As an addition, if I were to drink a gallon of water in a workout, I’d want to ensure to have some sodium and possibly other minerals in there as well.
The human bladder can only hold 0.14 gallon of urine (500-530 milliliters).
Edit - just had another thought: this would mean that the bladder can only hold 1.2 pound of water at most. I usually drink 1.5 gallon of water in a given day, but I wouldn’t subtract 13 pounds from my scale weight if I’m trying to figure out my LBM.
I’m calling Bullshit. I filled up a one litre AquaFina bottle one time when I was in a road trip and had to pinch it off.
I also used to start drinking a 2.5 gallon jug of gatorade at ~8am before football games when it was supposed to be hot. I had to pee a lot, but it is possible to drink that much water.
[quote]BFBullpup wrote:
The human bladder can only hold 0.14 gallon of urine (500-530 milliliters).
Edit - just had another thought: this would mean that the bladder can only hold 1.2 pound of water at most. I usually drink 1.5 gallon of water in a given day, but I wouldn’t subtract 13 pounds from my scale weight if I’m trying to figure out my LBM.[/quote]
I’m not sure about you but I am not to keen on having my cells swell to the point that they burst.
Will one gallon in a short period of time cause this, highly doubtful. But two gallons… hmmm.
In order to actually retain the 16 pounds of water weight you would have to consume it in a relatively short period of time. Sure you could drink 2 gallons throughout the day but I guarantee in that time you will have to take a piss at least once.
[quote]Petedacook wrote:
christine wrote:
A woman recently died after drinking nearly two gallons of water without peeing in order to win a wii from a radio station. I suppose she may have been 16 pounds heavier at the time of death. The death occurred because she drank the water quickly, not spread throughout the day.
Do not try this stunt at home.
That was all over the news radio station I listen to in my area.
Drinking too much water too fast can be a bad thing.
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The sick part of the story is that people were calling into the radio station warning the DJs of the danger. The assholes didn’t believe that it was possible to die from over-hydration. A quick internet search can give examples.
I just searched for “death by too much water” and found the following link. http://www.hhp.ufl.edu/faculty/pbird/keepingfit/ARTICLE/toomuchwater.htm
Every few years a marathon runner dies this way.
I believe its called Hyponatremia, what you were refering to.
I used to do the whole gallon a day thing and it really wasnt necessary. I now drink a little over half to 3/4 a gallon a day, but thats it. I see no reason to force myself or anyone to drink that much if you’re my height and weight.
Maybe if you’re a giant and need to cool your huge muscles constantly sure.
I wish I was that unfortunate…
[quote]BluePfaltz wrote:
I believe its called Hyponatremia,
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True, it’s usually Hyponatremia or Hypokalemia that kills people in these cases.
Hyponatremia is a low level of sodium in the bloodstream and Hypokalemia is a low level of potassium.
(Useless fun facts about these words:
The prefix hypo- signifies “too little” in Latin.
Natrium means sodium in Latin, hence its symbol “Na” on the periodic table.
Kalium means potassium in Latin, hence its symbol “K” on the periodic table.
The suffix -emia signifies “in the blood” in Latin.)
[quote]JKThreeEleven17 wrote:
BluePfaltz wrote:
I believe its called Hyponatremia,
True, it’s usually Hyponatremia or Hypokalemia that kills people in these cases.
Hyponatremia is a low level of sodium in the bloodstream and Hypokalemia is a low level of potassium.
(Useless fun facts about these words:
The prefix hypo- signifies “too little” in Latin.
Natrium means sodium in Latin, hence its symbol “Na” on the periodic table.
Kalium means potassium in Latin, hence its symbol “K” on the periodic table.
The suffix -emia signifies “in the blood” in Latin.)
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I took Latin in high school and it’s surprising how helpful it is in figuring out what scientific words and or words in other languages mean. Just by dissecting words into their Latin roots you can more times then not figure out what the words mean. More so with scientific terms then other languages but it still helps none the less.
[quote]beebuddy wrote:
I hope you are kidding because that question is supremely stupid. If you are then I guess I am daft for not recognizing it.
And BTW it’s not possible to drink two gallons of water at once. [/quote]
relax man.
I work landscape construction in the summer and I easily put away 2-3 gallons a day. of course I’m sweating it out but I can easily finish one of those gallons at lunch in under a half hour and Ive never died. But seriously It probably had a lot to with the makeup of an individual, a bodybuilder or athlete could easily drink more water than your normal female radio show guest.
For anyone on this forum, even high school kids with huge 13’ guns, could put away more than 2 gallons in a day spread out.
[quote]tveddy wrote:
I’m calling Bullshit. I filled up a one litre AquaFina bottle one time when I was in a road trip and had to pinch it off.
I also used to start drinking a 2.5 gallon jug of gatorade at ~8am before football games when it was supposed to be hot. I had to pee a lot, but it is possible to drink that much water.
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Right, I agree with you. I was talking about the bladder. The water not being held by the bladder would have to be stored somewhere between the mouth that drank it and the muscle that is storing it, right?
And there’s a theme here. You drink more than your bladder’s capacity, you’re not going to be able to hold that much fluid for long. So I call B.S. on any possibility of gaining 16 pounds merely by drinking more water.
The bladder size I quoted came from a Wikipedia article.
[quote]CaliforniaLaw wrote:
Here’s one hoping the OP tries it.[/quote]
heh, I do kinda miss CLaw
[quote]chillain wrote:
[quote]CaliforniaLaw wrote:
Here’s one hoping the OP tries it.[/quote]
heh, I do kinda miss CLaw[/quote]
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