[quote]mbdix wrote:
I am not convinced that this actually works yet. But, this is the type of breakthroughs that I am hoping that modern science comes up with.
[quote]Silyak wrote:
I am skeptical that it is possible to lose that much heat through your hands. I’m also skeptical that core temperature is the only factor in fatigue (or even the most important factor).
–If your body is really that efficient at moving heat to your hands, why do we end up with cold hands sometimes?
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I believe that this is saying that by applying the vacuum to your hand it is pulling even more blood into the hand. Then the blood is cooled down by the ice water. Then the blood is released and it is rapidly brought back to the core and thus rapidly cooling core body temperature. If you were to just stick your hand in ice water it would have a minimal cooling effect, because the amount of blood sent to your hand would start to reduce?
What this guy said. Think about having the equivalent of an ice bath without the discomfort, and the convenience of putting on a glove?
As for the comparison to steroids, I’m more looking at it as something LIKE EPO which is going to give performance increases. If it can double your workload, which it claims, then the next real questions are what effect does it have on recovery, and how would it be best utilized in conjunction with steroids?