Need advice about muscle cramp during a workout

[Stacy-MN]

About 2 weeks ago I was doing Rhythmic Step in morning, I work out at 5am. I was only about 15 minutes into it, when I lunged back and my calf muscle totally cramped up. I tried to stretch it out and continue working out but it only got worse. I was limping for 2 days after that as it loosed up. I just started working out again this week. I did CTX Power Circuit yesterday and made sure that I was landing on my heal when I was jumping and it went well. Today I did CTX All Step and 25 minutes into it my calf cramped up again! I stopped right away and stretched it out then skipped to the weights and abs.

Has anyone ever had this happen to them? Does anyone have any advise on what my help? I am very frustrated as I'm trying to keep up the motivation to work out and loose my pregnancy weight and this is NOT helping me.

I would appreciate your feedback on this.

Thanks,
Stacy

 

[MRSchultz]

Hi fellow Minnesotan:

This may sound funny, but when I was in sports in high school and had that happen to me my coach always told me to eat bananas. He said that my body was missing the potassium and bananas have a lot of that so I was to eat one before the games. It worked for me then.

Not sure if that will help you, but maybe it's worth a try???

Marcia.

 

[mariep]

Hi, Stacy--

Not sure if this has anything to do with it, but I always get calf cramps when I'm dehydrated. I'll usually get them at night, or when I first wake up and stretch my legs out. If I don't catch it before I fully stretch, and if the cramp really comes on full force, it's extremely painful and my leg does feel sore for a couple of days. Are you drinking enough water? Again, this may not be what it is, but it's what I've experienced.

I hope you feel better soon!

-Marie

 

[ColleenM]

My husband used to get severe leg cramps in the summer from exerting so much (he's a carpenter and working in over 100 degree temps). I did some research on the internet and this is what helped him:

500 mg Calcium Citrate up to 1000 mg (that contains Vit D or drink with milk) **Not calcium carbonate
500 mg Magnesium (250 mg) twice a day not magnesium oxide (2nd dose at bedtime) – if don’t see relief in 3-5 days increase to 500 mg 2 x per day
99 mg Potassium once a day
400-800 IU Vitamin E

Bilberry 80 mg 3 times/day for a few months and can continue indefinitely
Gingko 60 mg 3 times/day

Colleen