@BrendanThompsn It’s a lack of preparedness. Majority of time it’s not hydration. My squad can play 90 min with no cramps. If their fit they won’t have issues.

@esolger Preparation is part of it, but there are a lot of moving parts involved… as @Results_Period pointed out.

@BrendanThompsn Usually a first game thing Brendan, after the body acclimates to game intensities.

@551smith And when it’s occurring in weeks 4, 5, and 6?

@BrendanThompsn If you push to the limits, you get cramps..are you selling something?

@SteveRuane1 So anyone who doesn’t cramp simply isn’t working hard enough?

@BrendanThompsn I don’t think we know what physiologically and neurologically causes cramps. Definitely seems to be a correlation with fatigue, heat, dehydration and electrolyte deficiency but not 100% certain. Pickle juice seems to help, yellow mustard too but for unknown reasons. Gatorade too

@therealscottyY1 Lot of moving parts. Have to do our best to monitor athletes throughout a game and give rest breaks + hydration opportunities where we can afford to.

@BrendanThompsn I’ve heard it’s due to a lack of training intensity. The more a group of muscles are pushed and used to the max before a game it helps prevent the muscles from cramping. Always have pickle juice on hand. Hail the pickle juice!

@Two3456789Co Poor preparation definitely plays a role! I had good luck with bananas and pickle juice during my football days.

@BrendanThompsn My personal experience: Majority of training intense CrossFit workouts <20 min for 5+ years, never issues. One moderate intensity bike event >5 hours, less than halfway in, crazy leg cramps. Hydration/electrolytes fine. I chalk it up to lack of proper training prior.

@wq127127 Major shock to the body going from <20min to >5hr. Need an appropriate ramp up so task demands aren’t wildly different than the training program.

@BrendanThompsn Cramping is hard to tackle especially when you train in one environment and expect to perform in another. A California jog, I usually start to cramp at mile 22 but in Texas it's around mile 14.

@butmonkey44 Great point!

@BrendanThompsn Perhaps someone will realize that practicing in the heat to get acclimated to early season games does more harm than good in this regard. You have guys losing 10-15lbs of fluid per practice and somehow expect it to have no deleterious effects on game day that week.

@thomaswhite03 This is 🔥🔥🔥

@BrendanThompsn The energy drink craze is undermining a lot of the efforts

@BrendanThompsn I think there’s a lot of factors that contribute here. The first few games intensify far exceeds anything achieved in practice. Plus school, social, practice and so on. Nutrition + hydration + fitness levels + 3-4 way players in high school.

@BrendanThompsn The solution is bananas. Monkey no cramp.

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