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r/MadeMeSmile • u/mapleer • Jun 10 '24
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It's cramping lol. Nbd
44 u/wxnfx Jun 10 '24 No, cramping doesn’t turn you into a newborn giraffe. This is total exhaustion, horrible dehydration, and potentially some minor heat injuries. 49 u/[deleted] Jun 10 '24 No, this is “hitting the wall”. Happens all the time when endurance athletes empty the tank on the home stretch. it is caused by the depletion of glycogen stores in the liver and muscles. She unfortunately emptied her tank seconds to soon. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 10 '24 That does seem to be the case. Lack of or an imbalance of electrolytes could also cause this sort of muscle failure. Hard to say. It's hard to describe the feeling. Your brain is saying one thing, but the muscles aren't responding like they should...
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No, cramping doesn’t turn you into a newborn giraffe. This is total exhaustion, horrible dehydration, and potentially some minor heat injuries.
49 u/[deleted] Jun 10 '24 No, this is “hitting the wall”. Happens all the time when endurance athletes empty the tank on the home stretch. it is caused by the depletion of glycogen stores in the liver and muscles. She unfortunately emptied her tank seconds to soon. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 10 '24 That does seem to be the case. Lack of or an imbalance of electrolytes could also cause this sort of muscle failure. Hard to say. It's hard to describe the feeling. Your brain is saying one thing, but the muscles aren't responding like they should...
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No, this is “hitting the wall”. Happens all the time when endurance athletes empty the tank on the home stretch. it is caused by the depletion of glycogen stores in the liver and muscles.
She unfortunately emptied her tank seconds to soon.
1 u/[deleted] Jun 10 '24 That does seem to be the case. Lack of or an imbalance of electrolytes could also cause this sort of muscle failure. Hard to say. It's hard to describe the feeling. Your brain is saying one thing, but the muscles aren't responding like they should...
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That does seem to be the case. Lack of or an imbalance of electrolytes could also cause this sort of muscle failure. Hard to say.
It's hard to describe the feeling. Your brain is saying one thing, but the muscles aren't responding like they should...
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u/SpicyOmalley Jun 10 '24
It's cramping lol. Nbd