How Much Do genetics Influence On Me?

The very enthusiastics say it's not related and the less motivated use it as an excuse, but what does science say about?

 
By ChulucanasGym
Model: Henry Hernández*

Talking in strictly clinic terms, Genetics do influence on building the body you wish, what means your body's whole characteristics and those come inherited in you by generations influence in your capability  of increasing muscular mass, or losing body fat, or having more stamina, or being stronger,... everything or anything them.

However, Genetics do not determine completely your final body shape. If you can't change it in its programming, you will know it for taking it advantage or balancing it at level you're looking for, through diet, training, and a resting regime correctly designed and followed  as much disciplined as you can.

It's probable you also need supplementation, but it only applies in case when clinically proven your body reports some deficit or scarce, and it's necessary running to the medicine for compensating there where it lacks. It's good to mention  this extra puling has ever to be advised by  a trustable medic or nutricionist.

But, how much do genetics play in your favor, or not? The first you must have in mind  what your body's primary shape or biotype is, which turns into your first visible indicator... unless you want to have some lab tests, what will be ever much safer.

• If you trend to be thin, so you don't accumulate much fat body, and your muscular mass is few, then your biotype could be ectomorph.
• If you trend to get fat, accumulate many body fat (that must not be confused to muscular mass), your body could be endomorph.
• If you trend to have muscular mass not working out  often, don't accumulate body fat (or you can undo it fastly), and your body shape ever keeps athletic features, your biotype could be mesomorph.

Look! Specialists warn that people don't have just one pure biotype necessarily and this is not strongly linked to skin color neither. In fact, it's very common that because of our mixture, we may have combined biotypes.

Depending on what your sport goals are, it would design a plan that works straight to your biotype. Generally Endomorphes and Ectomorphes  will require a very special type of training, and their capability to reach the shape they look for, can take many months or years even. Despite, Mesomorphes could take few months to improve their shape, so target to body goal  they're looking for. That's why  you have to remember that it could be working for one individual not necessarily works to you.

In the other hand, if you're not Mesomorph, don't desperate or look for magic solutions neither. Patience, good humor sense, and discipline will have to be your constants.

And if you're Mesomorph, please don't be self-sufficient because one thing is having some comparative physical advantages compared to other people, but uncaring doesn't guarantee  to keep fit.

Based upon this first tip and your body achievement objectives, your feeding and training plan will be designed. We can't give you here a formula for general using. Simply we recommend you to talk muchly to your trainer for doing the design and having some mechanism allowing to control the progress (usually body measuring, routines performance, your own motivation capability).

What indeed is common for every biotype is the resting time. Whatever your sport activity is, 8-10 hours of deep sleeping will you rcover and build the desired shape.

But if your lifestyle doesn't allow too many resting hours, you must work seriously on get disiplined through a schedule, that you'll follow enthusiastic, full of attitude.

* Henry Hernández, this article's model, is a Chulucanas-based personal trainer who you can contact directly on his Facebook account or leaving him any question below.

You can control this way if your body improves or not

By ChulucanasGym

Everyone who goes to the gym or does any type of training  is expectant about his or her progress. Have I overcome something I couldn’t overcome before, am I on the same spot when I started, or, in the worst scenario, am not I closer where I started neither?

The problem about measuring our progress is how much objectivity we put to our appreciation. In that sense, the first mistake we use to commit is trusting in the bare-eye, in what we see on the mirror, and almost never the diagnosis we get is reliable. Then, the prognosis we set uses to be wrong.

Is there any objective form to control our progress? Yes, there is. The anthropometrics is the discipline that helps us to have information adjusted to the reality on we can do our analysis and set up our strategies for improving or correcting our physical achievement. This information must be key for your and your trainer at the time to define if it’s necessary to adjust the training routine, the diet, the lifestyle in general, or everything.

Coming up next, we introduce you those key indicators you can control from your home, inclusive, and those will give you that objective vision about what is happening to your body. Look at the data you get – they can’t be taken isolated but grouped. So, the conclusions you arrive and the action plans you take will be more accurate than acting by simple supposition or guessing.

Height

This measure is basic because it serves to calculate other body measures such as absolutes, indexes, and percentages, we will talk about later. You can use a stadiometer, that is the specialized tool in measuring your height, although you can also take the job to paste a measuring tape on the wall or to paint a number scale in centimeters (or feet and inches in the U.S.) setting the ground as the point zero.

