Originally Posted by
livedarklions
I think conditioning well enough to avoid cramp vs. be a "champ" are likely entirely different matters. Do you know of any research that indicates there's a genetic propensity for getting cramps? Honest question, I've never come across anything like that.
What I like about
MoAlpha post is that he's very clear that this is an as-yet unproven theory and that he's pointing to a couple of remedies that "might" work that have the decided advantage of being harmless. Like I said above, my concern with these threads comes in when people start advocating non-food electrolyte supplementation, which won't affect cramping and really could make a person sick, likely not seriously, but who needs diarrhea,etc.?
You would be surprised as to how much genetics plays into EVERYTHING your body does or cannot do.
And getting too much electrolytes can make even a seasoned pro very sick, just ask these marathon runners:
