Quote: (01-14-2017 02:59 AM)Hannibal Wrote:
I've been searching for the study but I can't seem to find it.
Cold showers have many benefits, but you do not want to do them directly after a workout. You want to wait at least an hour.
The reason being is that lifting causes inflammation (this is a good kind of inflammation) as a response to your body to fix the muscle tissue.
Cold showers reduce inflammation, which is generally good, but not good in this case.
The study I was reading a while back describes how a cold shower directly after a workout stunts muscle growth by up to 50%.
So in theory, the opposite would also be true? As in having a 10 minute sauna heps recovery/growth?
I'm hunting for a new gym and one of them has one of those electric fake saunas (if you ask me, a real sauna uses wood fire). I was planning to go, sauna after exercise is the best feeling ever.