Hydrate!

One of the most important things you can do to increase your stamina is to help your body to better maintain water. This will optimize your oxygen utilization and increase stamina.

Drinking water during your workout or run can help increase stamina and endurance. The human body is mostly made up of water. It is essential to our health and well-being.

Water helps to transport nutrients and oxygen around the body and is crucial in aiding in ridding waste from the body. One easy way to determine how much water you should drink in one day is to divide your body weight in pounds in half and convert that to ounces.

For example, if you weight 140 pounds, you should drink 70 ounces of water each day. If you are very active, increase that by one glass per 15 minutes of heavy activity.

During our workouts at CrossFit 619, we make sure to keep hydrated with a full stainless steel water bottle. Some sources say that plastic water bottles are about half of the drink containers sent for recycling and that only a portion of those used are even recycled! Drink responsibly!

Know your Thirst

If you are already thirsty, then you are probably already dehydrated. Dehydration can also make you experience chronic joint pain, muscle pain, headache, darkened urine or constipation. All of these are detrimental to your fitness goals, so make sure to keep drinking enough water!