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  • Post category:Diet and exercise / Personal safety / Physical health
  • Post published:July 28, 2015

If you are in open water and feel a serious cramp starting remember how buoyant your wetsuit is, roll onto your back, float and try to stretch it out.

Source: Swim Cramps: What, Why & How To Deal With Them @ triathlete europe

Image by Slitterfin (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons

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