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Shocked to find out after long cardio I need epsom salts
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<blockquote data-quote="DragonBits" data-source="post: 122969" data-attributes="member: 18023"><p>I take a lot of magnesium supplements during the day, at least 500-800 mg elemental magnesium and boron.</p><p></p><p>That has stopped all my muscle cramping, so I thought I was good to go as far as any additional mag.</p><p></p><p>But if I do an hour or two on a bike, especially in hot weather, I drink plenty of water, but afterwards my legs quads feel very tight and sometimes my back will be a little soar. Likely from my quads pulling on my hips causing lower back pain. </p><p></p><p>I do some quad stretches by putting my foot on the bed and doing a partial squat which can really pull on the guads. BUT I was surprised to get a cramp when doing this.</p><p></p><p>So i tried an epsom salt bath with 3 cups of epsom, right after I get back from riding. </p><p></p><p>Now after my longest ride of the year, 30 miles for 2.5 hours, that day and today I hardly feel any pain / tiredness at all in my quads and lower back.</p><p></p><p>This sort of situation hadn't happened to me 10 years ago, so I had no idea one would lose so much magnesium during exercise, of course I knew about salt loss, but I get enough salt just from diet and it's not like i am running a marathon. </p><p></p><p>I would have thought I had enough circulating magnesium and mag reserves that I didn't need to do this, but it made a lot of difference in recovery.</p><p></p><p>Just an fyi for anyone that does a long bout of exercise and finds they don't recover as well as they think they should. BTW, I don't think it applies as well to weight lifting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DragonBits, post: 122969, member: 18023"] I take a lot of magnesium supplements during the day, at least 500-800 mg elemental magnesium and boron. That has stopped all my muscle cramping, so I thought I was good to go as far as any additional mag. But if I do an hour or two on a bike, especially in hot weather, I drink plenty of water, but afterwards my legs quads feel very tight and sometimes my back will be a little soar. Likely from my quads pulling on my hips causing lower back pain. I do some quad stretches by putting my foot on the bed and doing a partial squat which can really pull on the guads. BUT I was surprised to get a cramp when doing this. So i tried an epsom salt bath with 3 cups of epsom, right after I get back from riding. Now after my longest ride of the year, 30 miles for 2.5 hours, that day and today I hardly feel any pain / tiredness at all in my quads and lower back. This sort of situation hadn't happened to me 10 years ago, so I had no idea one would lose so much magnesium during exercise, of course I knew about salt loss, but I get enough salt just from diet and it's not like i am running a marathon. I would have thought I had enough circulating magnesium and mag reserves that I didn't need to do this, but it made a lot of difference in recovery. Just an fyi for anyone that does a long bout of exercise and finds they don't recover as well as they think they should. BTW, I don't think it applies as well to weight lifting. [/QUOTE]
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