Gym-goers 'are wasting money on sports drinks'

Fitness enthusiasts who buy energy sports drinks are probably wasting their money, according to an expert.
While the drinks may be suitable for people training for events such as marathons, many exercisers just end up consuming lots of extra calories.
Nick Hudson, national fitness manager for Virgin Active, said those doing workouts of less than two hours do not really benefit from the drinks.

Thousands of gym-goers who buy energy sports drinks are wasting their money an expert has said

‘Many people drink energy drinks in the belief they will give them more energy to exercise harder,’ he said.
‘But many are simply “calorie drinks” and drinking them means you’ll have to train longer or harder to shift the calories that you take in from the drink itself.
‘They’re useful for people who compete in events where they’ll be exercising in excess of two hours. But those doing shorter, more intense workouts don’t really benefit physiologically.’


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