Next, take off your shoes, raise naturally, stick your body to the stadiometer or the wall column. Over 20 years old, the height is unvariable for both sexes, at least until the senescence when it can reduce because you will lose bone and muscular tissue.

Body Weight (BH)

It’s a first progress indicator, but alone is not enough because it only will say us if we have increased or have decreased respect to the last measuring. However, it offers us first clues.

The manner of taking it is as easy as put you up on the weighing machine and waiting for the reading in kilos and grams (pounds and ounces in the U.S.). What you have to be careful for sure is  how you take your weight: you ever have to take your shoes off and put on the device; don’t worry about your clothes (if sportswear) because the adding increase is irrelevant, unless you’re a professional or contesting athlete or bodybuilder, and it will be actually necessary you take off almost all your clothes or get naked for having the correct number. Of course, it will depend on how much privacy the place has and how much you trust in the one who could be with you.

The bathroom weighing machines use not to be much accurate as the clinic weighing machines that might be at every good gymnasium. Some electronic devices are only reliable as much as the manufacturer warns it so; then, read the instructions carefully before considering it as reliable and compare many readings taken with different devices to know what is the most accurate. In the same way, we suggest you have a monthly or biweekly record of your weight. Some trainers probably will demand you to have a weekly control if you’re training for a competition. Obbey them.

Absolute Body Measures (ABM)

We call them absolute body measures or ABM because they give us advance or slowing down indicators what only apply to our body as much as parts of it have got wider or have got thinner than a previous control. For that, what interests us is to have countour or perimeter measures expressed in centimeters (or inches in the U.S.), those put in a table give us a mathematical idea of your body volume. Who are dedicated to be models or bodybuilders or athletes know perfectly what we mean. However, a proffessional physical trainer will have here compplementary information to the BW  through he or she can evaluate the effectiveness of the training plan, the diet, or the lifestyle.

The best manner to take these measures  is by using a measuring tape that is put over the skin, not stretching it or releasing it too much, but letting it adjusts naturally to the shape of your body. The precission of the measure gets when the tape makes direct contact with your skin. If there are clothes between them, the excess must be depreciated or definetly avoided. Another trick, if you want more precission, is taking the measure before having meals or starting your training session. And if you still want more precission, take three measures of the same zone and then go to have the average for eliminating the excess or default error.

The measures are taken on specific areas of your body. Remember we need to know the contours, in other words you have to take the measuring tape and round each part of the body, going around it. We are not interested on lineal measures (as taken in dressing), we want to have an idea about volume. The places where those measures are gotten:

• Shoulders: Take as reference the part where it is seen more prominent and put there the start line of the tape. Then, pass it under your two clavicles until arriving to the most prominent part of your another shoulder. From here, make the tape to run over the upper part of your backuntil meeting the pointwhere the tape begins. For you to have an idea if you have taken the measure correctly, if you’re a male and you’re 170 centimeters or 5 feet 7 inches height, your shoulders perimeter should be between 118 to 120 centimeters or 46.5 to 47.1 inches. However, this measure is relative according to your age, body shape, and sport goalds.
• Chest: Whether you are a male or a female, take as a reference the part where it is more prominent (probably the nipples in both cases) and go the tape around you including your scapulas. For the women, taking this measure will be easy because it belongs to the same like the bust contour, very required in dressing or beauty contests. If you’re a 170-cm or 5’7-feet male height, your chest contour could be between 106 and 108 centimeters, or 41.2 and 42.5 inches, but we remind you the measures are relative, as we clarified you on the previous point.
• Arms and forearms: The biceps and triceps allow your to know how you are in arms, so you will have to round them at the same time with the measuring tape and take the reading. If you’re a male 170 centimeters or 5’7 feet height, it is possible your arms grow until 38 or 39 centimeters, or 15 or 15.4 inchescontour. In forearms case, take as a reference its most prominent part and put you the tape around, although this measure is almost never used.
• Waist:    In the males, it’s taken as a reference a point 3 centimeters or 1.2 inches below your belly button, and in the females, the zone where it becomes strechest, 2 centimeters or 0.8 inches above the belly button in general. Then, you take the tape around including the lower back in the case of males and the medium back in the case of women. The World Health Organization recommends the males should not be more than 95 centimeters or 37.4 inches waist contour, and the females no more than 65 centimeters or 25.6 inches, although not much because of a beauty criterion but preventing many conditions caused by the overweight and the obesity.
• Belly: In the case of women it’s the same than the taken for waist in men. Basically, it looks to know how much flat your belly is, in mathematical terms, obviously.
• Hips: In male as well as female, it’s taken as a reference the most prominent part of your gluteus, rounding both sides where the pelvic bone is more prominent, passing over your pubis. If you’re a male (and adding the squads, your genetics helps you too), it is possible you reach 102 centimeters or 40.2 inches contour if you’re 170 centimeters or 5’7 feet height.
• Thighs: It’s the section of your leg that begins in your pelvis and ends in your knee. Look for its widest part and round it with the measuring tape. Look! You have to take just one thigh per measuring, never both at the same time. If you’re a male 170 centimeters or 5’7 feet height, your thigh can be between 59 and 60 centimeters or 23.2 and 23.6 inches at least, although it’s going to depend on your kind of training. What is clear, indeed, is that for every 3 centimeters or 1.2 inches of thigh you get, your arm can not be more than 2 centimeters or 0.8 inches.
• Calf: It’s the part of your leg between your knee and your ankle. Look for its more prominent part and round it here with the measuring tape. As equal as the thigh, both calves never must measured at the same time but one at once. If you’re a male 170 centimeters or 5’7 feet height, your calf can be 37 to 38 centimeters or 14.6 to 15 inches at least. Yes, at least.

