Like sports nutrition, maintaining optimum levels of hydration is vital to an athlete’s fitness and performance enhancement regime. Regardless of what sport you play and at whatever level you may compete at, making sure your body is sufficiently hydrated can have a significant impact on both your physical and mental performance levels.
Quite simply, if the body is poorly hydrated when training or competing, performance and concentration levels can drop rapidly, whilst the likelihood of injury increases significantly.
Water may provide sufficient hydration for many athletes, but if you are someone who wants to take their training to the next level and achieve peak performance levels, it may be necessary for you to look at specialist sports drinks, gels and similar products, which as well as hydrating the body quickly and efficiently, can replace vital electrolytes lost through sweat and provide a convenient source of energy.
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