Welcome to this week’s episode of Health & Fitness Friday on The Essential Strength Podcast. This is your 5 minute download of some health and fitness knowledge meant to make you a little bit smarter and a little bit stronger as you head into the weekend!

We’ve been talking about exercise for the last couple weeks, how it’s quite possibly the single most effective way to improve your overall health and also why it’s so hard to form an exercise habit. Today, we’re going to shift gears a little bit and talk about HYDRATION.

A few of the key bodily functions impacted by our hydration status are body temperature regulation, joint lubrication, nutrient delivery, cellular function, infection control and our natural detoxification processes.

The best way to avoid dehydration? You guessed it - drink water! It’s your zero calorie, readily available dehydration prevention beverage!

We will continue this conversation about hydration next week, when we will get into more detail about specific beverage choices, and the concept of “malhydration” - but in the meantime, if you’d like to read more on this topic, you can head over to strongerinmotion.com and check out the most recent article in our reading list, where much of today’s information came from! The title of the article is “Benefits of Water: Are You getting Enough Fluids to Stay Healthy” by Sandee LaMotte and was published on CNN Health!

Hope everyone has a GREAT weekend, and I will catch ya’ll next week!