A practical hydration plan for Thanksgiving-morning fun runs: what to drink the night before, at the start line, on the course, and before the feast.
Cold and altitude hide thirst on the slopes. Here is how skiers and snowboarders should drink and use electrolytes, from resort days to backcountry tours.
Coconut water is rich in potassium but low in sodium. Here is how it stacks up against Gatorade, Nuun, Skratch Labs and LMNT for athletes.
Thirst fades in the cold, but fluid and sodium losses do not. Here is how to stay hydrated on fall and winter runs.
Fall marathons look easy on the hydration front, but cool air hides dehydration and sodium loss. Here is a race-week, race-morning and on-course plan.
Football produces some of the highest sweat rates in sport. Here is what the research says about sodium loss, dehydration thresholds, and how Gatorade, LMNT, Nuun, Skratch Labs, and Fast Pickle compare for practice and game-day hydration.
Zero-calorie electrolytes do not break a fast, but most sports drinks do. Here is how fasted athletes should handle sodium, which products stay fast-legal, and when to stop fasting and start fueling.
Taper week hydration is about topping off, not loading up. A day-by-day fluid, sodium, and carb-loading plan for the seven days before your marathon.
Tennis sweat rates hit 2.5 L/hour and sweat sodium varies fourfold between players. A sodium-first, changeover-by-changeover hydration plan for hard-court season.
If you’re stepping onto the synthetic turf this August for field hockey preseason camp, you’re already fighting two battles most athletes don’t face simultaneously: the August heat baking off a surface that runs 30–50°F hotter than air temperature, and the relentless running demands of a sport that asks midfielders to cover 9–12 kilometers every 70-minute … Read more