37 Muscle Cramps in Training and Racing

Purple Patch Podcast

Matt Dixon

Humanpotential, Nutrition, Education, Empower, Fitness, Executive, Coach, Strengthtraining, Purplepatch, Sleep, Cycling, Performance, Running, Recovery, Health & Fitness, Ironman, Swimming, Timemanagement, Triathlon, Meditation, Yoga

4.8 • 647 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Cramping is a frustrating part of endurance athlete life for many, amplified by the fact that there is seldom a quick diagnosis of cause, nor an easy solution for most. The whole area of cramping tends to be an ‘experiment of one’ -- with plenty of conflicting or shaky research, interesting concepts and ideas that emerge, and different preventions and remedies that work for some athletes, yet fail for others. We still cannot definitively establish what causes cramps -- and many of the anecdotal preventions and fixes to cramping could as easily be attributed to the all-powerful placebo effect as they could be the effectiveness of the intervention.

This episode is outlined from a collation of conversations with passionate experts in the field, review of existing literature, as well as coaching observations and review.

Matt takes a deep dive on:

The Causes and Types of Cramps
Ten Contributing Factors that May Lead to Cramps
How to Mitigate the Risk of Developing Cramps in Training and Racing
What to Do If and When They Occur

It is a complex subject without an opportunity for definitive cause or prevention, but as with the rest of your performance, maintaining positive habits and a fit n’ fresh mindset is your best path toward mitigating the risk of occurrence.

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:00-:20 Purple Patch Weekly Intro

:22- 1:45 Matt's Introduction to the Podcast

1:45- 5:38 Word of the Week - Camps

5:50- 43:25 The Complexity of Cramps Discussion

43:30-52:48 Athlete Questions of the Week on Running

52:50-55:05 Lessons of the Week

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0:00.0	I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast. The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential. Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your human potential. The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere in a great sport into life.
0:19.8	And welcome once again.
0:21.7	This is Matt Dixon and this is the Purple Patch podcast.
0:25.6	And today we're, uh, excuse me.
0:30.5	Ah, it's gone again.
0:32.3	Yep.
0:33.2	Today, hyperkinesis, an involuntary muscle contraction,
0:40.1	cramps.
0:42.2	The subject of today, the bane of an endurance athlete's existence,
0:47.2	and something that can be so frustratingly debilitating and painful
0:51.3	in our pursuit of performance.
0:53.8	Today we dig in, We seek an understanding,
0:56.9	a set of strategies to prevent, and how to manage cramps when they occur. We also talk about
1:03.1	aftercare and, of course, what to do if a preventative measures don't work. I wish I could promise
1:09.7	you that this podcast will change your
1:11.8	performance life, that cramps will become a part of your history, never to be faced again, but
1:17.7	I cannot promise that. But what I can do with framing and understanding, as well as some implemented
1:25.3	strategies, I hope that you can begin to manage and mitigate risk
1:29.9	and ensure that they have less of a voice in the room when it comes to the quality of your personal
1:36.1	performance. But before we squeal and shriek to the pain of cramping, let's hit Word of the Week.
1:43.8	We like the way he thinks, serious with a wink.
1:48.3	Let's open the book.
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