Guest guest Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 Saeed, et al... I was reluctant to mention the Gatorade, as I talked in earlier posts about hydration. (didn't want to get too commercial). But when I was playing heavy handball, I found it worked better for me than water. After I started with it... even playing in 80 degree+ weather, I never cramped again. Alan > As a tennis player I was plagued with calf cramps, post surgery, almost > every time I played too hard-and I became very frustrated. Finally, a friend of > mine who was an athletic trainer at the U. of Wisconsin and later the trainer > for the San NHL hockey team gave me some advice. I) He said that if I > was cramping early in my play, it meant that I was not warming up properly or > just not in good enough conditioning shape yet. 2) If it was happening later > in the tennis match then maybe I wasn't drinking enough water. > Duh!! That was the answer. I realized that I didn't drink that much water on > a regular basis. The trainer said that MOST PEOPLE ARE DEHYDRATED and don't > realize it. > > A note about drinking water: If you overdo it, you could start flushing the > salt out of your body that you need. I read in a recent running magazine that > 8oz. every 15 minutes is sufficient during heavy athletic activity. > > In conclusion, you need to train and get back in shape in a systematic > manner and drink that water and/or Gatorade. > > Saeed, BHRx2 , 7-2-02, DeSmet > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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