Jed Clampett wrote:
to "here's science":
My exercise physiologist used to say that what you want to do immediately after exercise is return the body to "Homeostatis Kinestasis," which is the correct balance between acidity and alkalinity (pH).
Arthur Lydiard also said this and was his reason for avoiding hard interval training. He said it caused injury, illness, or staleness. We do see a lot of that in distance running. Some people even run races when they are sick!?!
There is zero connection between this and sitting down on the track after a race.