Aspirin + Fish Oil

[rephore]

From an Eric Cressey newsletter:

1. During times of really heavy training when your joints are under higher than normal stresses I recommend that people take 1-2 baby aspirin with their fish oil each day (2-3g EPA/DHA). The combination of aspirin and fish oil causes the production of an extremely potent (and cutting edge) series of anti-inflammatory compounds called resolvins. Resolvins don’t stop inflammation per se, but they accelerate the cleaning up of the damage caused by inflammation. This is extremely important because normally NSAIDs like Advil or aspirin (w/o fish oil) actually slow down this resolution phase of inflammation. The aspirin/fish oil combination will help clean up the inflammatory damage in your joints so you can keep lifting those heavy weights.â?? Of course, you should always check with your doctor before taking any medications.

Do any of you guys do this?

[Icarus]

I haven’t, but it sounds like something I would try. Baby aspirin is cheap and it has health benefits that are touted for other reasons.