Electrolyte tablets

[Thrillhouse]

I'm sure a lot of you guys use them during the summer while it's hot and you're out in the heat. For those of you that do, how do you take them? Is it a daily thing or do you do it as needed? Also which ones do you use?

[moonshine]

I used to buy nuun but I think they are expensive. I cut water and Gatorade 50/50 or drink Essentia or the like.

[llewol007]

Just drink Gatorade. No need for Electroylyte tablets. Or add a pinch of salt to your sports drink.

[One_Putt_Blunder]

Wife had me try some nuun tablets one day, tasted like drinking dissolved plain Rolaids or something. I should probably try some different flavors. I drink a decent amount of water every day at work 64-96 ounces then usually another 30oz before bed. On the golf course I have a 24oz hydroflask that Ill start with full zero calorie vitamin water then switch to regular water once that is run out. Sometimes Gatorade G2 or Powerade 0.

[Thrillhouse]

Just drink Gatorade. No need for Electroylyte tablets. Or add a pinch of salt to your sports drink.

 

Gatorade is chock full of sugar though.

[Thrillhouse]

Wife had me try some nuun tablets one day, tasted like drinking dissolved plain Rolaids or something. I should probably try some different flavors or something. I drink a decent amount of water every day at work 64-96 ounces then usually another 30oz before bed. On the golf course I have a 24oz hydroflask that Ill start with full zero calorie vitamin water then switch to regular water once that is run out. Sometimes Gatorade G2 or Powerade 0.

 

Lol yeah nuun is gross, frankly they're all pretty gross I just kind of hold my nose and chug it down.

[moonshine]

I really think the clif bloks work...some are made for electrolyte deficiency...cramping and such. I don't want sugar either but I read where long distance runners will eat gummy bears or flat coke to prevent the "bonk"...hitting a wall.

[Ferguson]

I walk regardless of the heat.

 

Advice: Be sure to increase your salt intake the night preceding a round on a hot and humid day. Salt your food.

 

When playing, I stick to water only ~20 ounces per 3 holes. No caffeine and no beer.

 

After the round I replenish with chocolate milk. Works great.

[chippa13]

Drink plenty of water with some Powerade Zero or the like mixed in. Toss in a banana or two and maybe a small bag of chips and you should be fine.

[ray9898]

I take a pill before the round and another during it. The ones I got were from Amazon, a bottle of 100 was like $11. They seem to work well, fatigue from the heat is much better and my leg cramps are gone.

[Scottk]

Just drink Gatorade. No need for Electroylyte tablets. Or add a pinch of salt to your sports drink.

 

Gatorade is chock full of sugar though.

 

I agree with the sugar comment. I drink Nuun and actually like the Pink Lemonade flavor. In terms of the cost, it is cheaper than buying a gatorade on the course, easy to throw in a bottle of water. I keep them in my bag all the time. I think the key is drinking them before you feel that you need them.

[Brahmabull102002]

I take a pill before the round and another during it. The ones I got were from Amazon, a bottle of 100 was like $11. They seem to work well, fatigue from the heat is much better and my leg cramps are gone.

What kind of pill??

[CBJ]

Increase sodium, potassium, and magnesium

[dbleag]

I spoke to a heart surgeon at my course and he said that water is not good to drink without something to keep it from washing out the electrolytes from your system.

 

He recommended eating saltine crackers or pretzels when water is the only available drink.

 

He also recommended drinking a sports drink the night before and the morning of a round in higher temps/humidity. If you wait until you need the electrolytes, it's too late.

[ray9898]

 

What kind of pill??

 

This is what I got.

 

Nutribiotic Essential Electrolytes

About the product

 

• Helps restore lost (through sweating) and utilized (through use) electrolytes helping promote a quicker recovery
  
  
• Combines 100 mg of vitamin C with electrolytes (calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, chloride, zinc, and chromium)
  
  

[wfwp]

CLIF Bar electrolyte drink mix in my hydro flask water bottle, and the CLIF Bar bloks energy chews at the turn.

[noodle3872]

I use BioSteel powder. It's the only electrolyte drink that dissolves completely, doesn't give me heart burn or a have a weird after taste. The packets are perfect to slip on the golf bag without taking up too much room.

 

https://www.biosteel.com/en-ca

[SixtySomePing]

I spoke to a heart surgeon at my course and he said that water is not good to drink without something to keep it from washing out the electrolytes from your system.

 

He recommended eating saltine crackers or pretzels when water is the only available drink.

 

He also recommended drinking a sports drink the night before and the morning of a round in higher temps/humidity. If you wait until you need the electrolytes, it's too late.

 

I agree with this... In the middle of a round 2 weeks ago I got sick, had been drinking lots of bottled water lately, etc. anyway was weak during the round, got shaky, even vision went weird, and nauseous and threw up... ended up in the ER. I had an EKG, a CT scan, the usual blood work and stuff. The result was low sodium in the blood. I had been washing it out with the filtered bottled water. Oh I had kept very hydrated, but no or very little sodium intake, few minerals, no electrolytes. Had an IV of sodium, they said go back to tap water for some minerals (ugh) and vitamins, and get something with electrolytes (some mentioned above) they said Gatorade, or Smartwater, or sports drinks when I play, start keeping up the sodium intake. I've since learned how many bad things can happen to you with low sodium- research the internet. Be careful if you think bottled water is good for you in hot weather or anytime without the addition of salt, electrolytes, and other minerals.

 

Also my wife runs marathons, and prepares well for them meaning prepares... So a marathon yeah you need to recover too, but for golfers, recovery products mean what? If you're doing it in advance to keep problems away, very good, if taking them after the fact, then they were already needed, which was what got me in trouble.

[PJ72]

There's nothing wrong with drinking plain bottled water in normal conditions. But if you're out in extreme heat or doing exercise/sweating a lot then remineralising the water is a good thing. A little pinch of Himalayan salt is good for that. I also add a magnesium liquid (ReMag) in every bottle of water.

 

Also, drinking too much is bad too - I'd be wary of drinking more than 4 litres per day. If the heat is that extreme, then you should consider getting out of it - would you try to stick out freezing cold temperatures too?

[toc]

Amino vital is pretty good

[27x10.5]

I also do pinch of pink salt in my water

 

Also lemon water will give you plenty of electrolytes, or lemon and honey water. Most athletes have wisened up and don't drink Gatorade anymore and just use the bottles they are contractually obligated to use for TV

[Cwing]

Drink pickle juice. No joke. Best sports drink on the planet.

[Llortamaisey]

Pedialyte

[Mike_C]

Saltsticks.

 

http://saltstick.com

 

I have been using these for the past few years since moving to Texas, really work well for me. I used to get terrible cramps when it got over 90 and I tried to walk 18, I swear once it felt like my whole body was seizing up.

 

I still sweat like crazy but with enough water and these I almost never cramp up.

[Judge440]

Biosteel? Amino Vital?

[Moonlightgrm]

I take organic minerals that I get from my family physician. They are terrific during those hot and humid summer days. I wash them down with a Poweraid or a Gatoraid and I no longer get light headed or a headache during a round.

[toophewbirdies]

Coconut water!

[ThinkingPlus]

I use Propel. Mix the packets with water on the course. No sugar and supposedly equivalent electrolytes to Gatorade.

[Rusty1885]

Gatorade is pretty good pickmthe light one if you worry about sugar. Golf is not that demanding. I used to ride mountain bike I just have blokshot and H2O. That's it.

[Bingo1976]

Nuun or Coconut water, and a banana. Occasionally a sports drink if I have none of the former. I train martial arts outdoors in the tropics, so have both a good heat tolerance and an understanding of what to take to survive.