Increased cramping and muscle strains.

[anabolicmd]

Ive been on a low carb type diet (the zone) which has been great in terms of training, energy, fat loss and recovery. I have increased training intensity, but nothing I havent worked up to before. But recently, Ive been spraining muscles and getting muscle cramps in my calves a lot lately. Twice, I was woken from sleep with bad calf cramps, and I get them if I try to swim too fast too. Then I tweaked a muscle in my lower spine deadlifting, so I eased up for a while, but I just re-pulled it squatting today. My training has been going really well, but this shit has me stumped. Why the hell am I cramping and pulling muscles all of a sudden?

 

[endpoint]

electrolyte balance is messed up.

 

[anabolicmd]

electrolyte balance is messed up.

How do you fix that?

 

[Generic MALE]

Tren and creatine can cause it. I had some studies archived about using magnesium to releive the spasms, but lost them when my computer crashed.

Typically spasms are from magnesium, calcium and potassium. I would focus on the magnesium - primarily magnesium aspartate. The citrate form of mag can cause really bad diarrhea. Potassium can be a problem if you take too much.

AAS cause you to retain calcium, and can cause cramping because elevated calcium will result in lower magnesium.

Eat some good fruit. Get a watermelon and gobble it down.

And make sure you just keep your water levels high. Dehydration really sucks in regards to cramping.

 

[anabolicmd]

Thats the thing, Ive been taking my mineral supps, Im not on any AAS and creatine, I drink water regularly but maybe Im still missing something. Maybe my minerals arent getting absorbed, I am taking them with everything I take, al at once.

 

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sodium, potassium, magnesium, water

I prefer time release multi vitamins and minerals......i feel they help with the absorbtion.

add more salt to your diet? At work i drink gatoraid.....or a thing called "+water". But its an australian thing....you may have something similar....like a gatoraid with no carbs

 

[Generic MALE]

All at one could be a problem - calcium lowers and competes with magnesium and vice versa. I recommend taking calcium in the morning and magnesium at lunch or bedtime (since it is a natural relaxant).

Also maybe you are not taking enough.

 

[anabolicmd]

sodium, potassium, magnesium, water

I prefer time release multi vitamins and minerals......i feel they help with the absorbtion.

add more salt to your diet? At work i drink gatoraid.....or a thing called "+water". But its an australian thing....you may have something similar....like a gatoraid with no carbs

I like gatorade, I know it brought my electrolyte balance back very quickly when I was taking lasix (potent diuretic) for a few days. I could feel my electrolytes dropping and I tried all the sports drinks but nothing kicked in faster than good old gatorade. But Im on a low carb diet so the only time I can really drink it is right before I workout, which I did today and I think it did the trick, Ill see soon enough. Actually, I hit the treadmill for 15 minutes hard, then I chugged a small gatorade and went to lift. I think Ill do that from now on and see what happens.

 

[anabolicmd]

All at one could be a problem - calcium lowers and competes with magnesium and vice versa. I recommend taking calcium in the morning and magnesium at lunch or bedtime (since it is a natural relaxant).

Also maybe you are not taking enough.

Yeah, I think you are right, I am taking them at the same time, and I might not be taking enough. I take the daily dose on the bottle. But seeing as Im almost twice the size of an average person and I train hard, maybe I ought to take more. I just dont like taking more pills but maybe Ill start taking zma at night, and increasing my daily minerals by 50%. That plus the electrolyte drink right after warming up, ought to help. Thanks guys.

 

[endpoint]

I also forgot. you may have a waste build up in your muscles.

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