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Has anyone tryed jumping in an ice bath after a long weights/running session?
i tryed it today after running, when my legs were hurting quite a bit as i ran yesterday and they ached a bit before i started running.
got in the ice cold bath, and within a minute or two, i could feel my legs getting better and not hurting anywere near as much.
got out when they were freezing cold and a but numb, and all was nearly good.
the idea is, as the cold water makes your blood vessels contract and force the blood out of your legs and into the rest of you, when you get out of the bath, new blood flows in flushing the blood and lactic acid that was in your muscles, making them feel a lot better.
I know its a bbc link, but the bottom part explains sort it, if worded a bit strange.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/health_and_fitness...
i tryed it today after running, when my legs were hurting quite a bit as i ran yesterday and they ached a bit before i started running.
got in the ice cold bath, and within a minute or two, i could feel my legs getting better and not hurting anywere near as much.
got out when they were freezing cold and a but numb, and all was nearly good.
the idea is, as the cold water makes your blood vessels contract and force the blood out of your legs and into the rest of you, when you get out of the bath, new blood flows in flushing the blood and lactic acid that was in your muscles, making them feel a lot better.
I know its a bbc link, but the bottom part explains sort it, if worded a bit strange.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/health_and_fitness...
Often used to do plunge pool after sauna and when in Finland I have access to sauna next to lake so I treat the lake as my plunge pool.
Currently looking at sorting something similar to the house we are going to rent in Finland (OHs grand fathers old house) to use as our summer home, already has a sauna there that we are going to restore.
Currently looking at sorting something similar to the house we are going to rent in Finland (OHs grand fathers old house) to use as our summer home, already has a sauna there that we are going to restore.
To do it properly wouldn't you need the bath have a fair amount of actual ice in it, not just cold water. Also don't you need to go straight from excercise to cold without faffing about.
What I'm trying to say is - it's not practical to do at home is it?
Seen vids of athletes being lowered into wheelie bins full of ice water - it must bloody hurt.
What I'm trying to say is - it's not practical to do at home is it?
Seen vids of athletes being lowered into wheelie bins full of ice water - it must bloody hurt.
i dunno, fill the bath up with cold water (around here, its bloody cold even in this weather, and as I have a ice machine, just empty that and chuck it all in, then do workout and jump in bath afterwards.
buy the time i've finished working out, the ice would have lowered the temp of the water to near freezing so it pretty easy for me to do.
buy the time i've finished working out, the ice would have lowered the temp of the water to near freezing so it pretty easy for me to do.
speaking as a healthcare professional here.....
yes, they can help. However, and the theory is......
the "DOMS" effect is largely due to the tearing of muscle fibres, inflammation etc etc. If you decrease inflammation you will help reduce the soreness but also potentially limit the healing response as a result which, long term, may mean you improve slower.
Great if you're doing several days in a row of hard training, but if not....there isn't a great deal of evidence.
Secondly, they haven't been shown to be any more effective than popping a few paracetamol or some compression clothing....
yes, they can help. However, and the theory is......
the "DOMS" effect is largely due to the tearing of muscle fibres, inflammation etc etc. If you decrease inflammation you will help reduce the soreness but also potentially limit the healing response as a result which, long term, may mean you improve slower.
Great if you're doing several days in a row of hard training, but if not....there isn't a great deal of evidence.
Secondly, they haven't been shown to be any more effective than popping a few paracetamol or some compression clothing....
When I'd finished track training at the end of my working day, I used to walk out into the sea loch at the bottom of my road up to my waist. Had problems in the past with hip flexors and tendonitis in the back of my knees. The loch temperature's not exactly an ice bath, but it's certainly sub 10 degrees. I didn't have any further hip flexor issues and the tendonitis on the back of my legs stayed at a tolerable level.
Had a car stop once at the roadside when I was in up to my waist, wearing a jacket to keep the cold out. Think they thought I was doing a reggie perrin.
Had a car stop once at the roadside when I was in up to my waist, wearing a jacket to keep the cold out. Think they thought I was doing a reggie perrin.
Slink said:
i dunno, fill the bath up with cold water (around here, its bloody cold even in this weather, and as I have a ice machine, just empty that and chuck it all in, then do workout and jump in bath afterwards.
buy the time i've finished working out, the ice would have lowered the temp of the water to near freezing so it pretty easy for me to do.
Thats what i did buy the time i've finished working out, the ice would have lowered the temp of the water to near freezing so it pretty easy for me to do.
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