The past couple of week after training, my legs (more specifically behind my knees and up) have been feeling like they want to cramp up if i do something sudden or strenuous.
Is there something that i am missing from my diet?
a typical day for me would be
Breakfast - Protein powder with skimmed milk, 80g oats and a hand full of frozen mixed berries
Lunch - Meat and veg (e.g. today i have 2 home made lean mincemeat burgers with broccoli, Brussels and spinach.
Evening workout of rugby training (very little weights and lots of sprinting/push up drills) or the gym (lifting only).
Post workout protein shake
Dinner - usually veggie quorn or something equally crap as GF is a veggie, with some sort of carbs and veg.
Is there something that i can add to my diet to decrease the feeling of wanting to cramp or is it a case of me not warming down well enough after exercise?
3 meals a day and a shake and you ask if there is anything missing? lol!
You should be more specific… for example if you really think it is diet - then you should include Potassium and Sodium levels as well as Macronutrient ratio’s and totals - and cals too.
And you should be more specific with what the issue is as just saying - [quote]“feeling like they want to cramp up if i do something sudden or strenuous”[/quote] is really nowhere near enough.
It comes across as very strange that you attributed this to your diet - why did you?
Sorry i wasnt more specific but im not really sure myself about what it is. Im only just starting to learn about the this damn body of mine and what it does, i was as specific as possible lol
I thought it could be food related because wrongly or rightly, when i was a kid i was always told too much salt will give you cramp. Now i know i am not eating too much salt because i dont add it to anything but i could be not eating enough of something like potassium as bananas arnt part of my diet right now.
Thanks for the info, i will try to add some thing PWO that will help with starchy carbs.