Indexes And Body Percentages

If you think it’s too many Maths for today, we have not finished yet. There are more specialized indicators those allow you to measure your progress, especially if you are in a professional or competition training environment.

• Body Mass Index (BMI): Basically, it gives us a more accurate idea if you are your ideal weight, or if you are overweight or in obesity. It is calculated by dividing your weight in kilos by your height’s square. Let’s suppose you’re a male 170 centimeters (1.7 meters or 5’7 feet) and you’re 70 kilos (154.3 pounds), your BMI will be 24.2 – it’s inside the healthy.  If it would exceed beyond 30, we could talk  about obesity.
• Body Fat Percentage (BFP): It’s a more specialized measure that, as its name says, looks for knowing if there is a healthy balance between the body fat you need for your vital functions and the fat you store to do your elective functions –we mean- as training. Here Maths are not enough but we need to use special procedures and devices for having us a reading. It is obtained by multiplying the quantity of your body fat by the quantity of your body mass and all that divided by 100. Women will ever have a BFP greater than men because some fat is reserved for reproductive functions. About percentages, it is considered that athletes go from 10% to 15% depending on the physical activity they do. A professional trainer will educate you about how to control your BFP for optimizing better your training, although will combine it with diet and improvement in your lifestyle. In fact, it is probable this catch more attention.

So, if you only trusted in your mirror, your weighing machine, or your measuring tape, you see we have to combine all this and much more in the end if we want to measure progress. And, by the way, it’s not a bad idea you feed all your data on an electronic  spreadsheet that allow you to view graphically if you improve, you keep, or you need to work harder. Yes, it’s a lot of work but you deserve it well. It also will give you more conscience about you, especially if you add some psychological advisory to see if there is any motivation problem, or something like this.

Like everytime, we will be pleased to know your questions here on the comments, or on our Twitter account, or by writing us at chulucanasgym@gmail.com

The models featured on this post are Pedro Changanaquí, Fran Checa, Alfredo Rivera, and Anderson Sandoya

“I feel uncomfortable when they look straight at it”

What you can do  when these better-developed body parts of yours seem to catch everybody’s attention.

 

Percy, 41, Works by turns at the reception of a public building. The suit fits him OK, as much as a guy asked him if he works out – Percy answers “yes, I do,” but, as he judges, he also have noticed many people, no matter the sex, look straight at his ass.

 

“The suit is made of a thin cloth,” he tells, “then, when I stand up, I feel the people look straight at my buttocks.” It’s when a confusing sensation fills him up: In one hand, it feels good when the people look straight at you, but sometimes you feel the looks want to get you naked.”

 

Among his chances, Percy has considered to diminish his muscle mass by doing exercise.  That means doing more cardio than power, or more aerobic than anaerobic if we say it otherwise. That could be an option, but is it the right one?

