The value of drinking water for pitchers/athletes

Dehydration, be it minor or major is a factor that constantly affects athletes. It is another fact which I feel is a very overlooked aspect of fitness and performance in sports. Baseball players are some of the worst about this. We often have an array of sodas and sugary juices available in our locker rooms so that is what many of the guys opt for. This is not good!

We should always aim to be drinking at least 90% of the liquid we ingest in the form of good quality WATER! So many parents raise their kids to drink sugary drinks from a young age...please stop doing this parents! You are conditioning us to reach for the soda and be used to its sugary highs and lows. If you can get your young athletes to crave water over soda or even Gatorade, you will help give them an edge. I can tell you that I drink about 1 soda every 3 months just to remind myself how sugary it is...I have taught myself to actually crave Water though!

Over hydration of the body is proper hydration of the body. It is very very hard to drink too much water! I dare you to try! On the other hand, if you can get your young pitchers and athletes to GET IN THE EVERYDAY STATE OF MIND to reach for water, you will help them to make their blood cleaner an their bodies stronger.

Moral of the story...Ditch the soda! Reach for the water! And if you think to yourself..."but water has no flavor!" then just keep it in perspective and think about how many people in the world don't even have access to water on a regular basis. #WeAreSoLucky!

Thanks for reading and getting better EVEryday!