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A new line of Ironman-branded premium sports drinks developed by the sports nutrition experts at PowerBar® is being launched today. Ironman® PERFORM™ sports drink features PowerBar’s state-of-the-art C2MAX carbohydrate blend, found to deliver 20 to 50 percent more energy to muscles and improve endurance performance by eight percent.

Designed for athletes who take part in intense workouts, or who exercise in the heat or humidity and experience significant fluid and electrolyte loss, the new Ironman PERFORM sports drink also enhances performance by delivering essential electrolytes, including 190 mg of sodium per serving, to replenish what athletes lose in sweat and to help avoid skeletal muscle cramps and dehydration. The convenient ready-to-drink beverage is also made with natural flavors and without the use of high fructose corn syrup.

It amazes me how many athletes don’t drink enough during training and racing. The excuses I hear go from the sublime to the ridiculous and with some of the early season races this year experiencing higher temperatures far above the norm It’s time to go back and take a serious look at this most important aspect of good health and performance.

Dehydration can be linked to so many things; diabetes and asthma to name just two. Dr F. Batmanghelidj wrote a best seller a few years back entitled Water & Salt. You’re Healers from within. In it he listed so many reasons why we needed water that it is hard to understand why people don’t realize why our bodies need it. Here are a just 7 extracts from his book that are relevant to us as athletes.