On the last Danny Roddy / @haidut podcast, Haidut mentioned drinking more carbonated water in place of normal still water.
I drank two small cans of San Pellegrino about 2 hours before playing tennis. Both of my calves cramped up during the match. I play sports pretty regularly, and I haven't had cramping like this in years. In fact, I went through my memory and the last time my calves cramped up during sports was when I was trying a similar experiment a few years back and drank Sprite while playing flag football.
Any ideas on what mechanisms might be causing this? Is it a temporary thing that my body needs to get used to more carbon dioxide in the system, or should I avoid carbonated drinks close to exercise?
I drank two small cans of San Pellegrino about 2 hours before playing tennis. Both of my calves cramped up during the match. I play sports pretty regularly, and I haven't had cramping like this in years. In fact, I went through my memory and the last time my calves cramped up during sports was when I was trying a similar experiment a few years back and drank Sprite while playing flag football.
Any ideas on what mechanisms might be causing this? Is it a temporary thing that my body needs to get used to more carbon dioxide in the system, or should I avoid carbonated drinks close to exercise?