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muscle cramps
Over the past several weeks, we’ve received a number of nutrition-related questions. While those questions were answered in private, we thought “you know what, if one person needs an answer to it, others probably do too.”
To dive deeper into some of these questions, I’ve asked my friend and colleague - Darin Huslander - to make sense of these topics.
It was a hot, muggy summer’s day in 2010. After winning the 2nd set, the momentum was on my side going into the 3rd. I had never beaten my opponent, ‘Stan the Man’ as we called him (no not Wawrinka...but a very good player nonetheless). But I felt confident. I was moving well, dictating play...and I continued the good play until 4-1 in the 3rd. And then, after hitting an attacking forehand, I felt my right leg completely seize. I hit the ground, gasping for air, trying not to scream. But the pain was too much. My opponent came rushing over to my side of the court, along with fellow players and spectators...I knew what it was though, this wasn’t the first time I had experienced this sort of pain….it was a cramp.
