Cramping during long distances, how to fix?

[snowyk12]

If anyone can give some good advice on cramping it would be greatly appreciated.

I have to do long distances with a ruck on ofr the military. So around 10 miles my legs start to cramp.

My question is if I am taking a single scoop of protein before my march and drinking two canteens plus a 100L camelback what can I do to keep this from happening?

I have tried eating a bananna before. I have tried propel. and I still cant improve my time to 2 hrs. I consistantly keep finishing 12 miles at 2 1/2 hrs due to exhaustion. If I push any harder than that I cramp.

I just started taking taurine. I take ZMA and potassium pills now as well.

Should I fill my camelback with gatorade for electrolytes and would maybe sipping waxymaize help since it is a carbohydrate drink.

 

[snowyk12]

I forgot sorry, would EQ and anavar help build the lean mass and help with endurance for this or would that cause more cramping due to the supplementation and needing more water than I already need. If I am loading up six canteens and two camelbacks guys are going to wonder wtf?

 

[empirebuilder]

Best things for cramps are dark green leafy vegetables. Also you could try using a Vitamin E supplement. If that still doesnt work try some magnesium with it! Oh and of course potassium.

 

[gixxerman]

salt..potassium and of course water

 

[OMEGA]

As far as Supps try
Citrulline Malate and Beta-Alanine

 

[shirlock]

I wouldn't suggest mixing anything but water in ur hydration pack...I tried gatorade one race and would never do it again...

I suffered badly from cramping also in 3hr plus races..I focused on being more efficient and relaxing more when racing (that was canoe racing)

Stick to water and try electrolisis drinks prior to setting off..and of course being totally hydrated, making sure glycogen stores in the muscles are full also and ready for the workload ahead

 

[Big_Joe]

Cramping generally comes from not enough blood flow. If everything else is in order, hydration, nutrition, etc I would take an aspirin at about the five mile mark. This will thin the blood and make it easier for it to flow.

Just put a couple in your shirt pocket. Yea it might start to breakdown from your sweat but so what just take two then.

Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and I ran 15 miles every morning I would take baking soda in water before I ran. At one point I was taking so much of it I would have a fine layer of it on my skin after my sweat dried. Baking soda is a great buffer to neutralize any acid in your body, such as lactic. So you might want to take a spoon full in a glass of water before you take off. In those days I trained with a LRRP. One day I would carry him on my back and run and the next he would carry me ( we didn't do the whole fifteen miles like that only the really steep parts). I look back on those days now and have a hard time believing I actually did that shit.

 

[snowyk12]

Baking soda? LOL you must think the old school protein shakes taste great. Thanks for th info. Ill try the baking soda thing and see how I feel. Im still wondering about the waxi maize during my ruck march. Kinda along the lines of the intra workout thing Im reading alot about.

 

[bolognese]

do you drink milk??

if so stop drinking milk...my track coach in highschool used to kick kids off the team if he caught them drinking milk...milk is notorious for causing cramps

i also heard that pickle juice is good for cramps and pineapple

 

[cuts82]

do you drink milk??

if so stop drinking milk...my track coach in highschool used to kick kids off the team if he caught them drinking milk...milk is notorious for causing cramps

i also heard that pickle juice is good for cramps and pineapple

LOL! pickle juice...