If you haven't already, you will probably experience leg cramps at some point in your life. A leg cramp is a sharp, sudden contraction or tightening of the muscle in the calf, which usually lasts a few seconds to a few minutes. To keep leg cramps at bay, make sure you're nourishing your body and getting enough rest.
Alternately or alternatively. Alternately means switching between two alternatives, alternatively means doing something different. I love pizza and Mexican food, I eat them alternately. Means Monday I ate pizza, Tuesday tacos, Wednesday pizza again, Thursday burrito, Friday went to the Hospital to get my arteries roto-rooted.
Compare realism (def 4b). 1  a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction.  the depiction of the physical environment, especially landscape or the rural environment.