How Dehydration Affects The Endurance Athlete
The impacts of dehydration to an athlete’s body can be various and severe. According to Nina Anderson, author of multiple books on sports nutrition, including “Fueling For Peak Performance”, “as the heart rate increases, oxygen and nutrient delivery to the muscles can drop 10% even with mild exercise." Water losses equal to 2% of body weight and will impact heat regulation. At water losses equal to 3% of body weight, muscle contraction is affected...
