16 Kyla Channell: Optimizing Hydration for Performance and Daily Life

Purple Patch Podcast

Matt Dixon

Humanpotential, Nutrition, Education, Empower, Fitness, Executive, Coach, Strengthtraining, Purplepatch, Sleep, Cycling, Performance, Running, Recovery, Health & Fitness, Ironman, Swimming, Timemanagement, Triathlon, Meditation, Yoga

4.8 • 647 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2018

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

This episode wraps up our in-depth discussion of both Nutrition and Fueling. If you missed previous episodes on this important Pillar of Performance, we encourage you to go back and listen to Episodes 11 and 12 on Nutrition and Episode 14 on Hydration. Today, we welcome back Purple Patch Fitness Resident Nutritionist, Kyla Channell, for a deep, granular and specific look at hydration, both in performance and in our daily lives.

We all know hydration is important to our vitality and performance, but do we really know why? In this episode, Matt and Kyla discuss:

The roles of hydration and electrolytes in training and racing
Consequences and signs of dehydration
Levels at which dehydration where performance declines
Points of confusion around dehydration
Why you want to keep your hydration and fueling separate
What causes cramps? Do we really know?
Rules of thumb for electrolyte intake
Fueling ratios for races at different distances
Actions to take during a race if you start to feel dehydrated
The vital role of water in daily life
How much water you should consume daily
Drinks you should avoid in your daily life

Matt and Kyla give a lot of specific advice, but don't worry about taking notes! We've created a cheat sheet with many of the tips and numbers they share on both nutrition and hydration. Download that free cheat sheet here! Just enter your address and, within a few minutes, you'll receive an email with a link to the content.

Also, if you'd like to learn more about your specific needs, consider a comprehensive nutrition consultation with Kyla. She works with athletes all over the world in both daily nutrition as well as race fueling.

:00-:21 Matt’s Weekly Welcome

:21-:58 Episode introduction and cheat sheet

1:00- 4:45 Word of the Week - Adversity. Surely, it will come. Performance is never achieved in a linear fashion. Your reaction, however, is what matters most in your journey and adversity is a growth opportunity.

4:45 The Meat and Potatoes: Hydration specifics with Matt Dixon and Kyla Channell

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast.
0:03.6	The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential.
0:09.4	Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your human potential.
0:13.3	The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere integrate sport into life.
0:20.1	Greetings, guys, this is Matt Dixon and this is the Purple Patch podcast.
0:24.9	This week, hydration part two.
0:27.7	We're going to get a little granular this week, but we're going to aim for context and some
0:32.1	practical tips in training and daily life hydration.
0:36.1	I would say right before we get into this, don't over worry
0:39.1	about scribbling notes. We've created a special cheat sheet for you and that's going to be
0:43.7	available via the link in the program notes and that's going to send you off to Purple Patch
0:48.0	where you can grab all of Kyla's follow-up on the topics around nutrition and hydration.
0:53.4	But before we crack into the beers, in the name of
0:56.4	hydration I might add, let's get on with Word of the Week. We like the way he thinks. Serious with
1:03.0	a wink. Let's open the book. It's time to take a peek. It's the Dixenary Word of the Week. All all right the word of the week this week adversity adversity
1:17.2	why choose a word with such negative connotations well the major reason is that in your pursuit of
1:24.8	performance this word will bubble up it It's inevitable. In fact,
1:29.3	by way of an example, last week I got to head down to Cupertino to chat to the folks at Apple.
1:34.6	Yes, Apple the company, those folks that create computers. And we discuss performance in context
1:40.0	of health, work and life. And in making my case for the folks at Apple adopting an athletic
1:46.0	mindset, I explain that when we get endurance training right and it's got integrated strength
1:52.7	and conditioning but is supported with basic yet critical habits in nutrition and a backbone
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