Tag: replenishment

  • Drinking Pickle Juice for Cramps—Harvard Approved, Salty Solution

    By Dr. Victor Marchione, MD – March 28, 2016 Drinking pickle juice for cramps might sound like a dirty trick someone’s playing on you. After all, how could sour pickle juice possibly help cramps? Well it might come as a surprise, but it’s a remedy that top-tier and recreational athletes use regularly to alleviate painful…

  • Why Every Athlete Should Have Pickle Juice

    Why Every Athlete Should Have Pickle Juice

    By Kelli Jennings For Active.com Muscle cramps can bring even the strongest athlete to his or her knees. And while, there are a number of theories as to what causes cramps—including hydration, bike fit, form and electrolytes—they seem to happen more in races than in training. Despite the lack of answers as to why cramps…

  • Pickle juice is a big dill for athletes. Here’s why they’re chugging it

    Pickle juice is a big dill for athletes. Here’s why they’re chugging it

    By CINDY KRISCHER GOODMAN | SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL | DEC 03, 2019 Runners at the Palm Beaches marathon next weekend will be greeted at the finish line with packets of pickle juice. St. Thomas Aquinas High School football players are handed pickle juice pouches when they come out of a game, to help them prepare to…