Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below Hi guys I was wondering what could a diet high in potassium for cramps, no matter what I do before exercise, stretching, warm up , yoga etc...I will often get a bad cramps while training and my doctor told me to consume foods with a high content of potassium, thanks for any tips guys.
good balanced diet for cramps prevention
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Potassium is found in high concentrations in fresh fruits and vegetables. You do not want to cook them as it'll leach the potassium from them. You want to eat them raw and fresh. You could also use a potassium supplement.
Here are my 4 main tips to prevent muscle cramps:
1. Make sure you are drinking enough water through out the day. 5-6L per day minimum. Remember that stimulants (coffee) and alcohol are diuretics and don't count towards your total.
2. Make sure you are taking in enough electrolytes (think sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium)
3. Supplement with 2-5g of taurine per day. Ideally you would put it in the water you drink during your workouts and sip on it through out your workout
4. Often neglected and over looked, make sure you are stretching after each workout and try to incorporate foam rolling a few times per week into your program to help remove lactic acid from tight muscles.
Here are my 4 main tips to prevent muscle cramps:
1. Make sure you are drinking enough water through out the day. 5-6L per day minimum. Remember that stimulants (coffee) and alcohol are diuretics and don't count towards your total.
2. Make sure you are taking in enough electrolytes (think sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium)
3. Supplement with 2-5g of taurine per day. Ideally you would put it in the water you drink during your workouts and sip on it through out your workout
4. Often neglected and over looked, make sure you are stretching after each workout and try to incorporate foam rolling a few times per week into your program to help remove lactic acid from tight muscles.
Muskate gave you some great advice. The only thing I would add is to make sure that they are actually cramps and not pumps because those are very different things. Often people confuse these especially when they do things like running.
