Cramps (mostly nighttime) - Magnesium supplements?

[glepore]

Potassium, and only as needed as regular supplementation can lead to an excess with cardiac consequences.

[CNY rider]

Magnesium may or may not help your leg cramps but it is a highly effective laxative, so if you decide to try it plan accordingly.

[Johnnysmooth]

On a day that I cycle, take Mg supplement before bed. Usually works, occasionally not. When cramps still hit at night despite Mg, I take a shot of straight apple cider vinegar and poof they are gone within 60secs

[SoCalSteve]

Emergen-C works for me. Especially if you are already cramping. Works very quickly.

https://www.emergenc.com/

Good luck!

[SuperColnago]

Tried Magnesium but NUUN is better. Had same symptoms as you I'm 58. Hydration and a 1/2 tablet of NUUN at bedtime. if you have had a big day works for me!

[Mzilliox]

stretch more, foam rollers, hydrate first thing in the am.
green tea with maple syrup
long warmups

[Louis]

Originally Posted by David Tollefson

I only work one direction -- back towards the heart. So up-strokes only on the legs. Working the waste products out of the muscles. Start with the calves, then go to hamstrings, then quads.

Thanks - I may give that a shot.

Lately I've been doing a lot more rowing than riding, and since the erg is a more whole-body sort of thing, I sometimes find myself thinking that going somewhere for a massage once a week or so might really help.

[m4rk540]

How bad are the cramps? Duration and pain level.

[Shoeman]

Pickle Juice!

[NHAero]

Which Nuun product?
Thanks

Originally Posted by SuperColnago

Tried Magnesium but NUUN is better. Had same symptoms as you I'm 58. Hydration and a 1/2 tablet of NUUN at bedtime. if you have had a big day works for me!

[NHAero]

So last night I took 400 mg of magnesium a bit before bed, drank a fair bit of water, took a teaspoon of yellow mustard (variation on the pickle juice theme) and woke up cramping, the lower left leg muscles to the left of the shin bone. Hurt enough to get up and walk until it calmed down. I don’t know how long they would last if I didn't do something and merely lay there.

[QUOTE=m4rk540;2538717]How bad are the cramps? Duration and pain level.[/QUOTE]

[zetroc]

As Shoeman said above - drink pickle juice!

[wc1934]

I sometimes get nighttime cramps along my shinbone after long runs (cramps, not shinsplints) - really painful and last 5 minutes or more. I walk and try to stretch them out but that isnt usually successful. I have started taking
L-Arginine (500 mg) - could be the placebo effect, but it seems to work for me.

[hobbanero]

I have some light cramping issues and a sleep doctor told me to take Magnesium Gluconate for them. There are a few forms of magnesium and that is the one he recommended. I take 2 550mg tablets before bedtime.

[glepore]

some studies show capacin works-so I occasionally do a drop of tabasco