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Cold Water Immersion Blunts PWO Cell Swelling | 12mg Capsaicin Boost 1.5k TT Running Performance, Reduce RPE | BIA Underestimates Athlete's Body Fat-% by up to 10%

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If you want to show off your "guns" cold water immersion (CWI) may be counterproductive in the short- and long-run. In the hours and days after the workout, you'll miss the swelling, over weeks you'll blunt 'ur gainz. No, today's article is not about the effects of cold water on a man's "most personal parts". Rather than that, it's - at least in parts - about the latest study from the University of Trás-os-Montes & Alto Douro in Portugal which shows that the immediate post-workout application of cold water immersion will significantly reduce the swelling of your biceps you'd normally see last for days after a workout. This paper, alongside the latest research on the ergogenic effects of capsaicin supplements on short-medium distance running and the surprisingly position-depending inaccuracy of multi-frequency bioimpedance measurements of the body composition of collegiate football players, are the studies discussed in today'...

Cycling Only 10 Min After Workouts Promotes Recovery as Effectively, Cheaper and More Conveniently Than Ice Baths

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Active recovery in the form of light intensity exercise, such as walking or cycling on a cycle ergometer may be suitable for every exercise modality and is not more or less effective than the much fancier but rareley available cold water immersion therapy Cold water immersion and active recovery are common post-exercise recovery treatments you've read about before at the SuppVersity . With the publication of the latest study from the Queensland University of Technology , this is yet the first article to discuss a comparison of both recovery methods in a nine trained male individuals - a study that shows "that cold water immersion is no more effective than active recovery for minimizing the inflammatory and stress responses in muscle after resistance exercise" (Peake. 2016). Just like the previously reported anti-adaptive effects of ice-baths (yes, they will impair your gains | learn more ), the study at hand adds to the accumulating evidence that cold water immersio...
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