pete26

Been getting constant cramp in my right calf. Gets kinda sore when am at the gym....cross trainer, treadmill etc... Come home and it's fine but when am trying to sleep it's so tight. If I tense it the tiniest bit it cramps up in complete agony. Any ideas why it does this? What I can do to stop it? Don't get cramp anywhere else not even my other leg always my right

Coldo

Stretch them before and after excersise, or every morning/evening too if you want.

Make sure you are taking in enough salt/potassium throughout the day and lots of water too.

Also watch out you aren't training too intense too often?

pete26

Cheers, I train mon-fri mainly CV as need to shift the fat more than tone at the moment. Trained the same days since January. How do I know if I've had enough salt/potassium? Get it from ingrediants? Thanks tho, getting behond a joke these days.

Coldo

Potassium wise, the reccomended amount for a man is 4200mg a day, a banana has 340mg for example. Also found in potatoes, tomatoes, broccoli and loads more stuff.

Salt is something like 2000mg a day, i think? Whatever it is, it equates to about 1teaspoon of table salt, but obv you get salt in other things too so necking a teaspoon in the morning would probably be a bad idea

As long as you have a balanced diet it should be nothing to worry about though. Sounds like you're muscles are just tight/sore/shocked from being worked alot more than usual.

pete26

Cheers mate, apprciate the help. Think I really need a massage, where's a misses when u need them lol Cheers tho hope it helps, loosing the will to live.

Kieron

Are you taking any suppliments to aid your fat loss? i.e Clenbuterol?