I dont know if this is common knowledge,but I’ve used ice in my workouts for as long as I can remember, like directly following the final rep in a set.apply an ice pack to the muscle for twice as long as the set took to complete
My old wrestling coach taught me this when I was like 8, his reasoning was solid, this is what he said " what happens if you hit your foream a guy’s knee in a match, and go without icing it after the match?, it sweels up and hurts like a bitch the next day, doesnt it? damn right it does!, now think about what happens if you ice it after it happens, there aint no swellin, and hardly any pain the next day
now it completely made sense to me, and ever since then I’ve been icing each worked muscle group between every set, and I’m rarely sore no matter how hard I’m working
so I’m asking, if anyone else does this, and if so how are your rsults?
and if you havent tried it, i’m definitely recommending it
With Respect,
Ohio’s DeadMan,Count Rockula
If I’m not extremely sore to the point of being crippled, I didn’t do my job. I live for the pain, but maybe its just me. Cheers
Never tried it, but I understand how it would help. Quite interesting. Your right, I might just try that next time.
[quote]Growing_Boy wrote:
If I’m not extremely sore to the point of being crippled, I didn’t do my job. I live for the pain, but maybe its just me. Cheers[/quote]\
I definitely understand that, but think about how much more productive your training sessions would be if you had full range of motion for every muscle group
and yea dude, sometimes I need the pain to, so I sometimes avoid icing
[quote]Kaizen08 wrote:
Never tried it, but I understand how it would help. Quite interesting. Your right, I might just try that next time.[/quote]
Its kind of inconvient tho lol. because ice melts especially when your body heats up. so you really have to amp up the intensity to get thru your work out faster so ur cold supply doesnt run out
There is still little evidence on how ice effects post training recovery. No real definitve study has been done.
Your example (elbow hits knee) is blunt force trauma which is a different scenario. The principle of post workout icing is most likely is derived from this practice.
No study (or any that I am personally aware of) has concluded that post exercise icing is either helpful or hurtful to the performance process. Injury-yes, performance-inconclusive.
[quote]RWElder0 wrote:
There is still little evidence on how ice effects post training recovery. No real definitve study has been done.
Your example (elbow hits knee) is blunt force trauma which is a different scenario. The principle of post workout icing is most likely is derived from this practice. No study (or any that I am personally aware of) has concluded that post exercise icing is either helpful or hurtful to the performance process. Injury-yes, performance-inconclusive.[/quote]
Understood that there isnt much in the way of studies that backs this up, and i understand that blunt trauma in the example is different from excerise damage, all I have is 12 years of this recovery method working for me, I’m just recommending that some of you guys give it a try
I know I’ve seen some big guys do an Ice Bath after a hard workout(Brock Lesnar in particular), and it seems to work for them. Never thought about trying it yet. Thanks for the tip.
[quote]The Buzz wrote:
I know I’ve seen some big guys do an Ice Bath after a hard workout(Brock Lesnar in particular), and it seems to work for them. Never thought about trying it yet. Thanks for the tip.[/quote]
Midwest Boy!!!
yea man, for sure you will definitely notice your body will never hurt after a workout, dude even try the contrast shower after the workout
its basically 30 seconds of hot followed by 30 seconds of cold, switch the two extremes for 4 of 5 rounds
i used to enjoy the pain as a badge of honour type deal…but i think i’m better off now
-now if i’m completely disabilitated from my workouts, i dont think about what a good workout i had…i look back at how i could have fucked up my recovery that badly
for me, very large amounts of carbs and protein around a workout, and just lots of protein/calories that night makes a huge difference
-also, hard stretching directly after (and again at night/whenever also preferably) helps tonnes, and mild cardio/active recovery directly after or the following days tends to help me
[quote]Growing_Boy wrote:
If I’m not extremely sore to the point of being crippled, I didn’t do my job. I live for the pain, but maybe its just me. Cheers[/quote]
Yes!
[quote]brian.m wrote:
i used to enjoy the pain as a badge of honour type deal…but i think i’m better off now
-now if i’m completely disabilitated from my workouts, i dont think about what a good workout i had…i look back at how i could have fucked up my recovery that badly
for me, very large amounts of carbs and protein around a workout, and just lots of protein/calories that night makes a huge difference
-also, hard stretching directly after (and again at night/whenever also preferably) helps tonnes, and mild cardio/active recovery directly after or the following days tends to help me[/quote]
for sure my man, for sure