Description
Hydrazero hypotonic drink from 226ers
comes in 3 delicious flavors: strawberry, tropical fruit and lemon.
Available in 2 formats: doypack 225g. (for 30 servings of a 750mL bidon or 45 servings of a 500mL bidon) and a single-portion sachet – ideal for trips and in your pocket.
It contains 498mg of sodium, 133mg of potassium, 181mg of chloride and 9.14mg of magnesium per serving.
Let’s start with what are electrolytes (mineral salts)?
Electrolytes are more simply put
- sodium,
- potassium
- magnesium
- iron
- chlorine
- calcium
- fosor
Are electrolytes important?
Electrolytes are salt ions on which our water-electrolyte balance depends, and what directly follows: the work of the cardiovascular and muscular systems, which is especially important for active people.
What are the consequences of dehydration?
Dehydration, even on the small scale of about 2% of an athlete’s body weight, has an impact on bodily functions. Fluid deficiency can affect cognitive functions such as concentration, coordination and reaction time, which are essential during training or racing. Dehydration can reduce training performance, reducing muscular strength, endurance and overall capacity during both aerobic and anaerobic exercise. Long-term dehydration can lead to significant health problems, such as kidney dysfunction.
Why drink electrolytes:
- minimize the risk of gastrointestinal unpleasantness
- Improved intracellular hydration due to the drink’s osmolality being lower than that of blood plasma
- Sodium added to beverages during exercise improves their taste and encourages consumption, which can be useful in preventing excessive fluid loss during exercise.
When to choose a hypotonic drink?
- Hypotonic drinks have a lower concentration of salts and sugars than the fluids in the human body. They do not provide a significant amount of carbohydrates compared to isotonic drinks, which makes them faster absorbed by the body.
- Ideal for athletes who need rapid hydration without additional carbohydrate supply, such as during short or low-intensity training sessions. They are also beneficial in warm conditions where rapid fluid loss through sweating is a major concern.
How much to drink while running? How many bidons for cycling?
Hydrating while running and deciding what to drink while cycling and how much to drink while playing sports can have a direct impact on your body’s performance:
- Don’t drink less than 500ml per hour of exercise in any weather conditions,
- Depending on the weather, individual perspiration and intensity of training, try to reach 750ml per hour of activity.
Ways to drink more
If you don’t like to drink and often find yourself coming home with full bidons, appreciate the taste value of sports destination drinks.
Additionally, the sodium content in the composition will make us want to reach for a bidon more often.
It’s also a good idea to set yourself reminders in your bike counter or sports watch. If you are annoyed by the notifications on the display, you can also deal with the lack of a healthy drinking habit by agreeing with yourself that you will reach for a bidon or softflask every repetition or every given kilometer.
Here it is also worth noting the psychological aspect: we are more likely to reach for a bottle that we like and whose mouthpiece does not annoy us.
If you want to know how much to eat and drink while cycling, visit the 226ers blog:
https://www.226ers.pl/podstawowe-zasady-zywienia-i-nawadniania-w-sporcie-n-22.html
We often receive questions from you: “what isotonic to choose?”, “what to choose for a bidon?” or you ask more specifically: “what to choose isotonic or electrolytes?” or “what to drink to avoid cramps?
If you often have cramps in your legs, including calf cramps, choose a hypotonic or isotonic drink.
Bidon with electrolytes will also help you maintain gastrointestinal comfort.
A hypotonic drink (Hydrazero) has a lower osmolality than our bodily fluids, while an isotonic drink (Isotonic drink) has an osmolality equal to our bodily fluids.
Thus, it can be said that a hypotonic drink will better help us cope with the increased carbohydrate supply during exercise than an isotonic drink, at the cost of not being an additional source of energy in itself.
It is worth mentioning that isotonic drink also hydrates very well.
Hypotonic drink (hydra zero) is also worth using outside of workouts to keep the body hydrated and as part of prevention against cramps, and it can be used without worrying about calories and sugar spikes.
What is the osmolality of a beverage?
Osmolality is otherwise the number of molecules that are in 100ml.
This value increases proportionally with the amount of carbohydrates contained in the fluid.
Thus:
– isotonic drinks (e.g. Isotonic drink)- drinks that have the same concentration of molecules as our body fluids,
– hypotonic drinks (electrolytes e.g. Hydrazero) – drinks that have a lower osmolality compared to body fluids,
– hypertonic drinks (Energy Drink, Energy drink sub9, Race day sub9) – drinks that have a higher number of molecules compared to body fluids.
If you’re wondering how to prevent cramps during exercise and how to hydrate yourself in hot weather, the answer may lie in maintaining adequate levels of mineral salts and consuming enough fluids, helped by the beverage’s taste and sodium content, which stimulate you to reach for more.
Hydrazero from 226ers is a tasty drinking electrolyte that helps prevent cramps and keeps our performance at optimal levels.
If you’re wondering how to prevent cramps during exercise and how to hydrate yourself in hot weather, the answer may lie in maintaining adequate levels of mineral salts and consuming enough fluids, helped by the beverage’s taste and sodium content, which stimulate you to reach for more.
