I am not sure this should be in fitness or nutrition. Apologies if it is in the wrong forum.

I work out hard daily and sweat out a lot of Water but do not take in a lot of electrolytes nor do I add salt much to food. I got really bad leg cramps at the end of a hard workout today where I had trouble completing the jumping part of the workout.

My diet is mostly low sodium , a lot of lean Protein, protein shakea and veggies. I take Vitamins and do supplement with magnesium and some potassium to balance Calcium daily. I do not know how to add sodium / iodine to my diet to avoid this cramping from loss of fluids. I do not have electrolyte drinks readily available. I always thought consuming extra salt was a bad thing from conventional wisdom (water retention, hardening of arteries, heart concerns etc).

How can I safely increase sodium in a practical way? Just sprinkle salt in water? I am not used to adding extra salt to food.

Ultimately Fiddle, a lot of good advice has been given, and you were concerned enough to start this thread, if you are concerned enough, maybe go see your doctor, they may tell you exactly what people here are telling you about your salts and water but sometimes we just need to hear it from a doctor's mouth before we really take it in, my concern is for your kidneys if you are over flushing.