Small Mistakes That May Be Sabotaging Your Workouts

Drinking Too Much Liquid

Drinking too much liquid before working out will also have a noticeably negative effect on performance, and depending on the liquid, recovery can also be affected negatively. People who feel liquid sloshing around in their stomach while exercising may have consumed too much water before working out. As mentioned above, there are guidelines for how much water to drink before a workout. If some people feel this amount is too much for them, they should cut back on the quantity they drink. In a 2014 study published in Sports Medicine, an academic journal, researchers concluded that any type of alcohol can negatively affect people's ability to recover from an injury. This shows that even the type of liquid consumed before working out is extremely important, and water should be the only drink consumed before exercise.