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Asker Jeukendrup (one of the world's experts when it comes to Sports Nutrition):A lot of this utter twaddle is coming from the absolutely unprovable claim that drinking alcohol affects training performance
Personally I cannot believe that having say 8-10 drinks enuf to get lagered shall we say on a sat nite will undo the 20 hours or so of weights running etc the players do
Agree the pissed in public is not good but think the physical damage by drinking line is a crock
Beer in moderation (1-2) and diluted or consumed with water can help post-exercise hydration. There is a little carbohydrate in beer that can help restoration of energy stores. There is no reason not to have one beer, it will help a lot of people and athletes to relax, but we always have to keep in mind the negative effects of larger amounts of beer/alcohol.
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The reasoning behind 1-2 is that actually hydrating is better than not at all. It can be quite hard to get athletes to hydrate especially when you're asking them to consume ~600mL of fluid an hour during training/games. Adding sodium in the beer can be helpful. So players pour some salt in your beer and make sure you have some carbs with it.
One issue behind these studies is the red tape that typically exists behind getting athletes to drink and then do testing on them. Human ethics at research level is tough. It's why we don't know more about marijuana and performance/recovery and WADA just opts to ban it until more is known. We'd know more if it was easier to get our hands on athletes and test them. You also have to understand you can't just turn up to a sports team and say "hey can we get your players drunk and poke and prod them afterwards"
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https://mental.jmir.org/2018/1/e23/
We know that sleep is vital for recovery. Well...alcohol impacts your sleep funnily enough.
The study revealed that alcohol reduced the restorative quality of sleep. Specifically, a low alcohol intake decreased the physiological recovery that sleep normally provides by 9.3%.
Even as little as one drink was shown to impair sleep quality. Moderate alcohol consumption lowered restorative sleep quality by 24%, and high alcohol intake by as much as 39.2%.
These results were similar for men and women, and alcohol consumption affected sedentary and active people alike. Interestingly, the harmful effects of alcohol were more pronounced among young people compared with seniors.
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Again you are thinking in absolutes. Drinking 8-10 drinks won't undo 20 hours of hard work, but it will still hinder it vs. not drinking the 8-10 drinks.
Elite athletes are on different levels. Players have caffeine 60-90 mins before the game and at halftime because research suggests it may improve their performance by 2-3%. 2-3% can be a lot especially when you're almost at peak performance. You do things to add %, not subtract. That's just counterproductive.
But again, Why are people focusing on 1 point? There are several reasons why people were disappointed in what happened. For the love of god, it is the sum of all parts. Not just the alcohol, not just that they went out, not that they got kicked out of a bar/club. It is everything together + the fact they are 2 weeks into pre-season and had s**t 2018 seasons. If you have an issue recovering and you're just getting over wrist surgery is it wise to be doing something that impacts your recovery? Worst case scenario Luke gets in a push and shove in this altercation...reinjures the wrist he just had fixed...that's an issue ("but walk outside hit by bus scenario" )
This whole saga was designed to test me wasn't it? Well it worked. This reminds me of when God tested Abraham. I'm done. See all of you sinners in hell!!!