 

If having much muscle mass is a risk for your physical health, you should consider it, indeed. But if the reason is not at the physical frame, what can you do? Here some practical tips:

 

1. Don’t forget what motivated you – The first one you must remember is the reason why you entered training. Do you feel the same conviction than the first day?  Has it increased or decreased? If that excitement keeps strong, or if it has raised, it would be worthy you remind that to yourself everyday you wake up. But, if it had diminished, talk with your trainer alone for reviewing wwwhat is happening, defining what to do up forward.
2. Use your body language smart – Assume the people is going to see as they have eyes and you can’t do anything to stop them. Even, they can opine about, you can’t do anything to forbid it to them unless it turns stalking. However, if you detect somebody looks straight at that better-developed body part of yours, don’t act aggressively. Look at the eye, address a friendly smile like if were a greeting. The folk will realize you realized, so he or she will prefer to see aside.
3. Feel proud of all what you worked out – For what nobody ashame you with your body, begin not to feel ashamed of your body by yourself. Take atime alone for watching it, thinking these shapes catching the attention are the result of your own effort (and your genetics, maybe), so assume them like achievements or competitive assets. When you appreciate your body in a positive way, you can go much confident, much attitude, and the people will notice that immediately. They Will continue looking at you but you won’t feel overwhelmed about the way they look at you, actually.
4. Don’t do it if it’s by shame – Buying baggy clothes is an option only if it gives comfort to your body. But if you do it for eluding the problem, it’s going to increase the regret because, although you cover that highlighting part well, you’ll ever have the idea they follow seeing it anyway.
5. Switch your posse – Start to make friends who appreciate by your talent beyond your body shape, or that highlighting, umcomfortable body part, or who appreciate you like a full set, who help you to turn the uncomfortable into something natural. Of course, that will demand these friends have a wide-open mind, not telling about the psychological maturity. But consider if you relate with people who is ever repeating you the same, and  in the same tune, you’ll believe in the short-term or the long-term it’s the only way to see the world – your body too. A winner is characterized by keeping the comfort zones off.

 

Are those tips helpful to you? Do you have other queries? Write us on our Twitter account or at chulucanasgym@gmail.com

  

Aerobics at the beach

Having so much free space and the sea in the background, why not moving your body?

By ChulucanasGym

During many time, El Toril Beach in Paita, peru, was abandoned. Adding the belonging contamination of the sand due to the solid residues, the sea in front of it has been suffering from a similar process caused by waste water emission.

The Peruvian authorities took control of the second one and started a surveillance plan that allowed to identify the companies uncontrolling  their emissions to prevent or to penalize just in case. The first one implied a citizen movement  which was joined later by the local authorities, until in the last years many cleaning journeys were hold for letting the space in acceptable conditions, at least for taking a sunbath.

El Toril Beach is attended by sports fans because it's next to Paita City, having the sea right there. People jogging, playing ball, working out someway, even swimming, meet there daily. 

For Perfect Body Gym's senior trainer Félix Oviedo, the beach is an ideal place to get balance within physical and mental health by moving the body. That's why he and his staff chose it as the right stage for  having an aerobics master class, last December 2nd.

During three hours, around 40 people summoned to learn with trainers coming from  cities around Paita.  "What we wanted was the people to take the stress away, burning fat, and enjoying the beach," Oviedo commented to ChulucanasGym.

Doing aerobics outdoors is not new but funny indeed. And it's not new because the humankind, inclusive since before it evolved such,  was in constant movement and needed agility and stamina  for moving around and getting everything  it required.

Essentially, the aerobic exercise consists into a series of moderate-impact moves with high repetitions, what inside the body, uses the oxygen to decompose the fat among the muscles, having it as fuel.

As a result, the internal and external tone of the tissues improves, heart beating regulates, cognitive capability increases, aging slows down in every level. and in a country with high levels of violence, it reduces  the stress  and  raises the wellbeing sensation.

By definition, running, biking, swimming, walking, and even doing home chores vigorously, are types of aerobic exercise. What is done at a gym class is spotting  the work on certain muscular groups, or along the body, controlling sequence and repetitions.

For the people trying to lose weight, the aerobic exercise is ideal because of the same in-muscle fat elimination process, what is good news for the ones ripping them, what means staying lean, that improves aesthetics. Remember you could have volume, but if it has no defined shape, won't look like well.

It's good to enlarge the fact of improving the heart beating in a big part because it makes the existent vessels wider, what reduces the heart work inclusive when you rest. Also, it holds away  the LDL-cholesterol (the bad one) and triglicerides, very related to hypertension.

