Hydration and Sodium: A Key to Endurance Performance, with Sports Dietitian Kristen Davis

Sodium chloride, commonly known as salt, is a crucial nutrient for athletes. It helps maintain proper water balance within the body. When the balance between water and sodium gets disrupted, an endurance athlete's performance can rapidly decline. Additionally, dangerous situations can arise if this imbalance isn't restored.In this episode of the TRACER podcast, registered sports dietitian Kristen Davis tackles key questions for endurance athletes. These questions include: How much sodium is needed during exercise? Is plain water enough in hot weather? How can we determine our individual sweat sodium loss? And what are the signs of low sodium?Training for an trail ultra or marathon? Get an adaptive, intelligent training program designed by a pro at tracerfitness.com.Need personalized sports nutrition advice? Learn more about Kristen's services at runonfuel.com.Nail your training with TRACER, an endurance training software platform designed for the era of AI! Features include automatic imports of activities, flexible training log entries, goal setting, AI-powered evaluation of your training logs, and world-class proxy coaches from the best in the business!Learn more at tracerfitness.com. Get a free trail and start getting faster now!Listen to The TRACER Podcast for conversations that will make you faster, on both YouTube and via your favorite podcasting app. Visit here: https://tracerfitness.com/blogGet faster on your next ultra or marathon with adaptive, intelligent training from world-class pros at tracerfitness.com.Follow TRACER on InstagramFollow TRACER on YouTube