Whether a person needs a sports drink during exercise depends on the type of exercise being performed.
Sports drinks are not always necessary after and during workouts. It usually depends on what type of exercise you are doing. If you are doing weight lifting, then you do not need a sports drink and water would be the best option for that. On the other hand, you could have a sports drink after running a marathon or running for a few miles. Although.. most sports drinks consist of more calories than soda brands such as Pepsi and Coke, which is completely unhealthy for your body, especially with all of that sugar intake and the colorants. Water should be an athletes first priority when thinking about what to drink when and after working out or exercising.
