overtraining causes cramps?

[Armykid93]

Is this true?

[geronimo69]

Is this true?

I'd say yes... I quote from Wikipedia:

"Cramps are unpleasant, often painful sensations caused by muscle contraction or over shortening. Common causes of skeletal muscle cramps include muscle fatigue, low sodium, and low potassium."

[alexISthrowed]

^^That says absolutely nothing about over training. I wouldn't say they are caused by "over training", I cramp after a lot of heavy workouts.

[Gym_]

Can be also coursed by a shit load of different things like dehydration and lack of certain mineral's and vitamins as well as a heap of drugs can course it to like work out suplaments... i lot more info would be needed to work out why the problem is happing ..

[geronimo69]

^^That says absolutely nothing about over training. I wouldn't say they are caused by "over training", I cramp after a lot of heavy workouts.

No.... But it answers what cramping is. A little more investigating would need to be done to figure out the exact cause. But is does say "muscle fatigue" and "muscle contraction" which are both things done when working out, would you not agree????

Saying you cramp after a heavy workout tells us nothing, except that you should maybe figure out why...

[JohnnyVegas]

My cramps are always traced back to dehydration, low E2 (that sucked) and Taurine deficiency which can be caused by things like Clen usage.

I know that is not a direct answer to the question, but it gives you some obvious things to look for if you are having cramping.

More importantly, don't rely on something like cramps to tell you if you are overtraining. I believe you shouldn't have a high risk of being overtrained if your routine is thought out.

[Armykid93]

Thanks guys this is great. Heavy workout are what do it for me to. I need to be more consistent with my vitamins and stuff.

[alexISthrowed]

No.... But it answers what cramping is. A little more investigating would need to be done to figure out the exact cause. But is does say "muscle fatigue" and "muscle contraction" which are both things done when working out, would you not agree????

Saying you cramp after a heavy workout tells us nothing, except that you should maybe figure out why...

You said yes, cramping is from over training and quoted that wikipedia article which said absolutely nothing about the correlation between over training and cramps. Based on my personal experience cramping is not a good indicator of over training.