Plus, it makes the vascularization more efficient, allowing  the blod to reach the parts of your body  where it made so difficult before.

If the exercise in general puts the body under  a constant renovation process, the aerobics are notable because  allows to regenerate the neurones,  your nervous cells.  And that is the explanation of improving  your cognitive levels, adding of course habits like reading , the academic study, and the memory games even.

And if this seems little, it decreases the adrenaline levels,  the stress-related hormone, increasing endorphines instead, the hormones  those give us the sensation of satisfaction.

Don't forget the aerobics improve the breathing, what increases stamina, so it allows to support the physical work for better.

If we add to all this the fact of practicing it outdoors, preferently natural, we see the benefit multiplies, and that is the intention of Félix Oviedo and  the Perfect Body staff who got involved into the beach activity.

"This is the sixth time we already do aerobics at the beach," he adds.

If you want to know when his next activity will take, you can follow him on his Facebook fanpage.

Finally, you must know that the World Health Organization recommends at least  30 minutes of daily physical activity someway, or 15 minutes per day  in intense mode at least, and before attending an aerobics class,  visit your most reliable cardiologist for determining your perfect time and rythm for you by an effort test.

So, let's go to the beach for working out?

Key Muscle Groups for a Harmonious Physique in Bodybuilding**

When you venture into the world of bodybuilding, it’s natural to focus on developing big, strong muscles, but the real challenge and goal lie in building a harmonious and balanced physique. Having a symmetrical figure will not only help you stand out in competitions but also help you maintain a healthy and functional body.

Here are the muscle groups you need to work on to achieve that desired shape!

1.  Pecs: The foundation of a powerful upper body – The chest is the focal point of the upper body. Well-developed pecs give you that voluminous, athletic look that stands out in any fitted shirt. Spend time on exercises like bench presses and flyes to achieve a defined, broad chest.

2.  Back: The key to the famous “V” shape – The back is one of the largest muscle groups and often one of the most neglected. Developing the lats will help you achieve the coveted “V” shape, adding width and depth to your physique. Lat pulldowns and barbell or dumbbell rows are your allies here. And don’t forget the traps—well-developed traps add visual bulk and strength!

3.  Shoulders: The touch of width— Strong shoulders not only increase your appearance of power but also harmoniously connect the torso with the arms. Work the deltoids in all their parts (anterior, lateral, and posterior) to avoid imbalances. Presses and lateral raises are key.

4.  Arms: The perfect combo of biceps and triceps – Well-developed arms are always admired. But to have fully developed arms, you need to focus on both the biceps and triceps. Exercises like barbell or dumbbell curls for biceps and dips or triceps extensions will help you maintain balance between both muscles, achieving an impressive aesthetic.

5.  Abs: Definition at the center of the body – A sculpted abdomen is the hallmark of a well-worked physique. It’s not just about aesthetics; strong abs provide stability in other heavy exercises. Incorporate variety: from crunches to planks, to achieve a strong, well-defined core.

6.  Legs: The foundation of any great physique – Voluminous quadriceps are fundamental if you want a complete and proportioned physique. Well-developed hamstrings balance the volume of your legs and protect you from injuries. Squats, leg presses, and deadlifts are essential to making your legs as impressive as your upper body.

7.  Glutes: Don’t underestimate them – In bodybuilding, well-developed glutes are crucial for a strong and balanced physique. They help improve your posture and shape the lower body. Exercises like hip thrusts and lunges are key for developing this area.

8.  Calves: Don’t neglect the details — Calves are one of the most challenging muscles to develop, but well-developed calves complete a balanced figure. Include calf raises in your leg workouts to ensure this muscle group doesn’t fall behind.

Why is balance important? – It’s not just about having big muscles; what will make you stand out is a proportioned physique. A harmonious development will help you avoid injuries, improve your performance, and, most importantly, achieve a visually pleasing body. Working on each muscle group in a balanced way will not only make you a bodybuilder but a complete athlete.

Stay motivated to keep improving! – Bodybuilding is an art, and you are the sculptor of your own body. Don’t just focus on the muscles that are more visible or easier to work on. The key to success lies in balance and consistency. With every workout, you are one step closer to your best version. Remember: true strength lies in balance! | Follow us on X | Write us at WhatsApp | chulucanasgym@gmail.com 

Warm Up First

5 tips about its importance and correct procedure.

