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