How Can You Easily Check How Much Water to Consume Post-Exercise?

Weighing yourself on the scales at home is a very useful tool for you to keep track of important benchmarks such as rehydration.

By simply using a set of scales to weigh yourself,  you can measure and help improve your hydration, post-exercise recovery and overall performance.

Hydration can be directly measured using some bathroom scales. 

Here's an example:

1. On the day of a game or training session, weigh yourself as close as you can to your start time (for example: if your game starts at 8am, weigh yourself just before you leave the house or if you have a set of scales at your club, do it there).
2. Play your game or do your training as you normally would, drinking fluids as per normal.
3. When you finish, weigh yourself again (it’s a good idea to use the same set of scales)
4. As an example if you are 1kg lighter than when you started, this means you need to drink 1L of water to ensure you are properly rehydrated.

By doing this regularly and ensuring you follow through on consuming enough water, you will be taking great care of your individual recovery process.

If we take care of recovery we are more than likely going to improve performance and put ourselves in the best possible position when game day arrives.

If you'd like more sports nutrition advice specific to your needs, book your appointment with our Sports Dietitian Rachel Haddow.

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