Ice Baths Post-Training May Help Recovery While Hurting Your Gains

This popular tool has some utility but also has a potential cost

Dylan Dacosta
In Fitness And In Health
7 min readApr 7, 2023

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Sparknotes:

  • A new meta-analysis shows that cold water immersion post-exercise can help reduce immediate markers of subjective fatigue and recovery, such as rate of perceived exertion (RPE) and delayed-onset

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Dylan Dacosta
In Fitness And In Health

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