weighing before & after workout......

bceogirl

bceogirl

Cathlete
I've never done that before and today I weighed myself before bootcamp.....w/o clothes, before eating or drinking anything...then weighed myself after bootcamp....w/o clothes, but during BC I drank a whole bottle of water.....and I lost 3 pounds.
Is this telling me I didn't have enough water? Do I need to drink a certain amount before and/or during working out? Or is this just fine? I know of course it's from sweating, and am just trying to find out if that is normal or I need to do something to correct it.
I know there are far better informed women here than me who know the answer!!
Thanks!
 
Thirst is one of the signs of dehydration, though. Waiting until you feel thirsty isn't a good gauge of whether you're getting adequate hydration.

I'm not sure why anyone would want to weigh themselves before and after a workout, unless it was just a fun experiment. Personally, I view the scale as evil and go near it as little as possible:p
 
Shelley,

It was just an experiment, but dumb to do since I have no idea what the results mean!?
I've heard drink when you're thirsty, and I've also heard if you wait until you are thirsty, it's too late. Also have heard you can drink too much and of course I know you can drink too little too.
I guess I'm just wondering if losing 3 pounds of water weight, while drinking water all through the workout is normal, average.......to be expected......or something out of the norm that I need to "fix" (drink more before, or whatever).

Anyway, It was an experiment that bombed!!:p :D

NEVERMIND!!!!:p
 
I do this too. I don't know why, the numbers always seem kinda random. I think I only weight in because the scale is in the back bathroom where I put on my workout clothes. Sometimes my numbers go up, sometimes down and sometimes stay the same. It think it usually has something to do with sweating and water intake. I don't use this to guage how much water I drink though. I just try to drink plenty of water during my workouts.
I don't think this really helped...just my experience though :)
~Angel
 
I've read that you should weigh yourself after a workout to see if you've lost any pounds,then make sure to replace that with water.

But three pounds sounds like an aweful lot of sweat (though with BC, who knows, LOL!).

Maybe you found the " sweet spot' on your scale after the workout? They all seem to have a special place that weighs lighter.
 
It means you need to drink water. Athletes weigh themselves before and after a workout to guage how much water they need to drink afterwards. 2lbs is the maximum that you'd want to lose in a workout. This is the info from my strength training and conditioning textbook:

Before exercise:
Intake of 16 fl. oz. of (non-caffinated)liquid 2 hours before a workout.

During:
6-8 fl. oz. every 15 mins.

After:
1 pt. for every pound of body weight lost. weight should be regained, indicating rehydration has occurred, before the next workout. The addition of salt, in the beverage or as food, can promote rehydration more effectively than plain water when significant weight has been lost through sweating.
 
Ok, now I have dilema.

I always sweat so much in Cathe's work out and felt thirsty. In Cathe's weight lifting videos, it gave very little chance to take a water break. I know I can pause the dvd player. However, my concern is whether this kind of break will reduce the intensity of workout? You supposed to workout until the muscle get exhausted. I am afraid this water break will interrupt the intensity and reduce heart beat. I would like to hear some inputs.

Thanks

WantFit
 
I have a really hard time drinking water during a workout, especially cardio because...well, I'm rather gassy so I tend to burp for the rest of the workout (or feel like I have to burp, which is even worse). If you sip water in between each exercise or when you change weights that should work, but if you have to take an extra little break it's not going to reduce your heart rate - unless you sit down and guzzle a whole glass of water :)
 
Wantfit- okay, this is pretty obvious, but you should be sipping water between exercises, not during them. In less I didn't understand your question.
 
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