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Hydration Secret #3
Exactly How much YOU should drink!

Find out. All you need are a set of scales, some common sense and some personal responsibility.

Over recent times there has been a tendency to move away from the ACSM suggestion that everyone should aim to replace as much fluid as they lose in sweat with the aim of finishing the race weighing the same as when they started.

There is probably no real danger to either performance or health from mild levels of dehydration. Yes, severe dehydration will certainly result in a loss of performance capacity, but a little dehydration means less weight to carry over those last few miles, and that may confer some benefits.

As a rule of thumb, during an endurance event you should aim to drink just enough to be sure you lose no more than about 1-3% of your pre-race weight. That may seem a difficult strategy to put in place but the exclusive action plan lined out for you in the Hydration Therapy Special Report will make this strategy straight forward and indispensable to your training and performances.