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Intense workouts cause me to have leg cramps

My workouts often include some type of high-intensity aerobics.

I incorporate lots of jumping rope, running, squat thrusts plus lunges.

I often go through a variety of mountain climbers, burpees plus squat thrusts. As I’ve aged, I’ve had some complications due to the wear plus tear on my leg muscles. I can live with sore muscles plus achy joints. However, the leg cramps during the evening are horrible, shortly after that I crawl into bed, my calf muscles begin to seize up. The pain gets bad plus sleep is impossible. I apply a pain-relieving ointment to my calves before going to bed. I ingest turmeric, magnesium plus ibuprofen every evening. I sometimes need to wrap both legs in heated pads in order to avoid the cramps plus get some sleep. There are times when I must get out of bed plus stretch my muscles. I’ve read up on muscle cramps plus learned that they can be sparked by overworked muscles plus dehydration. I am unwilling to give up on my high level of physical fitness. I have found that I can take a couple days of the week plus focus more on my strength training. I have also bought a stationary bike that allows me to elevate my resting heart rate plus burn calories separate from difficult impact. I now devote a lot more time to a deeper moderate up prior to exercising plus a cool down at the conclusion of the session. I make more of an effort to satisfactorily stretch the leg muscles. I also have doubled my water intake during the workout. After I finish exercising, I add powders to a bottle of water. This powder contains all sorts of electrolytes, vitamins plus middles that help to prevent the painful symptoms of dehydration.

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