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Tom Brady is trying to kill you
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For an athlete sweating a lot maybe 37 cups is good for him
Idk, one of the articles references two high school football players who died from over hydration. Didn't say how much they drank but it does go to show that you can over hydrate even with a lot of exercise.
Also he's the quarter back, does he actually do that much strenuous exercise? Yeah he probably has to do some sprints to remain agile but he doesn't need to run that fast or for that long, he just needs to make quick decisions under pressure and throw well. He's not a marathon runner or anything like that.
Professioneel athletes typically require insane things from their body. You shouldn’t underestimate how much these guys do in terms of exercise. At the same time, they should realise that their nutrition regime (incl. hydration ) is wrong for everyone who is not a professional athlete.
Not all athletes have the same needs though. I don't doubt a marathon runner would need to drink a lot of water , though I doubt even they'd need 2.5 gallons, but does a professional golfer?
I'd argue a quarter back is more similar to the golfer. They aren't training for speed or stamina, they're training their fine motor skills and some strength to be able to throw far and throw accurately. If you look at the quarter back on the side line they usually aren't dripping with sweat like a lot of the other positions are.
the IOM says NFL athletes should get a minimum of one gallon/3.7 liters per day, but their data says it might need to be as high as 10 liters.
I read 0 of the articles
I've no idea what 37 cups equates to.
I drink 2.5 liters a day.
This summer working in extreme heat WITH physical activity, I roughly doubled that.
A cup is 8oz, or something like 240ml, which is about half of a typical drinking glass. That's a lot of water. Here in the states, people challenge themselves to drink 8 glasses (so ~16 cups), and the recommended amount is 12-16/day.
A drinking glass in the States is 500 mL ?! That's huge ! In my part of the globe glasses are usually more between 120 and 250 mL.
Yeah, 450-550ml (16-20oz) is a pretty common size for a drinking glass at home or at a restaurant. We also have "juice glasses" which are about 110-170 (4-6oz) you mentioned, but not everyone has then. My kids' cups are about 200ml (6-8oz).
Its a hold over from cantines and waterskins. Remember a solid percentage of the US was effectively frontier 120 years ago.
Google says 8.7 liters (also I am in no way trying to defend Brady I just made an offhand comment about how maybe it's plausible, I didn't even consider how much water 37 cups is I just figured professional athlete sweating up a storm)
I used to have practices where I'd routinely drink 168 oz (a full 40 oz bottle plus a gallon of refills) over the course of a couple hours. 37 cups is a gallon more than that. It's enough water to cool off about another 2000 kCal of exercise.
I wonder if he's still throwing down 4-6 megacalorie days now that he's retired.
Doubt it
well, too much water can actually lead to death or coma (trust me, I saw a video on this!)
That's why I specifically included the case where I thought that much water might be alright (because you're losing a lot of water sweating)
You also lose salts sweating, so if you drink water, sweat, and don't replace salts in your blood the inside now saltier parts of your body (like your brain) can pull water out of your blood and swell up, and your brain is trapped in your skull and has nowhere to expand to. Even if you lose lots of water sweating you can still get edema from too much water. You also lose water to respiration which doesn't take salts with it.
I've never been super careful about it exercising. I just drink only when I'm thirsty, and hate the taste of gatorade, so if gatorade tastes good I drink that until it doesn't, and if it doesn't taste good and I'm thirsty I drink water. Or if my pee isn't clear I drink water.