 (**permalink**)

Thanks, i've never heard this before. It does make sense.