This Video Shows You How to Consume Alcohol (Without Compromising Your Fitness).
We’ve previously discussed how to smartly and responsibly fit alcohol into your fitness regimen , so here are some more tips to avoid being overly cheerful and waking up terminally ill the next morning. Let John Romaniello of Roman Fitness Systems explain.
Romaniello, author and personal trainer, uses a Venn diagram to demonstrate the subtle interactions between “optimal” amounts of alcohol, water, and food intake. In the video, he says:
- Alcohol: Knowing your individual tolerance is the first step to knowing how to handle alcohol. If you’re unsure, underestimate your ability to handle alcohol just in case.
- Food: Reduce your daily calorie or macros intake (minus 10 percent if you want the alcohol to work harder on you) by eating the last 30 to 40 percent of them before partying. That way, you won’t get sloppy drunk and make the wrong diet choices in your alcohol-fueled hanger.
- Water: Alternate drinking water with every alcoholic beverage. Formula Romaniello is exactly one glass less than the total amount of alcoholic drinks you drink. This means that if you have six alcoholic drinks, you will drink five glasses of water. This way, you don’t dilute too much, but still maintain the proper level of hydration.
When all three are in control, you’ll have a great time, but retain your collected composure and not experience a terrible hangover (aka “God Mode”).
Romaniello argues that alcohol alone does not make people gain weight. Food choices made by drunk people are more influential. If you don’t want to eliminate alcoholic beverages from your fitness regimen, check out our complete guide on how to drink without harming your weight loss process.
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