Guys, ice baths suck. Why are we doing this?????

I'm cold wrote:

In an ice bath right now. My balls hurt from being so shrivelled. This is awful. Why are we doing this? Do crossfitters have to ice?

You tell us why. Ice baths aren't proven to do anything, so I don't know why either.

pics or it didnt happen

runners don't need to ice wrote:

I'm cold wrote:

In an ice bath right now. My balls hurt from being so shrivelled. This is awful. Why are we doing this? Do crossfitters have to ice?

You tell us why. Ice baths aren't proven to do anything, so I don't know why either.

Um, what?

I'm cold wrote:

runners don't need to ice wrote:

You tell us why. Ice baths aren't proven to do anything, so I don't know why either.

Um, what?

Get up to date. Ice baths were proven to do nothing more than make you cold.

Superstition and herd mentality.

I'm cold wrote:

In an ice bath right now. My balls hurt from being so shrivelled. This is awful. Why are we doing this? Do crossfitters have to ice?

Where you really went wrong was with crossfit

I don't know anyone out of high school that takes an ice bath. Total waste of your time. You are literally freezing your ass off for no benefit and actually it might DELAY recovery. Placebo effect is strong though I suppose.

Seriously mate? wrote:

I don't know anyone out of high school that takes an ice bath. Total waste of your time. You are literally freezing your ass off for no benefit and actually it might DELAY recovery. Placebo effect is strong though I suppose.

Many pro athletes do

You probably have the wter too cold. It should be around55 degrees which is super tolerable. If you live in any cold region of country the cold water out of the faucet is colder than that and actually needs to be heated slightly. Get your self a thermometer

sssd wrote:

Seriously mate? wrote:

I don't know anyone out of high school that takes an ice bath. Total waste of your time. You are literally freezing your ass off for no benefit and actually it might DELAY recovery. Placebo effect is strong though I suppose.

Many pro athletes do

Very, very few. Not many.

Just put ice packs on the major muscle groups for ten minutes. Calves, Hamys, quads. Zero reason to freeze your balls in a tub.

Am confused, explain wrote:

sssd wrote:

Many pro athletes do

Very, very few. Not many.

NFL and NBA players do. Bolt and Farah have but I don't know that they do it often.

The best explanation I've read and heard is that icing is most beneficial immediately after an injury. If the goal is to get back to your sport as soon as possible, then icing works to prevent excess blood (inflammation) from accumulating at the injury site. The more blood at the injury site, the longer it takes for the body to get rid of it and the longer it takes for the body to start the repair process.

megaranation wrote:

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That is one OUTstanding pic.

Bravo!

Science1 wrote:

The best explanation I've read and heard is that icing is most beneficial immediately after an injury. If the goal is to get back to your sport as soon as possible, then icing works to prevent excess blood (inflammation) from accumulating at the injury site. The more blood at the injury site, the longer it takes for the body to get rid of it and the longer it takes for the body to start the repair process.

I believe newer studies have found the opposite - that excess blood serves a healing function.

Am confused, explain wrote:

sssd wrote:

Many pro athletes do

Very, very few. Not many.

How about you report back when you actually know some pro runners. I wouldn't say "most" do ice baths, but a fair percentage of pro distance runners that I know do them on occasion.

Almost every elite (7800 point plus) decathlete that I know does them after day one is complete.

Those people are all pretty in tune with their bodies and swear that it has a moderate benefit on how they feel the next day.

And to those so proud to point out that one recent study that found no benefit: you don't know how science works... showing no benefit is not the same as proving no benefit. There are also a lot of variables involved, that study was hardly comprehensive. It may be that ice baths have zero benefit for the majority of people, but I doubt they have no benefit for anybody, just anecdotally (which proves not thing scientifically either).

Waste of time. Just because some people do it doesn't mean it works. In fact, most research suggests it doesn't work, and that active recoveries are better. You think you are going to stop the inflammatory process with an ice bath? Lol.... sad little sheep.

runnerdnerd wrote:

And to those so proud to point out that one recent study that found no benefit: you don't know how science works... showing no benefit is not the same as proving no benefit.

Yeah, it pretty much is