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Question

how do i stop getting cramps when i swim??? does eating salt help??? i keep getting it a lot

Answer 1

muscle cramps are caused by dehydration. drink plenty of water BEFORE you get in the pool. that way your body stays hydrated.

also try eating a banana. they're high in potassium which helps prevent cramping.

Answer 2

eat a bannana

Answer 3

don't drink soda, those will give them to you

Answer 4

Only eat light before swimming and no alcohol Salt is not a good idea!

Answer 5

bananas are good but try a little drink of tonic water tastes rotten but the quinine in it helps stop cramping this really does work

Answer 6

Its a potassium deficiency.  Eat a banana a day.  Don't point your toes.  I have never heard anything about the salt before

Answer 7

Swimming requires a LOT of energy, so make sure you're eating healthy. Foods with potassium, like bananas, help ease cramps. And don't forget about the other minerals, too lol. Drinking water with Emergen-C almost guarntees no cramping. Good luck and keep swimming

Answer 8

Salt does not help.

Cramps are cause by a lack of potassium. Because of that, you need to eat bananas, bell peppers or any fruit/veggie that is loaded with potassium or even some sort of vitamin.

Answer 9

bananas and gatorade!

and make sure to breath ALL THE WAY OUT everytime you breath.  if you dont this leads to cramping fast.

good luck!

Answer 10

The best thing for cramps is to eat bananas!

Answer 11

eat 30mins before and stretch yourself

Answer 12

eating potassium like bananas helps a lot for cramps.

Answer 13

Cramp is pretty much unavoidable if you do lots of heavy training, I used to get it alot and used to stretch etc. before I got in the pool !

Not had a single cramp since I packed swimming in 11 years ago !

Answer 14

yeh but only a little salt

if you get foot cramp (ouch) walk backwards but as though you were wearing high heels or just sit and stretch your foot - you look like a pillock doing it though!

just stretch the muscle and wait for the pain to ease

Answer 15

u culd stretch before you go in.. happened to me and I stretched my legs a lot bcoz I kept gettin cramp and I was fiiiine (:

unless you do neways? :/ then I am no help to you :o ! and cramps where exactly? : o