Description "Drink as much as you can, even before you feel thirsty." That\'s been the mantra to athletes and coaches for the past three decades, and bottled water and Sports drinks have flourished into billion-dollar industries in the same short time.
In addition, Noakes is an editor.
Noakes is a veteran of more than 70 marathons and ultramarathons, and his book Lore of Running (Human Kinetics, 2003) is considered a classic by Serious distance runners.
Publishing the first scientific article on exercise-associated hyponatremia (EAH) is considered among his greatest achievements.
Noakes was awarded a doctorate in science (DSc) in 2002, the highest degree awarded by the University of Cape Town.
He is also director of the Medical Research Council/University of Cape Town Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine at the Sports Science Institute of South Africa in Newlands.
Timothy Noakes is Discovery Health professor of exercise and sport science at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
About the Author Known throughout the academic community for the high-caliber nature of his scientific insights and work, Dr.
Time for the facts--and the prevention of any more needless fatalities.
Enough with oversold Sports drinks and obsessing over water consumption before, during, and after every workout, he says.
In Waterlogged, Noakes sets the record straight, exposing the myths surrounding dehydration and presenting up-to-date hydration guidelines for Endurance sport and prolonged training activities.
He also chronicles the shaky research that reported findings contrary to results in nearly all of Noakes\' extensive and since-confirmed studies.
Tim Noakes takes you inside the science of athlete hydration for a fascinating look at the human body\'s need for water and how it uses the liquids it ingests.
Dr.
The Problem is that an overhydrated athlete is at a performance disadvantage and at risk of exercise-associated hyponatremia (EAH)--a potentially fatal condition.
Description "Drink as much as you can, even before you feel thirsty." That\'s been the mantra to athletes and coaches for the past three decades, and bottled water and Sports drinks have flourished into billion-dollar industries in the same short time
