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The need for water is no big secret, but many athletes neglect the fact that they need a lot of it each day. Our body is comprised of sixty-five to seventy-five percent water, while our muscles are compromised of seventy percent water, bones twenty-five to thirty percent, and blood at ninety percent. We lose water through sweat, urination, and breathing, but as an athlete we lose a lot through sweat. So what does this mean to you as an athlete? If dehydration exceeds two percent body weight, physical performance is limited, which has been evident in many UFC fights to date. The last one I can remember was Jake Shields against Martin Kampann, as even though Jake Shields won that fight, he really slowed down throughout the fight and later admitted that the weight cut and water deprivation affected his performance.

Going back to antioxidants, an important note is that through emotional stress, environmental stress, and training, we produce free radicals that attack our muscles. Our antioxidants eliminate them, which is a good thing. So, the more we train, the more free radicals we produce, and thus the more antioxidants we need to stay healthy.