Fitness expert and Crossfit coach, Rosie Walker, talks to WaterCoolersDirect.com on how water can improve your fitness and how to keep on top of your body's hydration How important do you think it is for people to ensure they stay hydrated whilst working out? Keeping hydrated is vital when working out. If you are not drinking enough water, your nutrition plan and fitness program will, without question, be much less effective in transforming your body than if you were drinking enough. In the diet, water is a very important component and can have great benefits to your body:
  1. 1.      Fat Metabolism

Water is not only a natural appetite suppressant, but it actually helps the body metabolise stored fat. When the body does not have a good supply of water to draw from to perform required physiological tasks, it will draw water from inside the bodies cells, including fat cells, in order to perform the desired tasks. Any fat stores in the body that are drawn on for water, are less likely to be mobilised and burned off as energy, resulting in increased fat stores over time if you were to remain in a constantly dehydrated state. Water is the key to ridding the body of fat through increased metabolic function.
  1. 2.      Muscle Tone

Water maintains proper muscle tone by giving muscles their ability to contract. Water delivers oxygen to the muscles and helps the body perform more efficiently.
  1. 3.      Healthy Skin

Water, along with the essential fats and minerals, prevents sagging skin and returns health and resiliency. Age and genetics will happen of course, but I am a firm believer you can combat these two, delaying the onset with a healthy lifestyle.
  1. 4.      Provides Energy

Water is an instant energy pick-me-up. Dehydration leads to fatigue because it impacts the flow of oxygen to the brain and causes your heart to work harder to pump oxygen to all of your bodily organs.   What are your top tips for staying hydrated while exercising? -        Treat yourself to a nice water bottle to encourage you not to lose it -        Keep your water bottle by your side at all times -        Add a slice of lemon and some mint to add some flavor if you prefer -        Put reminders on your phone when to drink – like the watercoolersdirect.com drink alarm app! -        Keep your water bottle topped up ready at all times!   For anyone looking to set up their own gym or fitness event, how important would you say it is that they invest in a gym water cooler or water dispenser for their clients/participants? We would highly recommend any gym or fitness event to invest in a water cooler for their clients and participants. Personally we cannot imagine being without one as it gets used so regularly within our facility.   What are your thoughts on corporate gym memberships? Do you believe that frequent exercise can help improve overall wellbeing in the workplace and in your personal life? In today's economic market every company needs to capitalise on the productivity of their staff. If you have employees that are unhealthy and unhappy, motivating your employees can seem like a daunting task and it is costing your company valuable time, money, and resources. Employees that are healthy and happy become increasingly more valuable with decreased absenteeism, higher productivity, and good morale.