Originally posted by Natophelia
BANANAS for potassium! And definitely stretching.
I wondered when somebody was finally going to mention potassium! You want to make sure you're getting plenty of it (and plenty is a
lot if you look at the MDR) when you're sweating/drinking/urinating a lot because that carries off potassium very quickly. Often they have to put people who are on diuretics for their bloodpressure on potassium supplementis for that reason.
BTW, letting your body get low on potassium is a very nasty thing to do. The cramps are just a warning sign. Low potassium can cause irregular heart rhythms and such -- definitely not something you want to have when you're working out hard...
I'm not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV, but I've been helping several of them make their Beamer payments the last few years...
John