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I suppose it's related, that for athletes, ice baths after exercising are to be avoided because they hinder hypertrophy.
by lambdaba 2y ago
I suppose it's related, that for athletes, ice baths after exercising are to be avoided because they hinder hypertrophy.
- zacharycohn 2y agoHypertrophy is often not the goal.
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- blastro 2y agoSurprising that this fact is being often overlooked in this thread. If you're in a multi-day golf tournament for example, an ice bath for immediate recovery and lack of hypertrophy is exactly what you want.
- awestroke 2y agoAnd why do golfers not want hypertrophy exactly?
- blastro 2y agoThey do sometimes - like when they're trying to gain strength. At other times, recovery is more important than growing stronger (like during a tournament).
- lambdaba 2y agoI think it hinders recovery too though, inflammation has a function, which is why we don't just systematically administer high dose anti-inflammatories for every infection, only when it's too risky to leave the natural process handle it, or when the inflammatory response is pathological (e.g. COVID cytokine storm).
- eternauta3k 2y agoAre there any athletes who want hypertrophy? Bodybuilders aside.
- nradov 2y agoHypertrophy improves performance in any sport which demands speed and power, up to a point. Anyone playing basketball or gridiron football or hockey at an elite level tends to be pretty heavily musceled.
- pluies 2y agoI'm not sure there is a consensus on ice baths at this stage? Some athletes swear by it, some say it's useless, and last I looked at it the science was ambivalent (somewhere between small to no effect, either positive or negative).
- iamacyborg 2y agoThere was a meta study published in February. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejsc.12074 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejsc.12074