How much water should you be drinking every day?

The old rule of drinking 8 glasses of water a day is a bit outdated...

How much water we need depends on a few different things. If you exercise vigorously, you’ll need more water, and maybe a sports beverage to replace some electrolytes lost through sweating. If your exercise is light to moderate, without much sweating, you can skip the sports drink and stick to plain water, before and during your workout.

Generally speaking, we should be drinking half of our body weight in ounces of water per day. If you weigh 120 pounds, you’ll need to drink 60 ounces of water per day to stay properly hydrated.