How much water is enough water?

We all know that water is the essential building block for life. Without water for us to thrive we will perish. Dehydration can cause several severe problems with the human body. The worst of course being organ failure and death. The least maybe being that of a dry mouth and being thirsty. There is one definite point I would like to make in this article. If you are working out and training you need to drink more water!!! Water helps your body through all of it's metabolic functions including building muscle and burning fat. Muscle is 70% water by volume. So guess what? If you don't get enough your muscle will not grow. They have to be in a state called hyperplasia. What that means is that they are full of water to be simple about it. This is one of the strongest points for creatine and it's benefits in the gym. It keeps your muscles in hyperplasia and growing(recuperating). The same holds true for burning fat. If you are dehydrated it is a lot harder if not impossible for your body to burn fat. The water is used in the fat metabolism to energy and the excretion of by products such as key tones by the kidneys. So back to the original question. How much water do you actually need? A good rule of thumb to follow is to get your body weight in ounces every day. This would be the minimum requirement. If you like to drink caffeinated beverages a lot such as soda or coffee these do not count and are counter productive due to the diuretic effects of caffeine. So in simple terms a 128 lb person requires 1 gallon of water a day total. 32oz = 1 quart  4quarts = 1 gallon 32 x 4 = 128 oz. So drink up on your water and keep building that muscle and burning fat!!