Calf muscle trembling during exercise
I've been working out on a semi-regular basis since the beginning of July and on a very regular basis since the end of July. I run 30 minutes on the elliptical machine 6 days a week and weight train alternate muscle groups 6 days a week as well.
I always experience something a little quirky in the middle of my time on the elliptical machine. About halfway through the workout, my leg muscles just kind of give out on me for half a second. Almost like my leg fell instantly asleep, but then they're right back up and pumping. I chalked it up to them tiring out and thought nothing else of it. It's just something I expect to happen while I'm exercising.
But today, my left calf muscles started trembling about halfway through my workout. It was only my left leg, but it lasted for about 2 minutes. I didn't know if I was going to make it through my workout because it was so severe. It wasn't painful at all, and it stopped and didn't return after those 2 minutes.
The only thing that was different today in my workout was that I pushed myself harder than normal at the beginning of my time on the elliptical machine. I'm also one day out from TTOM. I don't know if that could make a difference or not.
Any ideas about what's going on? Even though I pushed myself harder than normal, I don't feel like I pushed myself TOO hard. I did get my mile time down by 3 minutes (It's still abysmal, but I'm proud that it's getting better.) and upped my average steps per minute from 100 to 103. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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I'd never experienced it before on the elliptical (though I certainly have while weight training), so I wasn't sure.
