Video Of Man's Extreme Muscle Cramp Will Make You Shudder

A fitness fan has shared a toe-curling video showing his leg experiencing muscle cramp after a workout in the gym.

Angel Bermudez, from California, posted the clip along with the caption: “After the workout. Start to relax and then this happens. Fucken cramp. Look at this shit. Painful yes it was [sic].”

In a later comment he said: “Looked like a goddamn alien in my damn leg was gonna bust out.”

The video has been shared more than 160,000 times with dozens of people commenting to express their shock at the clip.

“That has to [be] the most disturbing thing I have ever seen in my whole life,” one user wrote.

Another added: “Omg that’s horrible, looked like your leg was having a baby!”

According to personal trainer Dom Thorpe, cramp is “one of those mysterious conditions that the scientists are yet to fully explain”.

“Much like a stitch or the pain we experience a few days after a workout (delayed onset muscle soreness or DOMS), we just don’t know why or what the point of cramp is,” he told HuffPost UK.

“There are a number of theories out there, none of which seem to have surfaced as the true causal factor behind cramp. We know what cramp is, we just don’t know why cramp happens.”

He said that cramp itself occurs when a muscle goes into spasm and involuntarily contracts for a sustained period of time, often causing severe pain.

“Suggestions as to why this happens have been low sodium, overuse of a muscle, dehydration or elongated contractions of a muscle but still, we don’t have a conclusive explanation,” he said.

“Sometimes it occurs after a heavy, long session of physical activity but equally, it can creep up on us when we’re least expecting it, during sleep for example.”

He advised that the best way to cut the painful process of cramp short is to stretch out the affected muscle.

Exercises That Fitness Trainers Would Never Do

Presses Behind the Head (01 of05)

“Anything behind the neck puts your shoulder muscles in a vulnerable position. So don’t do presses, chins and pull-downs behind your head,” Pomahac said. “It's an unnatural and unsafe position and puts your shoulder joint into an extension, external rotation position which places a large and unnatural strain on your rotator cuff muscles. I recommend military (front) presses or dumbbell presses, both of which work front delts much more safely. I never lower the weight below chin level. You'll notice this is about as far as you can go without your shoulders dropping. I usually perform military presses on a Smith machine, or dumbbells which lets me roll my palms back and find a more natural position.”Photo Credit: ShutterstockClick Here to See Exercises that Fitness Trainers Would Never Do

Seated Leg Machines (02 of05)

“I stay clear of the seated leg extension and seated hamstring curl machines,” said U.S. Track and Field Star and ACE Certified Personal Trainer Monica Hargrove. “When the leg is fully extended, that puts a lot of stress on the knee joints, ultimately risking injury. Squats and lunges are a safer and more effective way to work the quads.” She recommends trying front squats, back squats, split squats, walking lunges, stationary lunges, and reverse lunges.“When it comes to working my hamstrings, I'm more concerned with functional performance and the hamstring curl strengthens a motion not designed for running or sprinting. Straight leg dead lifts and good mornings are two exercises that train my hamstrings in better positions for running.”Photo Credit: ShutterstockClick Here to See Exercises that Fitness Trainers Would Never Do

Crunches(03 of05)

“I rarely ever do crunches,” said ACE certified pre- and post-natal fitness trainer Sara Haley. “To me it’s a waste of time -- too much risk of doing them wrong... I’d rather be more efficient and work my entire core with exercises like dead bug and plank variations.”Photo Credit: Shutterstock

Single-Leg Plyo Box Jump(04 of05)

"One exercise that I see people attempt, but I would never do is a single-leg plyo box jump (using the high platform). This is a move that is unnecessary and extremely dangerous,” said Basheerah Ahmad, a celebrity trainer and lifestyle coach. Click Here to See Exercises that Fitness Trainers Would Never DoPhoto Credit: Shutterstock

The Tricep “Bench” Dip(05 of05)

“This exercise places extreme stress on the acromioclavicular joint as well as the labrum,” said Chief Clinical Officer of Orthology Dr. Josh Sandell. “[Which] can lead to all kinds of shoulder problems and perpetuates the problems on anyone who has forward head posture.”Photo Credit: Shutterstock