Beyond Dehydration: Why Cramping Really Happens And What You Can Do About It.

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🗓️ 13 December 2014

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Last month, I read one of the best scientific treatises on cramping that I've ever seen. The title of the article was "Cramping In Sports: Beyond Dehydration", and was written by today's podcast guest, Andrew Buskard.

If you've ever scratched your head about why the heck you won't stop cramping during your workouts or races, this episode is for you! During our discussion, you'll discover: -Why a cramp during exercise is way different than a medically associated cramp... -What's really happening inside your body when you cramp... -Why the traditional theories of what causes exercise associated muscle cramping are incorrect or have been mostly disproven... -Why neurologically related cramps are the primary cause of cramping during exercise... -Why simply tasting something very salty can reverse a cramp... -How your environment, your relaxation level and even your genetics can affect your susceptibility to cramping... -Strategies to stop cramping when you have adequate electrolytes and hydration but you're still cramping...

Do you have more questions about why cramping really happens? Leave your comments and thoughts at BenGreenfieldFitness.com.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Ben Greenfield here.
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0:23.0	So check out greenfieldfitnesssystems.com.
0:27.1	It helps to support this show and now onto today's interview.
0:57.1	Hey folks, it's Ben Greenfield and one of the journals that I read on a regular basis
1:22.7	is the Strength and Conditioning Journal.
1:25.4	Put out by the National Strength Conditioning Association.
1:28.6	I always find a few interesting gems in each issue of that journal and this past October
1:37.6	I actually read an article in there about cramping.
1:41.5	Now I have to be straightforward with you as a guy who raised trathlon in a lot of really
1:46.4	hot places for eight years.
1:49.0	I thought I pretty much knew everything that there was to know about cramping and the
1:54.0	ways to fix cramping and what really causes cramping until I read this article and then
2:00.6	I realized, wow, there's a lot about cramping.
2:03.4	I didn't know and I learned a ton and I decided that I wanted to get the author of this article
2:10.2	onto the show for you to tell you all about how cramping goes beyond dehydration, what
2:17.2	truly causes cramping and what you can do about it.
2:21.2	So my guest today is Andrew Buscard and he's actually doing his PhD studies in exercise
2:28.5	physiology at the University of Miami currently.
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