I'm not used to practice in the mornings. I'm an afternoon and night swimmer. So, I'm guessing that I was dehydrated at our past Saturday morning practice. As I was doing my backstroke sets and pushed off the wall after a flipturn, I got HORRIBLE cramps in my calf muscles. They were so bad that I had to stop and go to the ladder and stand on it. I was able to finish practice without any more problems. I noticed Saturday afternoon, that my legs were a little sore, but nothing too terrible. When I got out of bed on Sunday morning, I nearly fell over on my face. Both of my calves hurt SOOO BAD!! Needless to say, no swimming or running took place on Sunday. It took me forever to get warmed up enough to walk normally!
They were a little better yesterday, but I still took the day off from exercise to rest them. They better today, but they still hurt when I point my toes. I'm debating whether I should go to practice today. I guess I could do the whole workout with a pull bouy. I hope I haven't really hurt them somehow. Anybody ever had this problem? Is it indeed just a sore muscle? Could it be something else? Should I still practice today?
I'm not used to practice in the mornings. I'm an afternoon and night swimmer. So, I'm guessing that I was dehydrated at our past Saturday morning practice. As I was doing my backstroke sets and pushed off the wall after a flipturn, I got HORRIBLE cramps in my calf muscles. They were so bad that I had to stop and go to the ladder and stand on it. I was able to finish practice without any more problems. I noticed Saturday afternoon, that my legs were a little sore, but nothing too terrible. When I got out of bed on Sunday morning, I nearly fell over on my face. Both of my calves hurt SOOO BAD!! Needless to say, no swimming or running took place on Sunday. It took me forever to get warmed up enough to walk normally!
They were a little better yesterday, but I still took the day off from exercise to rest them. They better today, but they still hurt when I point my toes. I'm debating whether I should go to practice today. I guess I could do the whole workout with a pull bouy. I hope I haven't really hurt them somehow. Anybody ever had this problem? Is it indeed just a sore muscle? Could it be something else? Should I still practice today?
I get them also. If I don't eat a banana within a couple of days of swimming. I have swim practice 3 times one week and 4 the other. Ever day after I eat a peanut butter sandwich a bannana and a bottle of 100 vegetable juice. I am ok if I do this but If I miss I get a charlie horse. I just swim and walk normal. Excercise it out. Just make sure you don't massage your legs. you could get blood clots. You can rub your leg I don't mean that but don't put one of those massagers on them. Also when I am doing the backstroke that is when I get them also.
I'm not used to practice in the mornings. I'm an afternoon and night swimmer. So, I'm guessing that I was dehydrated at our past Saturday morning practice. As I was doing my backstroke sets and pushed off the wall after a flipturn, I got HORRIBLE cramps in my calf muscles. They were so bad that I had to stop and go to the ladder and stand on it. I was able to finish practice without any more problems. I noticed Saturday afternoon, that my legs were a little sore, but nothing too terrible. When I got out of bed on Sunday morning, I nearly fell over on my face. Both of my calves hurt SOOO BAD!! Needless to say, no swimming or running took place on Sunday. It took me forever to get warmed up enough to walk normally!
They were a little better yesterday, but I still took the day off from exercise to rest them. They better today, but they still hurt when I point my toes. I'm debating whether I should go to practice today. I guess I could do the whole workout with a pull bouy. I hope I haven't really hurt them somehow. Anybody ever had this problem? Is it indeed just a sore muscle? Could it be something else? Should I still practice today?
I get them also. If I don't eat a banana within a couple of days of swimming. I have swim practice 3 times one week and 4 the other. Ever day after I eat a peanut butter sandwich a bannana and a bottle of 100 vegetable juice. I am ok if I do this but If I miss I get a charlie horse. I just swim and walk normal. Excercise it out. Just make sure you don't massage your legs. you could get blood clots. You can rub your leg I don't mean that but don't put one of those massagers on them. Also when I am doing the backstroke that is when I get them also.
