It’s never a bad time to talk about hydration during competition and workouts. There is always a need to stay hydrated when you’re doing physical activity, something that truly everyone agrees on. What we don’t think about so often is how what temperature the water is when we drink it. You’ll see people with bottles that are full to the brim with ice,freezing cold water inside. Others will drink water that’s been sitting in the hot car all day and that’s warm to the touch. And yet others get it straight out of the tap and right at room temperature.
With such drastic differences in the temperature of the water, it’s got to mean something doesn’t it? Let’s talk about hydration, and learn a little bit of the science behind the body, temperature and water!