The Running Explained Podcast

s2/e21 Muscle Cramps (What We Do & Don't Know) with Coach Elisabeth

Jun 23, 2022

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The Motor Neuron Theory of Muscle Cramping

02:33

How Do You Prevent Fatigue?

01:35

Fast Switch Muscle Fibers Are More Fatigue Resistant Than Slow Twitch Muscle Fibres

03:59

Introduction

2min

What Causes Muscle Cramps?

3min

Running Related Coughs

3min

Are You Having Muscle Cocking?

4min

What Are the Different Types of Muscle Fibres?

4min

Fast Switch Muscle Fibers Are More Fatigue Resistant Than Slow Twitch Muscle Fibres

4min

The Electrolite and the Electrolite N Balance Hypothesis

2min

The New Gooder Sunglasses Look Like They're in the 80s

2min

Hyponatrima

2min

10.

Muscle Cramps - Why Didn't Everyone Get Muscle Coughs?

2min

11.

The Electrolite Hydration Hypothesis Is Not Closed, Is It?

2min

12.

What Is Sarcoplasmic Reticulum?

2min

13.

The Theory of Muscle Cramping

3min

14.

The Motor Neuron Theory of Muscle Cramping

3min

15.

What Fatigue Really Means?

2min

16.

How Does Your Muscle Spindle Know When It's Time to Contract?

3min

17.

How Do You Prevent Fatigue?

2min

18.

Are You Having Muscle Cocking?

2min

19.

Are You Having Leg Coughs?

3min

20.

How to Get Rid of Recurring Muscle Cramps in a Race

2min

21.

Do You Have Muscle Cramps?

2min

22.

Do You Have Creatine Cines?

2min

23.

The Effects of Strength Training on Cramping

3min

24.

Bile Markers of Muscle Damage

3min

NASTY CRAMPSES! Why do they happen, and always at the worst time? Learn what we do and don't know about the cause of and risk factors for exercise-associated muscle cramps (EAMC) in this episode with Coach Elisabeth, including...

A history of the research on muscle cramps in the last 100 years
The basics of muscle types & HOW your skeletal muscles work
The "electrolyte imbalance" theory of muscle cramping
The "neuromotor" theory of muscle cramping
Things you can do to help reduce your risk of muscles cramps
and more!

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