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mtnsprts
Oct 26, 2002, 5:00 AM
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Just curious, do any of you drink Gatorade, Powerade, etc. when you climb. Does it make a difference. I know this is a stupid question, just wondering.
Obey your thirst....haha...
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grigrigirl78
Oct 26, 2002, 3:21 PM
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I always take gatoraide with me and drink some about 1/2 hour before I start and continue throughout the day. I think it helps!
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hroldan
Oct 26, 2002, 4:02 PM
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I used to drink one gatorade or powerade in each trainning session until I forgot to buy one and had to try with just pure water. It worked better, honestly I now rarely drink those.
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stevematthys
Oct 26, 2002, 7:21 PM
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sports drinks cost to much. i can afford water though.
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bretterick
Oct 26, 2002, 8:25 PM
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haha, im with steve on this one, too expensive, stick with the water its nice when its cold
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orangekyak
Oct 26, 2002, 8:28 PM
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Aych-Twenty brand sports beverage. good for all levels of thirst. That's pronounced "H - 20" Enjoy.
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apollodorus
Oct 26, 2002, 9:14 PM
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Get the Gatorade powder, and use about half as much as the instructions say. Or mix it full strength to dilute your wall partner's cheap tequila ("Gatorita").
Even better is to squeeze a real orange and put that in the water bottle with the water. The downside is you have to clean the bottle rather soon.
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lox
Oct 26, 2002, 9:36 PM
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Boldering with gatorade = I pull hard.
Boldering WITHOUT gatorade = I pull hard.
Who cares what you buy at teh convenience store on the way to the crag ?
I prefer LoneStar.
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camhead
Oct 26, 2002, 9:45 PM
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Climbing or not, gatorade is nice in the desert during the summer, when you are sweating massively and actually NEED some of those much-hyped electrolytes. Usually, if you are doing highly active stuff in which you will be drinking over 1.5 gallons a day, supplement it with gatorade or something like it.
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toprope_media
Oct 26, 2002, 9:56 PM
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I used to drink PowerAde and Gatorade all day long. Apparently, excessive use of these products is not good for your health. The suger content is sky high and jacks up your triglycerides and the acidic residue from these drinks slowly eats away at the coating of your teeth. I am sure they do other things to you too...and I know there are some out there who are going to say "eat what you want, you only live once." Rotten teeth and high sugar content are not worth it for me.
Its recommened you chased these drinks with water.I have since cut back to only drinking them during physical activity.
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lilred
Oct 28, 2002, 9:50 PM
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Typical "sport drinks" BAH
too much sugar
SPORT TEA SPORT TEA!!!!
you guys will LOVE me for it!!!!
see other thread here:
http://www.rockclimbing.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=18233&forum=23&35
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bluesky
Oct 28, 2002, 10:08 PM
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You can make sport drinks. You might want to fiddle with the carbo levels depending on your situation. Moderate exertion - ie sport and bouldering with moderate approach then hypotonic solution, High to extreme exertion (ie marathons or biking all day) increase the glucose levels to a isotonic or hypertonic solution.
Hypotonic Sports Drink
0.25 L Unsweetened juice (~20g of glucose)
0.75 L Water
Pinch of Salt (1g)
Or some variation on this theme, add more glucose equivalent for isotonic (about 50g) or Hypotonic (50g+).
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oneballjay
Oct 28, 2002, 10:13 PM
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stick with water. I used to run cross country and some people used to water down flat coke but alot of the time water is better than anything. eat a power bar or some thing for energy about and hour before your climb also drink lots of water. thats my two cents worth. hope I helped.
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phlyfisher
Oct 28, 2002, 10:28 PM
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Drink a can of red bull and you'll be good to go!
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oneballjay
Oct 28, 2002, 11:18 PM
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but then you are cheating you will be able to fly.
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climbincajun
Oct 28, 2002, 11:31 PM
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two words...
yerba mate'
www.guayaki.com
...two cents
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curt
Oct 28, 2002, 11:46 PM
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Beer = Perfect Sports Drink. You may not be able to climb any harder, but you will think that you can.
Curt
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bighigaz
Oct 29, 2002, 12:19 AM
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Propel. Good stuff, quick quencher. (Maybe they'll sponsor me! )
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pelliott
Oct 29, 2002, 12:22 AM
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You can keep the beer and I will hopefully be climbing elsewhere.
Beer + climbing = disaster.
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curt
Oct 29, 2002, 3:31 AM
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Patrick,
The only disaster is if the beer causes you to max out your bladder in mid-pitch. That IS a problem. Sounds like a beer might do you good--relax. And by the way, I don't climb much in Minnesota anymore.
Curt
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phil_nev
Oct 29, 2002, 4:34 AM
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Scotch!
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jbone
Oct 29, 2002, 4:44 AM
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Powerade tastes better than gatorade when it's warm. (It's a Desert thing)
Or Mtn. Dew, have you seen those dudes on the commercials they rock!!
Ha ha
JBone
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curt
Oct 29, 2002, 4:47 AM
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jbone,
Yeah, good point there. There are very few beers that are still really decent when warm.
Curt
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bradbaker
Oct 29, 2002, 8:07 PM
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>Yeah, good point there. There are very few
>beers that are still really decent when
>warm.
What?!? Sacrilege!!!
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wpy71
Nov 2, 2002, 1:20 AM
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It's not a good idea to drink gatorade during a climb. It has a lot of sugar, and you will eventually crash. Stick with water during a climb. Gatorade is ggod as a recovery drink afterwards.
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