If you choose to integrate with Apple Health, you’ll also have to accept those agreements and permissions as well. Gatorade says that Pods don’t have to be refrigerated, though their shelf life may be extended if they are.

The app doesn’t do much, and unless you think you’ll like changing the lid’s LED colors a lot, you won’t use it much. He's worked for literary agents, publishing houses, and with many authors, and his writing has been featured in a number of literary magazines.

Gatorade Gx further elevates the brand from competitors by setting new standards in data-centric personalization. Both times, I worked out within the stated parameters but wasn’t able to sweat enough to generate a result. For accurate results, you’re supposed to wear them during a single activity, and you’re not supposed to cover your forearm with clothing. I was able to observe the Gatorade Gx system in action at the UEFA Champions League 5x5 elite junior soccer tournament in London on June 1st and 2nd. It’s tempting to roll your eyes and think, “Just use common sense, skip the patch, and drink regularly during exercise.

Just add water to your custom Gx bottle and empty a pod to make 30 fl oz of your favorite Thirst Quencher flavor. Because the pods are so much smaller and lighter to carry, it’s easy to put several in your bag each day, and because performance is optimized, Gatorade becomes an even more valued part of sport pre-, during and post-game regimens. They’re the type of gadget that’s helpful for a sliver of people and overcomplicated for everyone else. I appreciate trying to inject some sports science into the product, but the smart features are too much of a hassle to use every day.

Because no two athletes play the same – or fuel up the same, the Gatorade Gx Pods deliver a unique hydration experience for every athlete. To use a Gatorade Pod, fill a Gatorade Gx Bottle with water, unlatch the lid, and place the pod upside-down on the pod piercer located in the mouth of the bottle. Sporty nerds can also opt to use it with Gatorade’s Gx Sweat Patches, which are disposable wearable patches that measure how much sweat and sodium you lose during exercise.

Helping sports teams do better through this unique system is a valued service that’s hard for competitors to match, and makes Gatorade a more complete and holistic partner to those teams. Gatorade Pods are instant beverage mixes that are part of the Gatorade Gx line, which includes bottles, a hydration-tracking app, and a sweat-tracking skin patch. In a normal food tracking app, like MyFitnessPal or LoseIt, you can log your hydration no matter the source. If you press the “X” button near the spout, the same lights will flash to indicate your progress toward your daily hydration goal. It began when Gatorade asked longtime partner, Smart Design, to help develop a way to track hydration needs of athletes, based on innate physical differences, different sports activities, levels of exertion, duration of exercise, and weather conditions.After experiencing the system in early stage pilots, the teams reported back on ways it could be further optimized. We do not recommend reusing our bottles because they cannot be properly sterilized or washing in a hot water cycle of a dishwasher as the plastic may distort and/or shrink.