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Drinking Strategies: Planned Drinking Versus Drinking to Thirst

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Kenefick, Robert W.·2018·Sports Medicine
DOI 10.1007/s40279-017-0844-6PMC PMC5790864
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In humans, thirst tends to be alleviated before complete rehydration is achieved. When sweating rates are high and ad libitum fluid consumption is not sufficient to replace sweat losses, a cumulative loss in body water results. Body mass losses of 2% or greater take time to accumulate. Dehydration of ≥ 2% body mass is associated with impaired thermoregulatory function, elevated cardiovascular strain and, in many conditions (e.g., warmer, longer, more intense), impaired aerobic exercise performance. Circumstances where planned drinking is optimal include longer duration activities of > 90 min, particularly in the heat; higher-intensity exercise with high sweat rates; exercise where performance is a concern; and when carbohydrate intake of 1 g/min is desired. Individuals with high sweat rates and/or those concerned with exercise performance should determine sweat rates under conditions (exercise intensity, pace) and environments similar to that anticipated when competing and tailor drinking to prevent body mass losses > 2%. Circumstances where drinking to thirst may be sufficient include short duration exercise of < 1 h to 90 min; exercise in cooler conditions; and lower-intensity exercise. It is recommended to never drink so much that weight is gained.

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Fig. 1 Regulation of body water balance in response to body water deficit typical of exercise/fluid restriction for a 70 kg individual. Schematic includes the estimated magnitude of dehydration (2% body mass loss) required to stimulate the osmotic-dependent response for compensatory water conservation and acquisition (thirst). A change in total body water is equated with a change in body mass (1 L = 1 kg), whereby dehydration is then expressed as a percentage of body mass in accordance with: (Δ body mass/initial body mass) × 100 or, for this example, (1.4 kg/70 kg) × 100 = 2%. AVP arginine vasopressin, Posm plasma osmolality, TBW total body water
Fig. 1 Regulation of body water balance in response to body water deficit typical of exercise/fluid restriction for a 70 kg individual. Schematic includes the estimated magnitude of dehydration (2% body mass loss) required to stimulate the osmotic-dependent response for compensatory water conservation and acquisition (thirst). A change in total body water is equated with a change in body mass (1 L = 1 kg), whereby dehydration is then expressed as a percentage of body mass in accordance with: (Δ body mass/initial body mass) × 100 or, for this example, (1.4 kg/70 kg) × 100 = 2%. AVP arginine vasopressin, Posm plasma osmolality, TBW total body waterCC BY · PubMed Central
Fig. 2 Ad libitum fluid intake vs. sweat losses during treadmill walking in cool (24 °C; filled circle) and hot (49 °C; open circle) environments. Ad libitum fluid intake equals ~ 50% of fluid losses (adapted from Greenleaf and Sargent [19] with permission)
Fig. 2 Ad libitum fluid intake vs. sweat losses during treadmill walking in cool (24 °C; filled circle) and hot (49 °C; open circle) environments. Ad libitum fluid intake equals ~ 50% of fluid losses (adapted from Greenleaf and Sargent [19] with permission)CC BY · PubMed Central
Fig. 3 Level of post-race dehydration vs. average running speed and finishing time for 42 km when drinking ad libitum. Adapted from Cheuvront et al. [32]
Fig. 3 Level of post-race dehydration vs. average running speed and finishing time for 42 km when drinking ad libitum. Adapted from Cheuvront et al. [32]CC BY · PubMed Central
Fig. 4 Review of dehydration effects on performance in 34 endurance exercise/dehydration studies. Fractions above bars represent the number of statistically significant (p < 0.05) observations (numerator) of total observations (denominator) at the specified level of dehydration. 41 of 60 total observations (68%) were significantly (p < 0.05) impaired by dehydration ≥ 2% body mass. Adapted from Cheuvront and Kenefick [12])
Fig. 4 Review of dehydration effects on performance in 34 endurance exercise/dehydration studies. Fractions above bars represent the number of statistically significant (p < 0.05) observations (numerator) of total observations (denominator) at the specified level of dehydration. 41 of 60 total observations (68%) were significantly (p < 0.05) impaired by dehydration ≥ 2% body mass. Adapted from Cheuvront and Kenefick [12])CC BY · PubMed Central
Fig. 5 Percentage loss in body mass predicted from sweat rate for 60 and 80 kg runners of average ability a during 5 km (25 min), 10 km (60 min), 21 km (130 min), and 42 km (270 min) and competitive ability b during 5 km (21 min), 10 km (43 min), 21 km (95 min), and 42 km (200 min) road races. The dotted line demarks 2% body mass loss. Losses assume no fluid intake. Adapted from Kenefick and Cheuvront [49]
Fig. 5 Percentage loss in body mass predicted from sweat rate for 60 and 80 kg runners of average ability a during 5 km (25 min), 10 km (60 min), 21 km (130 min), and 42 km (270 min) and competitive ability b during 5 km (21 min), 10 km (43 min), 21 km (95 min), and 42 km (200 min) road races. The dotted line demarks 2% body mass loss. Losses assume no fluid intake. Adapted from Kenefick and Cheuvront [49]CC BY · PubMed Central

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Authors
Kenefick, R. W.
Affiliations
United States Army (US)
Corresponding author
Kenefick, Robert W.
Venue
Sports Medicine
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2018-01-24
Volume
48
Issue
S1
Pages
31-37
ISSN
  • 0112-1642 (ISSN-L)
  • 1179-2035
DOI
10.1007/s40279-017-0844-6
PMC
PMC5790864
OpenAlex
W2785137812
Cited by
142
References
60
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 12
FWCI
2.59
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Sports Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Defense
  • Gran Sasso Science Institute
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Thermoregulation and physiological responses
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Sports Performance and Training
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
Keywords
dehydration, sweat rate, weight loss, exercise thermoregulation, exercise performance, carbohydrate intake, heat exposure
MeSH terms
Dehydration, Drinking, Humans, Sweating, Thirst, Water, Water-Electrolyte Balance, Exercise, Athletes

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