How to Fill Up at the Hydration Station for Maximum Workout Mileage
Cute kicks and the perfect playlist *aren’t* the make-it-or-break-it of a sweat sesh. Your hydration levels are. Whether you’re a fan of water or not, there’s no denying we all need it for our bodies to work, and definitely to work out.
Read on to learn why H2O is the MVP of exercise, and how to plan your chugging around your weight-room crushing.
Yes, water is EVERYTHING
You’ve likely heard the stat that water makes up about 60 percent of your body. “That’s true,” says Alexis Parcells, MD, board certified plastic surgeon and owner of Parcells Plastic Surgery.
Mathematically speaking, that means that “someone who weighs about 150 pounds has 90 pounds of water inside their body,” she says.
Why do we have so much water?? Because water is all-caps ESSENTIAL for every single cell in the body.