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Hydration Advice

Written by Precision Hydration, October 2021

We know that when training for a mountaineering expedition or course, trek or ski trip, a lot of you bike, run and spend time in the gym, as well as getting into the outdoors.

Our Marketing Director, Tom Briggs, recently started using Precision Hydration products as he suffered from cramping on longer training runs. Precision Hydration offer individualised hydration strategies and multi-strength electrolyte products that match how you sweat. Tom was really impressed with the results and got in touch with Precision Hydration, as he thought some of our climbers, trekkers and skiers might also benefit.

Here's some info from Precision Hydration and below there's a link to their website and a 15% discount code.

Each individual loses a different amount of sodium in their sweat and this is a stable and largely genetic factor - Read more as to why sodium is important during exercise.
Getting started with individualising your hydration strategy can be done through a Precision Hydration Sweat Test - a Free Online Sweat Test or an Advanced Sweat Test.
This will allow each individual to understand their sodium losses and therefore maintain a level of replacement to avoid any hydration related issues such as hyponatremia.
Heading into a challenge, particularly one that is going to be long in duration, intense or hot, we want to ensure that you are adequately hydrated. Therefore following a preloading protocol is advised.
If your challenge spans multiple days, a great tactic to employ is consuming a very strong electrolyte drink at the end of each day in order to increase your recovery. For more on the science behind it check out this article.
To understand how much fluid you should be drinking throughout exercise, you can utilise sweat rate analysis in order to refine your strategy to the next level.

If personalising your hydration for a future challenge sounds appealing to you, Jagged Globe have a discount code for 15% off your first order on precisionhydration.com, simply enter: JAGGED15 at checkout to redeem and get started with PH.

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