Hydration For Swimming

The intensity and environmental conditions of swimming sessions will determine your personal sweat rate. As a result, it’s important that hydration is addressed using TORQ Hydration Drink in the hours pre-session, ensuring exercise commences in a well hydrated state.

The opportunity to rehydrate occurs multiple times per hour when swimming, and so an hourly hydration strategy should be implemented, drinking slightly ahead of thirst. In instances where both intensity and environmental temperature are high, you should aim to drink more of TORQ’s Hydration Drink per hour.

Fuelling Swimming

Swimming, especially if high intensity in nature, has the potential to deplete the body’s stores of carbohydrate, presenting a very real threat to performance and so an hourly carbohydrate ingestion plan should be adopted.

Targeting 1-2 TORQ Units per hour, in the form of TORQ’s Energy Gels, Jellies or TORQ Energy Bars, will extend time to exhaustion and prevent carbohydrate depletion. The higher the exercise intensity, the more TORQ Units should be ingested per hour.

Recovering After Swimming

TORQ Recovery Drink should be consumed immediately after a session. The carbohydrate within TORQ Recovery replenishes the body’s fuel reserves, reducing tiredness and preparing you for your next session, whilst the inclusion of protein supports the growth and repair of the tissues of the body that have been damaged by the exercise. The addition of Ribose in TORQ Recovery Drink helps to recharge tired muscle cells and supplemental glutamine, vitamins and minerals help support your immune system throughout the period of recovery from exercise.