when I woke up this morning and moved my leg and then tightened my calf suddenly it hurt so bad i thought i had torn a muscle but after 5 minutes thank god the pain stopped but they still hurt
any dietary deficiencies? i was thinking potassium is it normal to be deficient in that on a lowcarb diet?
its still kinda creepy to walk the stairs
where are shin splints located by the way? my calves hurt right on the inside of my legs above my ankles but the pain is in my muscle not my bones
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07-10-2006, 12:19 AM #1
I have killer cramps in my calves this morning and they still hurt
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07-10-2006, 12:32 AM #2
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07-10-2006, 12:38 AM #3
i dont know if thatll make it go away, when i walk it hurts... its like im afraid to walk normally cos they feel so tight that they would tear if i stretch them
this is so ****ed up i wanna burn off last nights binge with cardio but i dont wanna suffer an injury and be out for 4 months
mom has this minty stuff that always relieves her backpain by rubbing it on it relaxes her muscles or something should i put this stuff on my calves?
dont know if this is relevant but i remember my forearms kind of hurt too this morning... not nearly as much but a little right from the inside of my forearms till the palm of my hands
okay well i think my calves just need a warm up cos i can walk normally again (just not off the stairs yet i think) so ill be able to do cardio soonLast edited by justanothagirl; 07-10-2006 at 12:59 AM.
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07-10-2006, 07:06 AM #4
Could be magnesium issues as well.
Magnesium controls your muscles ability to relax. Magnesium deficiency is way more common than people realize, and it's almost a given in people with insulin resistance.
I know that I had lots of strange issues that went away when I started supplementing with a good form of Magnesium (a bad form would be the most commonly found form in multi-vitamins, Magnesium Oxide...it's very bio-unavailable, and just gets passed out in urine).
ZMA is a great source (Zinc Magnesium Aspartate). I also take Magnesium Citrate."You can't change the past, but you can change the future."
- Catherine Pulsifer
"Temporary effort yields temporary results."
- Me
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07-10-2006, 07:56 AM #5
really well im taking this magnesium calcium and zinc supplement
yeh.. friggin magnesiumoxide
oh well i guess next time ill just order all my supplements from the internet, jeez all the vitamins from the actual stores around here really suck
by the way should i get rid of all my supplements that contain stuff like
polydextose and such? or would they have those in tiny doses?
also calcium supps with aspartame are a no-no right?Last edited by justanothagirl; 07-10-2006 at 08:07 AM.
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07-10-2006, 08:24 AM #6
Was this during/after carb-up? I've had vicious cramps after really hard depletion workouts. And I mean the sort of cramps where you fall down from the pain, and that doesn't go away when you stand.
Something no-one else has menioned but may be a factor is ordinary salt. If you are eating lots of clean keto food, you are not getting much salt, and if you combine that with hot weather and a very sweaty workout, you could have trouble.65% fat, 30% protein, 5% carbs = keto.
http://www.eileengormley.com/ Funny science fiction for bodybuilders
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07-10-2006, 09:05 AM #7
no my carb up was last wednesday and i had this this morning so.. they were different types of cramps I've had them before like a year ago, like where your calves are squeezing to death
im menstruating so i guess that also causes some deficits for women? it is making me messed up in other ways too i had my first binge since ive been keto-ing last night i tried to stick to 1200 calories but i binged on walnuts which brought me upto 1650.. and before that yesterday afternoon i was feeling so hungry and weak that i felt like i was fainting and i was very dizzy.. my lifts sucked too last night
i actually bought salt last week it contains 33 percent natriumchloride and 67 percent potassiumiodine
should i try and down a teaspoon worth of this stuff dailyLast edited by justanothagirl; 07-10-2006 at 09:12 AM.
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07-10-2006, 03:08 PM #8
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07-11-2006, 01:25 AM #10
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07-11-2006, 04:35 AM #11
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07-11-2006, 11:59 AM #12Originally Posted by justanothagirl
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07-11-2006, 02:08 PM #13
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07-11-2006, 02:29 PM #14Originally Posted by justanothagirl
Anyways, sorry for spouting off in a post in which you're asking for help , but, let me just say, I've been on potassium and magnesium ever since and I haven't had the problem. Literally, those two vitamins changed a huge part of my life for the better. I'm not sure if all of those spasms had anything to do with it, but I've always had massively huge and shredded calves.Last edited by siamesedream; 07-11-2006 at 02:31 PM.
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07-11-2006, 03:36 PM #15
haha thats amazing, yeah its fine really all my questions are already answered anyways, yeah maybe it did have something to do with it cos when you lift weights you do damage to your muscles right and they heal and grow bigger, so maybe these muscle spasms did damage too which made them heal and grow.. very awesome anyways I should get some proper vitamins and minerals the ones I got now are apparently very bio-unavailable
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07-11-2006, 03:39 PM #16
Sometimes it helps if you smash them up before you eat them. You can get gadgets to do that, but just bash them hard and then mix with some water. Nasty and gritty, but they should work better that way.
65% fat, 30% protein, 5% carbs = keto.
http://www.eileengormley.com/ Funny science fiction for bodybuilders
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07-11-2006, 03:48 PM #17
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07-11-2006, 05:04 PM #18
FYI, magnesium deficiency can also cause mental health issues.