By Henry Hernández
Special to ChulucanasGym

What's the first  you gotta do when starting a training session at your home, the gym, or outdoors? The first you gotta do is warming up.

Its purpose is preparing your whole body in general and each muscular group in particular  for the serious part of  the training, whatever  you have chosen - power, resistance, functional. If you skip this step, the risk you suffer from injuries  is high.

For you to understand its importance, I invite to think of a piece of raw clay. If you propose to use it plastically for giving the wished form, it is going to break or it is not going to be molded like you want. That's why first it is worked out, warming it up by using the hands, so when the molding to begin is easier.

More or less it's the same principle with your body. 

Now, what every pupil asks me when I start to train him, and I request him to warm up, it's how to make it correctly. It's not only about moving. Here I give you 5 tips those you must never forget.

1. Stretch correctly
What are you going to work out today? Well, the first you must remember, when a muscular group is worked out, is you have an agonistic and an antagonistic muscle, I mean, a muscle that makes the action and another that opposes or balances such action.
The trick is stretching both muscles. For example, if you do squads, stretch gluteus and hamstrings (the muscles of your buttocks  and those are located in the back part of your tights, respectively)
The stretches allow to prepare articulations and muscles better, so you don't cramp  at the less expected moment. That's why this step is important.
Plan with your trainer  the muscles to stretch, the way and the time to be dedicated to this moment.

2. Be aware about reps
This is key because the function of warming up is to prepare the body, not doing all the effort in one slam, so when you begin the main routine, you don't have any wish to continue. I ever advice to do about 2 sets of 20-25 repetitions.
As lasting as your body develops, we can increase the number of sets or the number of repetitions, but if you're a beginner, that would be the recommendable.

3 Keep your body heat
I mean you rest the just time that allows you to recover but that unallows your muscle gets cold. when you train, the move produces certain little heat. So, the idea is not losing it. And that little heat is gotten by doing many reps. Thus, you activate and catch the wave.
Look! - This moment is important because here is when we really start to work out. Then if it is crucial, you'll understand you must never dismiss it and doing it correctly.

4. Control your resting time
Not too brief that you tire out inmediatly, not too long that you get cold and you have to start from the beginning everytime.
Depending on your grade, the routine type, and the time you dedicate to it, the resting times can last 30, 20, or 15 seconds. Ever start with 30 to setting you up progressively, even if you return to train after many time (for example, more than 3 months)

5. Get focused totally
Although there are colleagues who forget it and there are pupils who think this is a waste of time, the importance of balancing your mind and your body during a training session is so crucial that it reflects on the results. I see pupils at the gym who really get it, and pupils who laugh on their backs. And I laugh on who laugh because they don't know what they do.
Getting focused  or being concentrated means you are concious of the actual time, the move you do, how you're breathing, what reactions your body experience, and especially how you're managing the distraction.
Before moving any muscle, learn to take a time for you, leaving all your life out the training space, and noticing how you breathe. Try to regulate your inhalations and exhalations until they happen naturarily, so deep that you feel your lungs to fill, then letting them empty for receiving the next air load.
When you catch it, have eberything you need to train close to you, listen carefully to the instructions of who is guiding you, do every rep and set realizing about you do and how you do it, watching your rests, paying attention to the change of exercise just in case.
Learn to visualize yourself in your mind with the whole physical achievement you're looking for. Believe it or not, this mental exercise favors possitively the physical exercise because it gets your body ready to get the maximum advantage from the effort you do. Hold the visualization during the main routine and once you finish.
When your session ends, ever express gratitude to yourself, to the one who support you, and to what is around you. You'll see when you retake your life, everything will be seen different and even easier.

whenever, I'll feel happy to receive your questions in here or directly to my Facebook account where we can chat in private.

The muscles of the hunter

Hydratation and more

By Nelson Peñaherrera

Water is good inside as well as outside. It’s not a joke neither a word game.

All who work out can’t quit the water consumption, because everyday  we must hydratate and the first reason is our body is  water in a 70% -- blood, another fluids, inner tissues, all type cells and even skin.

It’s clear the daily water consumption we must have is about 2 to 3 litres. As a reference, it uses to say that four glasses equal a litre.

Specialists we asked specify this quantity must be only this liquid. What is contained by food, especially fruits rich in water (as watermelon), don’t go to the final amount but your diet portions, depending on the time you have working out.

