Endurance athletes and football players lose more salt in their sweat than basketball, soccer, or baseball players, so they probably need to replace more electrolytes when they train hard.

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Normative data for sweating rate, sweat sodium concentration, and sweat sodium loss in athletes: An update and analysis by sport

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2019 Oct

The study measured how much sodium athletes lose in their sweat and found that football and endurance athletes lose the most, which supports the claim.

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Normative data for sweating rate, sweat sodium concentration, and sweat sodium loss in athletes: An update and analysis by sport

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DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2019.1633159

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