Quite likely. Potassium and Magnesium a vitally important to prevent cramping. Part of why bananas and leafy greens are good pre-workout. I take a potassium supplement 2-3 times a week.
I don’t think I’ve ever cramped up during a workout. That includes wrestling practice where I was wearing multiple layers and hadn’t drank nor ate anything all day in order to cut weight.
Yeah, what I find confusing and frustrating is that I don't cramp (usually) during exercise. It's far more likely while bowing the class in - cold muscles, no exertion yet, at all. Same with Yoga - most likely relatively early in the class. Often, it's when the muscle in question isn't really involved. So, when in seiza (Japanese seated kneel, in case you guys use a different word), just as I'm getting into the position, a foot may cramp. Hard to maintain decorum when the instructor suddenly mutters "ow, damnit!" under his breath and drops sideways to rub his foot before bowing in.
The only thing that ever worked for me when I was hung over - do a shot. I used to do Southern Comfort or Stoli, whichever I had on-hand. It was tough going down, but somehow I always kept it down. I did the shot over the garbage every time though, just in case.
That's the only thing I refuse to do. I've seen so many people start with 'do a shot to avoid hangover', leading to 'keep drinking to avoid hangover' lead to 'keep drinking to avoid withdrawal' and then they end up talking to me 3-5 years later after getting pancreatitis, or liver issues, or arrested.
Oh man, I remember trying to make weight. I wrestled 152 and 160. I would bulk up as much as I could for football then we the season ended we were already in wrestling season. We had another guy who was really good at 160 but had a hard time making weight so my coach would encourage me to drop down to 152. I just couldn't do it my senior year and ended up wrestling up in the 160 or 170 class.
Same here, but different weight classes. I played defensive line, and going from almost 190 to 177 wasn’t fun at the start of the season. My senior year was the first year NYS had weight certification. You got certified about 2 weeks into preseason, which meant I just ended football about 2 days beforehand. I made 167. Good thing they didn’t check hydration levels back then like they do now
I remember a movie (Vision Quest, maybe?) back in the 80's that really inspired my best friend, who was a wrestler. So much of that movie was about cutting weight by dehydration.Same here, but different weight classes. I played defensive line, and going from almost 190 to 177 wasn’t fun at the start of the season. My senior year was the first year NYS had weight certification. You got certified about 2 weeks into preseason, which meant I just ended football about 2 days beforehand. I made 167. Good thing they didn’t check hydration levels back then like they do now
Vision Quest is the Karate Kid of wrestling. Matt Modine was the main character.
That's the one. Rob loved that movie. I wasn't a wrestler, but even I thought it was pretty cool.
They’re no joke, man. I think the worst part of them is you can’t complain about them. Complaining about them makes you look and feel like the softest guy ever.
Every team came out for warmups to Vision Quest’s main song - Lunatic Fringe by Red Rider. That’s how popular that movie was. I hear the song every now and then, and the intro where the guitar starts still gives me goosebumps. More than a few wrestling teams still use it as their warmup song. Like Eye of the Tiger to boxing, only more popular
Yep haha, have had enough of them, feel it coming on and the leg shoots straight out to the side [emoji1787]
