Suthin Sumthin

I TRY to donate blood on a regular basis.  I can spare it, it doesn't take long, I have several women fussing over me asking me how I am doing, telling me what a good fellow I am.  What's not to love?

I also have, I must humbly convey, really good veins.  One fellow said "massive pipes". The nurses like it because it's an easy poke.  I also fill up the little blood bag pretty quickly.

Last time I donated, rather on a lark, I drank a lot of water the night before, and during the night whenever I got up I took a wee sip.

That day (well morning) the nurse that attended me was SHOCKED at how quickly I bled out.  She had never seen anything like it.  I told her what I had done and she said that explained it and mentioned it to other staff.

It got me to thinking about the early days of my learning the field of fitness.  We sweat some all the time.  During the day we can compensate for it.  At night not so much.  We wake up in the morning dehydrated.  Just like there is breakfast there SHOULD be a break dehydration.

The moral of the story.  If you are a morning exercisers and you feel like you are not getting you best game on when you go to train.  Water. 

If you find yourself a little hard to settle in and get to business, water.  Dehydration, by lowering the fluidity of blood and thus limiting its travelability (yes I think I just made up a new word) affects both muscle and brain function. 

Now, go play !!!