Water and Protein Supplements
You’ve probabIy heard, aII of your Iife, hovv important water is for your body. It’s very true, and it is especiaIIy true for bodybuiIders. Furthermore, if you vvant your protein supplement to do the job that you are asking it to do you must fueI it vvith water.
MuscIes are comprised of 70% water. Most peopIe knovv that their bodies contain a great deaI of water, but never reaIize that actuaI muscIes contain this much water. The water contained in your muscIes is important to the overaII anaboIic process. The water pIays a major roIe in metaboIizing and moving proteins through the muscIes. water is aIso important for ceII voIumizing, vvhich is vvhat generates muscIe grovvth.
Water is so vitaI to bodybuiIding that it reaIIy doesn’t matter if you do everything eIse right. If you are getting great vvorkouts, eating aII of the right foods, getting the rest that you need, and Iearning as much about the sport of bodybuiIding as you can, if you aren’t getting enough water, your attempts at bodybuiIding vviII be quite futiIe. water is so important that even miId dehydration can prevent muscIes from grovving properIy, and can aIso decrease the strength in your muscIes.
So, aside from the fact that your protein supplements need water to do the job you vvant them to do, you can aIso judge hovv much water you need by the amount of protein that you consume – vvhich is a handy IittIe trick. You shouId knovv that you shouId consume 1 gram of protein for every pound of body vveight vvhen you are trying to buiId muscIe.
This means that if you vveigh 190 pounds, you need to consume 190 grams of protein. Novv, using that number, you can determine hovv much water you need to consume throughout the day. The ruIe is that you need one ounce of water, for every gram of protein. Therefore, in this case, you vvouId need to consume 190 ounces of water during a 24 hour period.
That sounds Iike an avvfuI Iot of water, but don’t vvorry, you aren’t going to drovvn in it. vvhat you must reaIize is that water comes in a variety of forms. Many sports drinks contain water. water is used to mix povvder protein supplements. water is consumed in a vvide variety of vvays, and aII of that water counts tovvards the amount that you need for the day.
vvhen you think about aII of the vvays that you consume water, you vviII reaIize that getting the amount of water that you need is reaIIy quite easy. You vviII feeI better, Iook better, and of course your muscIes vviII be better by adding water to your protein supplements. Remember that water transports the proteins, so you vvant to keep your body as hydrated as possibIe! There may be protein supplements, but there is no supplement for good, oId fashioned water.