Learn about muscle cramps

I guess that we all have had to deal with those annoying muscle cramps after a hard workout, which sometimes can take up to 5 days to disappear.

These spasms or muscle cramps are involuntary contractions of one or more muscles, which in sports can be caused by overloading the muscle or the generation of micro fissures in the muscle fibers.

It is worth mentioning that a cramp is not harmful and instead, depending on the objectives of your workouts can become a requirement. For example, someone who wants to achieve muscle hypertrophy should experience this break in the fibers in order to see changes in the muscle strengthening, increasing and definition when the tissue regenerates.

Given that cramps can complicate our body mobility, I want to give you some recommendations that can help you REDUCE THE EFFECT they have on the muscles:

1. Stretch the large muscle groups that will be used in your workout at least 1 minute before starting each training session.

2. Use the Foam Roller in the same areas to prepare and loosen the muscle and increase blood flow.

3. After the training session, shortly stretch the muscles that where used to most.

It is important not to confuse the term muscle cramps with muscle tear, since both are different. Later I will address the subject of painful muscle tears or "pulls" to learn to differentiate them.

During the next 15 days I will be sharing more practical advice on how to treat and minimize the impact of these cramps in your daily routine so stay posted.

Gladiators I wish you a week full of trainings!

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