Hydration in endurance sports: a Q&A with Andy Blow | EP#191

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Andy Blow, founder of Precision Hydration and former elite triathlete answers listener questions about hydration and electrolytes in racing and training. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Hydration preloading for races -Rehydrating after training and racing -Having three independent levers on race day: water, electrolytes and calories -Hypotonic vs. hypertonic solutions -Cramping on the Ironman run SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts191/ THAT TRIATHLON SHOW HOMEPAGE: www.thattriathlonshow.com SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW20 to get 20% off your entire order. ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Get 20% off your entire order with the discount code TTS. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Hydration, sodium and cramping with Andy Blow | EP#49 Q&A #27 - Cramping (with expert guest Andy Blow), what CTL is required to get to Kona and a little rant... Should you really just ‘drink water to thirst’? - Precision Hydration blog post Why do athletes suffer from cramp? - Precision Hydration blog post Should your hydration strategy change as you get older? - Precision Hydration blog post What Your Body Actually Needs During Different Types of Endurance Exercise - Precision Hydration blog post Different types of sports drink and when to use them. - Precision Hydration blog post RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/ CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

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0:00.0	The longer and slower events get, the more athletes seem to thrive on a combination of hypotonic drinks and solid foods.
0:09.3	As events sort of get towards the shorter and faster end, but it still may be going on for several hours,
0:14.8	some athletes at least will tend to gravitate more towards, say, hypotonic drinks and gels and get on okay with that.
0:24.0	That triathlon show, 191.
0:48.2	Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to another episode of That Triathlon Show, the podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.
0:53.0	I'm your host Michael, and on today's episode, I interview Andy Blow, founder of precision hydration.
0:55.2	And this is the long-awaited hydration Q&A that I've been asking for questions for in, for quite a few weeks. And precision
1:00.4	hydration have also sent out a call to action for questions. And we did both get in a lot of
1:05.6	questions, which we are very grateful for. They were great questions. we did manage actually to pack in all of the
1:12.5	questions that we got in the episode and answer all of them. So hopefully if you did send
1:17.4	in a question, you find the answer useful and it will help you in your training and racing.
1:23.9	Just a very brief introduction of Andy in case you are not familiar with him.
1:28.9	He is, as I said, the founder of precision hydration and also a former elite triathlete.
1:34.2	He now raises quite a bit of swim run events when time permits.
1:38.4	And he has been on the podcast a few times before.
1:41.3	Episode 49 was on hydration.
1:49.1	Q&A number 27 was on cramping, and training for swim run was in episode number 126. Those will all be linked to in the show notes. Now, big thanks to our
1:56.4	sponsors, and of course one of them is precision hydration, and you can find them on precision hydration.com
2:02.7	and honestly just listen through to this episode and you'll hear more about what they're about
2:07.7	and what they do how they help athletes perform with electrolytes and hydration products and
2:14.4	advice as well so you can use the promo code that traflon show as usual to get your
2:19.9	first box or tube for free. But also as Andy will mention in the episode, we have a special
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