Recent content by jsk

Interesting theory. I ran my 23andMe results through promothease, and when I search the report for malignant hyperthermia all the results that come up are green/good in my case.

No, it's not DOMS. Not even remotely related, not one tiny bit.

Glad to hear they're narrowing in on a diagnosis. The metabolic myopathy part and excess glycogen part make sense to me. But McArdle's doesn't fit my case (or I suspect most others in this thread) at all. For one thing, the symptoms kicking in after rest days doesn't fit; with McArdle's the...

Re: Re: I agree it's not McArdles, but the polysaccharide storage myopathy that causes tying up in horses is different; it results in too much glycogen storage, as opposed an inability to use glycogen with McCardles. Glycogen replenishment can take up to 48 hours, but it can be as little as 24...

Re: Re: Sorry to hear things are getting worse for you, good luck with the biopsy, I hope they can find an answer for you. For me the condition seems manageable as long as I'm careful with diet and training routine. I have had some "almost" episodes occur after only a day or two of light...

Re: Re: McCardle's disease sounds like muscles are unable to use glycogen, such that exercise at intensity (beyond what can be fueled by fat-burning) causes cramping, weakness, and fatigue. That definitely doesn't fit the pattern of what most in this thread are experiencing. The...

The symptoms definitely sound right, but the cause/triggers don't seem to fit. Reading that first link, it sounds like the problem arises when the body is forced to use fat for fuel (due to duration of exercise, fasted state, or high-fat diet). That seems like exactly the opposite of what seems...

I take a daily magnesium supplement as well as ZMA before bed, so I don't think that it's. I'm pretty confident at this point that for me, it really just comes down to carb intake vs training volume. If I'm going to be riding less (or not at all), I have to watch my carb intake, particularly...

I don't drink much in the way of carbonated beverages (almost none at all, in fact). And frankly the notion that you can significantly affect the ph of your blood by your diet is not only unsupported by science, but thoroughly debunked. The carbs are a different matter though, I truly believe...

Re: Re: Yeah some times are much worse than others. So far I've had two of the really bad episodes that last 10-12 days, where I didn't even have to get on the bike for it to start; it would happen first thing in the morning or even while still laying in bed. Other times it was less severe and...

Re: Yeah, it's definitely given me some extra incentive to be more careful about the sugary carbs in my diet. It seems like for me the occasional indulgence is OK if I'm riding every day, but the combination of cutting back training volume and eating too extra junk carries too high a price...

Guess I kind of lost track of this thread and forgot to report back, wish there was a subscribe option. Anyways, the TT went fine, came home with two state champ jerseys. The reason I was worried about it happening after a taper without multiple days off is because that's how my last espisode...

Well I had my last episode of this back in April. Once recovered I got back to training, and have been steadily building fitness since then. I'm back up to 10-12/hour weeks with a fair amount of intensity including VO2Max training. At this point I'm back pretty close to peak fitness and have...

Oh man, tell me about it. The very first time I got this, I tried foam rolling after the initial attack/episode. HUGE mistake, it triggered an episode that was excruciating.