Water loading/depletion
Well, as I enter my last few days before my first show, I’m getting to experience some new things. First, I don’t think I have a muscle that isn’t sore right now and I’m pretty tired. But that is okay - I don’t mind being tired and I LOVE sore muscles. What is killing me today is drinking so much water!! I’m supposed to drink 2.5 gallons of water, which equals almost 10 liters. I’m a little more than halfway there, but I feel like all I’m doing is filling water bottles. And it isn’t making me feel very good. Or maybe that’s just the tiredness. In any case, this is something I hadn’t thought about!
I’ll be drinking this much for a few days, and as soon as I get used to it, I’ll start drinking less. The goal, of course, is to drop some water weight, so we’ll see how it goes!