Nevertheless water and food is an excellent combination because they transport faster and allow your body eliminates the most everything it doesn’t need anymore, and that can make you sick. That means it’s good for food metabolism plus it regulates  excretionfunctions (sweat, urine, excrement).

In that sense, the water allows the job certain electrolytes (minerals those improve body functions as potasium –K- or magnesium –Mg-) do, happens correctly throughout blood, avoiding muscle wasting.

K and Mg are in food you consume. The water makes easier their transportation by the blood.

Of course, this happens only if your diet and exercise cycles are adequate.

Also, the water is key in a microscopic level for your body’s cells make all their functions on the right time.

Another point on all health specialists coincide is you hydratate around the clock for your kidneys purify the blood constantly.

“if yyou do it once a day, your are going to damage them because it will be a moment they can’t filter the blood and you become to increase their job – then, they’ll get sick,” one of them explained us.

Water and muscle | If you are working out to increase muscle mass, drinking water is mandatory.

Its main function is favoring muscle growing. That doesn’t mean water replaces protein but it does help to be absorbed by the organism so faster , as we told up before.

It’s important you hydratate along the day but more carefully before working out, during working out and after it.

First load must be done 20 minutes before, then during your times between series or exercises. When you sesion ends, you must hydratate inmediatly.

Because you are going to sweat, you need to refill all the liquid you lose for avoiding the body doesnpt work faster and you get tired inmediatly. If you get tired, you couldn’t go through all your routine.

“Its like a car that you put gasoline but you forget lubricant oil,”  a specialist compares us. “Earlier or later, the machine will damage!”

This medical appreciation is opposed to varioous gym trainers’ who recommend  not to drink water during your working out. And we prefer to believe in medical doctors.

Let’s remember that sweating is the process throughout our body holds ideal temperature to function correctly – 36°C, in other words.

There are sports beverages those promise you inmediate rehydratation. U.S. consumers’ reports have pointed out they only have to be drunk even provided you had done intense physical activity, because they are carbohydrates-enriched.If you get them and you don’t need them, they’ll be gathered as useless load in your organism.

Another advice they give is you choose uncolored ones, becausse substances those give it could produce another health problems in the long term.

How to rehydratate? |  We already said that water is esential to rehydratate. Although beverages, jueces, fruits and some solid food contain it, they don’t count on your daily amount. Never forget it.

Coming next, some rules you ever must remember.

• Drink safe water. In Peru, boil it if you get it from pipelines. If you buy it bottled, get news if your supplier hasn’t been filed because of health problems. You’ll lose much liquid if you don’t care about this issue, and all you’ve got could come down.
• By the way, it’s better you have your own water.
• Never hydratate using cool water or a colder one. The rule is  it is quite colder than air temperature, that we usually name fresh water.
• If you drink rehydratant beverages, take a while to check out the Nutrition Facts, and realize if it won’t produce another undesirable effects.
• As you sweat the most, you must drink water the most, especially if you get sick. During the production of this story, we have not found any consensus on the specific quantity you have to drink during the day, and as every organism is an apart universe, ,  it’s beter you ask your doctor about your own case, so you can organize your own hydratation strategy. Probably you must drink a glass of water per hour, then increasing it before working out, during and after it.
• Don’t wait to be thirsty to drink. Specialists coincide thirst is the alert signal your body sends to say “I’m dehydratating”. Even if you aren’t thirsty, drink water.
• Although alcoholic drinks contain water, the truth is you have forbidden them (especially if you are taking supplements), because your liver and your kidneys consume  your water reserves so faster for compensating you. Also, alcoholic beverages add big quantity of sugar that brings down any training cycle.

And we said when beginning, water is good inside and outside. We already told you priorly – after working out, take a cold bath to stimulate blood circulation.

In winter, hot water is a temptation not to miss the daily bath, however some medical doctors have suggested it accelerates skin aging.

On this point, remember not to waste water while you take a bath. Only use it to get your body wet and to rinse the soap. But having an open faucett without a reason, waste water you even will need in the future. Promote this behaviour among people you work out with, as well at the gym you attend to.

And as working out generates ful-of-germen environments, before handling something to the mouth, wash your hands so good with water and (preferently liquid) soap. A simple 20-second healthy tip that will avoid you lose more water than you require daily.