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How to Stay Hydrated This Summer

As we all know, dancing in the summer can be brutal if you don't keep yourself cool and hydrated. Today I'm going to share some practical tips on how to stay hydrated.

First of all, why keep yourself hydrated? When dancing or doing other forms of exercise, you're losing body fluids. Drinking water replaces what you're losing. By keeping yourself hydrated, you're reducing the risk of heat stress, and you'll maintain normal body function and performance levels. If you want to dance your best, then drinking enough water is important.

Keep yourself hydrated throughout the day so you don't need too much water while dancing. Not only should you drink water regularly outside of class anyway, but it also stops you from feeling like you need drink too much in class. Drinking too much all at once can make you feel sick, and you definitely won't want to move much either.

Eat foods with a high water content. Apricots, oranges, pineapples, blueberries, peaches, raspberries, and plums have over 80% water. Melons have some of the highest water content. Vegetables such as celery, cucumber, iceberg lettuce, tomato, and zucchini have over 90% water. Eating foods with high percentages of water content is another way of staying hydrated. 

Stay organized. Regardless of how you want to keep track of your water intake, it's important. You might want to have an app on your phone to track it, write it down in a planner, or keep a magnetic dry erase board on your fridge. Try each method out to see which one works for you. Make sure to fill up your water bottle as soon as you wake up every morning, and refill it as soon as it's empty. I like to have a goal of drinking at least one full bottle of water with each meal.

Use ice! There are those people who prefer to drink water without ice, and if that's you, that's great! My point is, for the majority of people, using ice helps them to drink more water, especially in the summer. If you don't have an ice maker, get two or three ice trays and use those to make ice. It's also important to get a water bottle that will keep your ice from melting for a long time. 

Make it fun! Drinking enough water every day can start to seem like a chore, but there's things you can do to keep it fun. Find a water bottle that you love. You can find all sorts of designs, and decorate it with stickers. Use ice trays that will make the water freeze in fun shapes. Flavor your water with lemon or cucumber. 


Stay hydrated and keep dancing!


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