Challenge Tips

Do you try to exercise on a regular basis? That’s great! You’ve got this healthy lifestyle habit down — now let’s add to it. If you don’t exercise regularly, that’s OK — you can double up on your healthy habits today.

Any time you exercise — whether it’s a quick 10-minute walk around campus or a sweat-inducing HIIT workout — drink a glass of water. Have one glass before your workout begins and another after it ends. Doing this will fuel your body with energy-giving hydration before your workout and revive you afterward.

Dehydration during your workout can cause muscle fatigue and loss of coordination, making exercise harder. You’re doing your body a favor by hydrating it before you put it to work. Drinking water immediately after exercising will replenish your body with the hydration it lost through sweat. It’s a win-win.

Think of today’s task as adding on to an already-healthy habit of exercising. You’re doing fantastic — keep up the good work.

What’s your favorite way to exercise? Share with us in the updates section here, in our private Facebook group, or on Twitter, or Instagram, then tag us with #healthynurse.

Find this helpful? Use the social media links on the left side of your page to share it with a nurse and invite them to join the Hack Your Hydration Challenge, powered by Compass One Healthcare! 

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