Oliver, The message is simple. Its not needed to drink too much of water continuously forcing yourself.. Just drink how much ever you need whenever you want. It doesnt even say you should not drink too much water so dont misinterpret. If your body needs more water just drink it :D. The thing is some people don’t drink enough water absorbed in work.

Here is what i do. I never ever calculated how much i drink. I drink a lot of water until my thirst is quenched and I drink a lot water before my breakfast, lunch and dinner.. In that case I would be happy for my kidney to do more work than my digestive system doing more work and getting less calories 😀 ;D

I am sure that Russh meant to source his views also.

I’m sure Mr. Yates would have preferred if you stated him as source:

http://www.dorianyates.net/dorian/site/showthread.php?t=903

Beyond that, he may be right about decreased performance when the point of dehydration has been reached, but, as stated in the video, it is very unlikely that this will happen if you simply follow your thirst.

http://www.rice.edu/~jenky/biopage.html

http://www.rice.edu/~jenky/sports/hyponatremia.html

http://www.rice.edu/~jenky/sports/salt.html

Forcing oneself to drink much beyond thirst risks low blood sodium, which can be very serious. For example, it is rare for marathon runners to collapse from dehydration, but much more common to collapse from low blood sodium caused by drinking too much fluid after sweating out salt.

A human needs to lose at least 2% water by body mass for it to begin to affect athletic performance, which for a 70 Kg person is 1.5 litres. Someone would have to be very hot to sweat 1.5 litres in an hour, so basically, most people are not losing enough fluid in a training session to affect their performance. This means you can replenish fluid after training rather than before or during if you don’t like running around with a stomach full of water.

Well, your “humble” clueless opinion is just that; your “humble” clueless opinion. AJP-Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology is a pretty respectable SCIENTIFIC journal with a pretty respectable IF (= impact factor). And the article in question is an INVITED REVIEW. Writing a review basically means going through apalling amounts of research papers on a choosen subject and sum the things up. IMHO, the author sucessfully acomplished the goal. So, the the only community joke is your stupid comment. Produce some relevant scientific (not bro-scientific) paper that the author forgot to include or STFU.