hDrop Announces Partnership with Matt Hanson to Advance Real-Time Sweat and Sodium Sensor in Professional Triathlon

February 12, 2026

Through its partnership with Matt Hanson, hDrop brings industry-leading accuracy in continuous sweat rate and sodium loss tracking to elite professional triathlon.

Little Rock, AR (February 12, 2026) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – hDrop Technologies Inc., developer of the hDrop Gen 2 wearable sweat analytics system, today announced a performance partnership with professional triathlete Matt Hanson, a leading competitor on the IRONMAN Pro Series circuit. The collaboration brings real-time sweat rate and sodium loss monitoring into elite endurance training and racing environments, with a focus on individualized hydration precision grounded in exercise science. Through its partnership with Matt Hanson, hDrop brings industry-leading accuracy in continuous sweat rate and sodium loss tracking to elite professional triathlon.

Hydration strategy remains one of the most variable and least precisely quantified factors in long-course triathlon. Athletes commonly rely on single-session sweat tests, generalized sodium guidelines, or environmental assumptions that may not reflect real-time physiological demands. hDrop’s wearable platform is designed to continuously estimate sweat rate and sodium loss during live exercise, enabling dynamic hydration modeling across intensity, duration, and environmental stress.

Preliminary validation data collected under controlled 1-hour dynamic exercise protocols demonstrated 92 percent agreement with reference methods for total sweat loss estimation and 87 percent agreement for sodium loss estimation. The validation was conducted independently by a U.S. academic research institution under standardized laboratory conditions. Detailed methodology, including testing conditions and statistical analysis, will be disclosed in a forthcoming scientific publication.

Beyond his professional racing career, Matt Hanson brings a formal academic background in exercise physiology, having served as a university professor in the field. His expertise in human performance science, metabolic adaptation, and endurance physiology provides a structured framework for interpreting hydration data beyond surface metrics. This dual perspective, combining elite competition and academic training, strengthens the applied evaluation of hDrop’s physiological outputs.

Rather than using hydration metrics solely as post-session insights, the collaboration will integrate sweat rate and sodium loss data into hypothesis-driven training adjustments. Hanson’s scientific background enables critical assessment of variability across sessions, environmental conditions, and training phases, ensuring that hydration recommendations are grounded in physiological mechanisms rather than anecdotal practice.

Working within structured training blocks, heat adaptation sessions, and race preparation cycles, the partnership aims to refine individualized sodium replacement strategies and quantify the impact of hydration precision on cardiovascular stability and performance sustainability during prolonged endurance efforts.

As wearable hydration technologies expand within endurance sport, methodological rigor and independent validation are increasingly essential. hDrop’s development roadmap prioritizes reproducibility, third-party testing, and transparent scientific disclosure. By integrating independently validated physiological analytics into real-world performance settings, the company aims to reduce uncertainty in hydration planning and advance evidence-based endurance optimization.

Matt Hanson noted that combining real-time hydration metrics with a scientific understanding of exercise physiology allows for more precise interpretation of physiological stress during training and racing, particularly in heat and high-intensity conditions where electrolyte balance plays a significant role.

Adria Abella, Co-Founder of hDrop Technologies, stated that partnering with an athlete who also possesses formal expertise in exercise physiology adds a critical analytical layer to the technology’s applied development, bridging laboratory validation with elite field performance.

For more information, visit www.hdroptech.com