Do Olympic swimmers get cramps?

it's not unusual for amateur swimmers to get cramps on their calf. I watched a couple of swimming video from the Olympic and noticed that the pros didnt' seemed to use their calf very much. It seemed as if they don't use their calf muscles at all.

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Everyone has experienced a cramp some time in thier athletic career. These links will help answer the questions what causes cramps when swimming,

Perhaps more good swimmers have been drowned by cramp than by anything else, and only those who have suffered from it can conceive its fatal power.

Strong men and good swimmers, when seized with the cramp, have been known to sink instantly, overcome with the sudden pain and nothing can save the victim but the greatest presence of mind.

The usual spot where the cramp is felt is the calf of the leg, just below the knee; and it sometimes comes with such violence that the muscles are gathered up into knots.

There is only one method of proceeding under such circumstances.

Turn on the back at once, kick out the leg in the air, disregarding the pain, and rub the spot smartly with one hand, while the other is employed in paddling towards shore.

These directions are easy enough to give, but most difficult to be obeyed; cramp seems to deprive the sufferer of all reason for the time, and to overpower him with mingled pain and terror.

Still, there is no other hope of reaching shore than that which is here given.

The causes of cramp are generally twofold.

The principal cause lies in indigestion, for it is seldom that a person in really good health is attacked by this malady.

The second reason is over-exertion of muscles that have been little used, and therefore, too strong a leg stroke should always be avoided.

Another thing which demands great practice, is the method of saving a drowning person.

The chief difficulty lies in the fact, that a person who cannot swim feels, in deep water, much as if he were falling through air, and consequently clutches instinctively at the nearest object.

And if he succeeds in fixing a grasp upon the person who is trying to save him, both will probably sink together.

Therefore, every precaution should be taken to prevent such a misfortune and the drowning man should always be seized from behind, and pushed as it were in front.

Should he succeed in fixing his grasp, the only remedy is to dive, when it will be found that he will loosen his hold in finding himself below the surface, and will allow his rescuer to take a better position.

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They work out their muscles so much, so they get less cramps.

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Yeah everybody gets the craps from time to time

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Anyone can get a cramp. No one is perfect and all a cramp ois when you use your muscle way too much in a short period of time.

Olympic swimmers probably just are use to haveing cramps and also they do swim all the time they have diferent methods od swimming.

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Yes, anyone and everyone can get cramps in swimming. The best (olympic) swimmer do.

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To kick properly in swimming you use your butt and thigh muscles. Many beginners make the mistake of kicking with only the bottom portion of the leg and not the entire leg. However, Olympic swimmers can get cramps just like anyone else and it doesn't have to do with form, it has to do with overworking the muscles. I have been swimming competitively for years (not at the Olympic level) and sometimes get foot cramps or cramps in my side during an intense practice.

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Despite being superbly fit ,naturally they get cramps. Colds too!!

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Yes they do! ^_^

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