Sports Drinks and/or H2O?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by DLH17

btw...what is "pop"?

It's what people who were brought up outside the Chicago area call soda.

[stratref]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

It's what people who were brought up outside the Chicago area call soda.

We here in the Pac NW call it pop as well. Soda in California and the NE, Soda-pop in the mid west and Coke (dosen't matter the variety) in the south.

Jasper

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by stratref

We here in the Pac NW call it pop as well. Soda in California and the NE, Soda-pop in the mid west and Coke (dosen't matter the variety) in the south.

Jasper

We do?

[26 Year Gap]

I have gone to G2 or Powerade Zero. Some flavors aren't good even when they have sugar, but I stay away from red in case of spillage. Enough abuse without "Hey, ref! You got blood on your shirt!" In summer & spring with 4-6 AAU games here in FL, I will usually go through a quart of the stuff. But I will take water if offered and it is cold. But the straight Gatorade/Powerade is so full of sugar that I just stay away. Getting older does things to insulin resistance etc. Made that switch a few months ago. Dropped over 15 lbs in a few weeks, too, which was a side benefit.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

I have gone to G2 or Powerade Zero. Some flavors aren't good even when they have sugar,

Maybe I've got to try the "no/low sugar" substitutes again, if for the weight issue alone......but initially, I couldn't stand the taste. Blech!

PS - I did however switch to diet soda/pop yrs ago though and made the taste adjustment.

[DLH17]

Originally Posted by grunewar

Maybe I've got to try the "no/low sugar" substitutes again, if for the weight issue alone......but initially, I couldn't stand the taste. Blech!

PS - I did however switch to diet soda/pop yrs ago though and made the taste adjustment.

The chemical aftertaste is horrendous on the G2's.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by grunewar

Maybe I've got to try the "no/low sugar" substitutes again, if for the weight issue alone......but initially, I couldn't stand the taste. Blech!

PS - I did however switch to diet soda/pop yrs ago though and made the taste adjustment.

The green G2 & blue G2 is okay. Same with Powerade Zero. The orange is bad and the grape is even worse. In fact, I think the guy who came up with that grape one should be forced to drink a quart of it while being filmed for youtube.

[Back In The Saddle]

I can (and do) go either way on this. I buy a big can of Gatorade powder at the start of the season and take a quart bottle with me to games. I mix it about 50% strength because any stronger and it leaves my mouth feeling all sticky. I don't obsess over hydration and drink as I begin to feel thirsty. So some days I'll bring half the bottle home with me, and some days I'll finish it and refill it with water from a drinking fountain.

Some days, for whatever reason, I'll forget to pack my sports drink. I'll just have water from the drinking fountain or the home team's water cooler. And I usually do just fine that way too.

So if there's some significant benefit to sports drinks, I haven't noticed it. Perhaps one must be capable of actual performance?

PS. The studies I've seen on post-workout recovery drinks have suggested chocolate milk. And being a big fan of the stuff anyway, I highly recommend it

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by stratref

We here in the Pac NW call it pop as well. Soda-pop in the mid west
Jasper

I agree with Camron. I've noticed everyone around here (Oregon) calls it soda. And...as I said before, everyone I ever knew while growing up in Chicago called it pop, not "soda-pop".

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Everyone I ever knew while growing up in Chicago called it pop, not "soda-pop".

When my kids are drinking soda, they will often say to me, "Hey. How about some soda, Pop?".