Something I was surprised to discover was that once I corrected my deficiencies (which also included EFAs, which also affect mental health), I found it very difficult to get sad.
It's hard to explain properly, but a lot of things used to send me into a serious funk. For instance, I recently found out that I'm not going to be in my best friend's wedding, because there are only three brides maids and he has 3 brothers, one of which is the best man, and she has one brother, so there's no room for non-family. I'm also seeing him less and less these days, and it really bothers me. Before, this type of thing would cause me to almost drop into a depression, and I would obsess about it for days on end, and just feel like complete crap.
In fact, I think in the past I even came to relish that feeling, it sort of reinforces a negative mental image that so many of us harbor for too long. It was comforting in a way.
But now, I just can't get there. I can't get sad like that. It's so hard to describe what I mean, but when I lay on the couch and try to focus on it and try to feel depressed about it, it just doesn't work. I can't recreate that somewhat comforting feeling (I guess because it gave me an excuse to feel bad about myself), no matter how hard I try.
Brain chemistry is an interesting thing. The healther I get the more I wonder when the rest of the world is going to wake up. I think the vast majority of our kids, stuffed full of ritalin and similar drugs, are just malnourished. Unfortunately, doctors and drug companies don't make money by telling you to eat properly."You can't change the past, but you can change the future."
- Catherine Pulsifer
"Temporary effort yields temporary results."
- Me
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07-13-2006, 07:14 AM #19
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07-13-2006, 07:59 AM #20
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07-13-2006, 01:05 PM #22
well my calves still kind of hurt and I have my depletion workout for my carb up tomorrow
should I do legs first so that my calve muscles will still have a lot of energy to be able to resist the weight without getting injured? or should I train my legs last so that I won't have a lot of energy left to put a lot of pressure on them?
I do think that tomorrow I'm gonna work much harder on my upper body than my legs though
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07-13-2006, 01:43 PM #23
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07-14-2006, 06:26 AM #24
hey is it ok if i have some chocolate flavored all bran on my carb up.. i LOVE that stuff
i think ill have some as my post workout meal(just had my PWO shake)
i also ate some after i had my fruit pre workout
or is it a no-no? I do think it contains HFCS
yeah the reason im craving this is my chocolate whey ran out so ive been drinking vanilla and strawberry flavored whey lately i need some chocolate lolLast edited by justanothagirl; 07-14-2006 at 06:33 AM.
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07-14-2006, 02:51 PM #25
You'll probably get away with it on carb-up.
Nothing to stop you adding some cocoa powder to your shake if you like the taste. Or (my favourite) get some 99% chocolate (Lindt do a very good one) and have a square with a cup of coffee to satisfy the cravings without starting a sugar binge.65% fat, 30% protein, 5% carbs = keto.
http://www.eileengormley.com/ Funny science fiction for bodybuilders
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07-18-2006, 03:30 AM #26
hey smackdaddy maybe ur right about these deficiencies and brain chemicals cos ive been on this diet for like a month now and ive only binged twice... and both nights after these two binges I got the calf cramps. i had another one this morning and i binged last night and thats exactly what happened last time.. i was also feeling down on both days for no reason at all
damn i want my ZMA to arrive i cant take these 2nd rate mineral supplements they do nothing for me
neways i just downed some of that substitute salt since it worked last time.. damn that **** is so nasty!!!!!!!!!!! makes me puke
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****ing hot weather makes me drink 2 much and lose all of my minerals i drink like 10 liters daily on these friggin hot days
****ing hell im so ****ing pissed at myself shouldnt have binged lastn ight!!!!!!!!! neways im gonna go to the gym twice adding up to 3 hrs today and eat 1000 calories!!! i still have some calories left from yesterday so its okLast edited by justanothagirl; 07-18-2006 at 03:43 AM.
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07-18-2006, 08:37 AM #27
Justanothergirl,
I have extereme sensitivity to leg cramps. the supps mentioned above are right on: salt, magnesioum, calcium and potassium are the culprits. Remember that you are passig a lot of water and this will strip out a lot of the water soluable vitamins and minerals (which is everything except for A + potassium). Once when I switched to a restrictive diet I had such a bad leg dramp that I tore the muscle. Getting on the right supps really helped. a good multi should be added as well.
Let us know how it goes.
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07-18-2006, 09:29 AM #28
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07-18-2006, 12:47 PM #29
It was when I first became a vegetarian. I was also not eating fat and would only consume soy products, veggies and complex carbs. I dropped from 190 to 169 that year. About 3 weeks into it, I started to get leg cramps. I dropped down to pick up my godson, and as I stood up, a thigh muscle cramped like nobody's business. Afterwards, it scarred, up got hard and did not return to normal for months. It was then that i realized that I had to take vitamin supplements to meet my dietary needs.
after 4 years on that diet, I am back to eating meat. I am today (thanks to keto) 200lbs and have the same, if not lower bf% than when I was 169.
Food is a very powerful agent in controlling our bodies apparently. No one believes me though. THey still complain about being fat but don't see how changing their diet will help. I point to my results and they say "oh, that is too hard."
Anyway, the point was that when I got loaded with calcium, magnesium, potassium, Iron and a multivitamin, all of the cramp issues went away for the remaining 4 years of that diet.
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