How long do you ice bath for?

Freakin hee-larious answer...but so damn true...!!! Gotta take a hot shower after the ice dip jus to remind u that ur c*ck is still there...!!!

Until the boys snap off.

Po Po wrote:

So how long do you stnad in the ice bath for

recovery?

Zero mintutes. I think it's a crackpot idea.

ice man wrote:

i do 15 then have a hot bath after wards. do you think the hot bath takes away any of the effects of the ice bath?

Not at all, actually you'll speed the circulation up to accelerate the toxin removal during recovery.

The general theory behind this cold therapy is that the exposure to cold helps to combat the microtrauma (small tears) in muscle fibers and resultant soreness caused by intense or repetitive exercise. Make sure you stay in at least 10 minutes or you will just get really cold for nothing. 15, like you're doing is fine, but no more than 20 for safety.

I hope this helps.

Ice baths aren’t for me...if you know what I mean.

Ice baths aren't that helpful. Inflammation after a workout is expected and is good. Your body produces hormones to deal with that and to help build you back stronger, ice baths prevent that from happening, thus delaying recovery.

TeeJay wrote:

ice man wrote:

i do 15 then have a hot bath after wards. do you think the hot bath takes away any of the effects of the ice bath?

Not at all, actually you'll speed the circulation up to accelerate the toxin removal during recovery.

The general theory behind this cold therapy is that the exposure to cold helps to combat the microtrauma (small tears) in muscle fibers and resultant soreness caused by intense or repetitive exercise. Make sure you stay in at least 10 minutes or you will just get really cold for nothing. 15, like you're doing is fine, but no more than 20 for safety.

I hope this helps.

What toxins are you removing?

Cool hand luke wrote:

Ice baths aren't that helpful. Inflammation after a workout is expected and is good. Your body produces hormones to deal with that and to help build you back stronger, ice baths prevent that from happening, thus delaying recovery.

I agree and disagree. The inflammation is good for the adaptation process but not recovery. So yes taking the ice bath can short-circuit the adaptive process.

I think that during a training phase with no racing then avoiding the ice baths is a good idea, but I would make an argument for in-season ice baths where you might be racing 2x per week.

I would also argue that after a race it might make sense. I did cold water after two marathons and felt (subjective I know) better the days after. But there are too many variables to where I would say it was absolutely the ice bath.

Yes, agree with your take. have heard that some use ice baths the week leading up to an important comp as restoration, but not so much during regular training.

Until annoying teammate has gone under for the third time and the search party is on their way.

I don't because there are no medical studies that have been able to verify any actual physical benefit in recovery. The only benefit found has been that it makes people 'feel' better which is probably a combination of a mental belief in the process and numbing of the muscles.

Since Ice baths are not comfortable to me and I won't have the mental benefits of following something I know to be junk-science fad I skip them entirely.

Apparently there's an epidemic of runners getting swept away. Coaches hold your athletes close, don't take any chances.