I used to suffer from cramp badly but now use Nuuns or the SIS electrolyte only tablets routinely and I have never suffered since. I carry enough of the tablets that I can add them to my bottle every time I refill.
I used to suffer from cramp badly but now use Nuuns or the SIS electrolyte only tablets routinely and I have never suffered since. I carry enough of the tablets that I can add them to my bottle every time I refill.
When I've not trained for distance for a while and I step it up my own internal odometer lets me know that I've travelled 17 miles by battering me with cramp in every leg muscle possible. If I train I can push this to about 30 miles with no issues. After that I find Nuun sorts it out, in all fairness though on ultra's my none sweet trough is salt and vinegar crisps, pork scratchings etc...... which fill me with salt; so is it the Nuun or the snacks?
A friend of mine talks of using quinine to stop cramp, so I've started drinking loads of gin and tonic. Don't know if it helps but I like it.
Magnesium Phosphate tablets are very good for avoiding/curing cramp.
My understanding is that the electrolyte/ hydration theories of Exercise Associated Muscle Cramps (EAMC) have largely fallen by the way side, and that EAMC are now though to be a failure/ dysfunction of fatigued muscles, especially those which are contracting abnormally.
Drink to thirst, eat if you're hungry/ flagging a bit, but you have to train cramps away