Originally posted by blooming lotus
not true Serpent, i already told you I experience the same thing… I thought it was standard knowlege that you shouldn’t consume too much of any fluid up to an hour prior, and certainly not in excess ( more than several small sips) during a cardio sesh… correct me if i’m wrong, but from your posts, I figure that the bulk of your work are weights etc.no???..anyway, cardio and excess fluid 'll make most of us cramp… perhaps you’re gentically …hmmm…different.
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Ps. fluid ( particularly sugared or eloctrolit, preffered) in recovery by all means… go hard and do 2lts + if you can manage…just not pre or during???..
any thing further to clarify Serpent??
You’re wrong, but there’s no point correcting you because you’ll carry on as if you’re still right anyway. However, for the record, weights make up a very small amount of my personal training regimen. I train mainly BWE and kung fu, however, that’s not really relevant to the discussion.
It’s amazing to me that people are talking about avoiding fluids before and during training. Take last night, for example. I trained 3 hours and had a 600ml Powerade and 750ml of water (mixed together). So that’s 1,350ml of fluids over a 3 hour period. That’s 450ml per hour, or about 150ml every 20 minutes, on average.
I make a point to stay hydrated all day, so I don’t drink a huge amount all at once at any one point. I guarantee I’d have lost at least 1 litre in sweat during those 3 hours.
All seems pretty good to me. I wonder if the cramps are from lack of fluids, therefore lack of electrolytes and other salts? I’m guessing that cramping is going to be a bit different for everyone anyway, so Oso suggestion for Meat Shake is the best so far.
Now, if you gulp down large amounts of fluid, even 200ml, then go hard in a sparring bout or something for 3 minutes, then sure, the fluid in your stomach could upset you, but I already made that distinction somewhere earlier.
). Like we’ve said before, environmental factors are worth considering…
