Ikaika

So all of this week I've been training hard, usually in the 8-10 rep range. Workouts lasting ~1 hour. No cardio or anything but have been sweating more than normal. Only taking a multi right now, fwiw.

I have never in my life had such awful cramping while training. Pretty much whatever muscle I'm training immediately cramps when I put the weights down. Are bananas and taurine pretty much all I can turn to in this situation to keep the cramping from ruining my workouts? I'm fine once I get out of the gym but it's pretty distracting to have your triceps cramp so hard that it feels like you've got a golf ball under your skin.

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XiLe Ultra

How much water are you drinking? Drink a lot! Kind of sounds like side effects of dehydration. Also if you're not already doing so, stretch.

If it continues for too long I'm afraid the best thing to do is to go to a doctor...

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DJSTARER

i know u have WMS... and probably table salt. Drink 30g CHO from the WMS, + 1 tsp salt with 4 cups of water. You can throw our taurine in there too if u want.


Give that a try. If you are eating clean, your body may not be getting enough sodium to retain any water.

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PGA Professional of America


Current Stats:
474 Squat
601 Deadlift
320 Bench


Goals for next training cycle:

500lbs squat and a total over 1400 in competition

Ikaika

It got pretty bad last night so I went and got a bunch of Powerade and some french fries. I felt much better afterwards.

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romanaz

creatine also helps with retaining water for that purpose.

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Ikaika

I think I probably just wasn't getting enough salt in my diet since I've been eating squeaky clean lately. The food last night helped and I haven't had any issues today.

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DJSTARER

my GF recommends Midol too

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My philosophies on training:

"Extreme training yields extreme results"

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Penn State Powerlifting-181 lb weightclass

PGA Professional of America


Current Stats:
474 Squat
601 Deadlift
320 Bench


Goals for next training cycle:

500lbs squat and a total over 1400 in competition

Ikaika

yeah she told me it works really well for you during that time of the month.

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DJSTARER

u totally stole my joke.... ass. PS, I'll send u that bar recipe tonight or tomorrow.

__________________
My philosophies on training:

"Extreme training yields extreme results"

"Just because you can, does not mean you should"

"The best program is the one you are not doing"





Penn State Powerlifting-181 lb weightclass

PGA Professional of America


Current Stats:
474 Squat
601 Deadlift
320 Bench


Goals for next training cycle:

500lbs squat and a total over 1400 in competition