Never Deal With Fitness Muscle Cramps Again

Fitness Muscle Magazine

Muscle cramps can be the result of several things. No matter where you are when a muscle cramp strikes, your local gym, at your home working out, or participating in your local soccer game, muscle cramps hurt. Well, sweat puts us at a higher risk of receiving muscle cramps because of the depletion of potassium and sodium.

What are potassium and sodium? They are the two necessary minerals that carry the body’s electrolytes. These electrolytes are what help your muscles to contract and relax. There’s not much excuse for allowing your body to become under hydrated. Bottled water is easy to carry along and easy to find. Here are a few more techniques we teach our Ontario health club members that will keep you from ever having to deal with muscle cramps ever again:

1. Take a zinc and magnesium supplement. You can find zinc in most dark, green leafy vegetables.
2. Stay hydrated – not just at the gym. That is right, a cramp free muscle needs water all of the time, not for just a portion of your day.
3. Stretch up to 3 times per day at 10 minutes a stretch. This is going to be an effective way for avoiding cramps/spasms, no doubt. By stretching, you will release the tension in your muscles causing them to relax – not to mention this will help you feel much better all over, too.
4. Try to take a deep breath and relax. The tenser an individual is, the more than likely they are to be getting those unnecessary muscle cramps/spasms.
5. Sometimes, cramps can be caused by a medical condition or by certain medications. By taking good care of your body and muscles, you increase your chances of not getting muscle cramps. Dehydration + nutrient and mineral deficiency = muscle cramps. You might even consider getting a massage to ease tensed up muscles from time to time.

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