Evaluation of weight loss and sweat rate in an athlete

Background: The sweat rate consists of relating the athlete's initial and final weight with the amount of fluid ingested and thus identify how much dehydrated they were dehydration is a state that a person enters after having lost fluids from their body. Aim: Diagnose the athlete's sweat rate by considering the consumption of the beverages before, during, and after the test. To analyze the correlation of diagnoses according to the intake of hydrating drinks, sweat rate and weight of the athletes. Methods: This test was carried out at the I.U.D., specifically at the CAF, where an exercise bike was used. The methodological approach is quantitative, a sweat rate was performed in a test for three (3) consecutive days, which consisted of the athlete being subjected to an hour without rest on the exercise bike consuming three (3) types of drinks (water, Gatorade, serum), a different one for each day. Results: It was evident that with water he lost 2.12% (moderate dehydration), with Gatorade he lost 0.99% (minimal dehydration), we observed that his dehydration decreased thanks to the replacement of fluids lost during physical activity, with serum he lost 1.13%. Conclusions: According to the study carried out, two drinks stand out, water was the drink that made the athlete lose more weight during his process and we considered whey, since it was the drink that was consumed the least and was the one that kept the athlete hydrated.