domingjm wrote:
mcmetal wrote:
domingjm wrote:
ggeiger wrote:
mcmetal wrote:
ggeiger wrote:
boobooaboo wrote:
your local pool or body of water will provide the same resultsThis^^^^^^^ Save your money.
Hardly the same at all. I picked up the Air Relax for $200 so it's cheaper and more convenient than my local pool. Likewise, an easy spin or swim doesn't help with recovery anywhere close to the boots.
Just to be clear, the boots will not magically restore your glycogen, but the difference in how your muscles feel the next day is huge.
No peer reviewed medical research at this point agrees with you.
It appears that the relevance of peer reviewed literature is lost when it comes to recovery boots.
I think you better take another look at those peer reviews and get a better understanding of what they were testing. I'm amazed how folks like to hone in on one fact about the reviews, but ignore all other aspects. Most folks probably spend more a year on sports drinks and gels than what a set of Air Relax cost. Try them yourself for a month and if they don't work, sell them.
I think you're mistaking testimonials for the "peer review" process. They are entirely discrete. If you're aware of any controlled, empirical (and independent) studies suggesting that these boots are in any way effective for recovery, please send them along. Thanks.
I'm talking about the studies where they did blood tests and tested power output with and without recovery boot usage over a reasonably large test group. Those tests showed there was no appreciable difference in power output with the recovery boots compared to without. My personal experience is in agreement with that aspect of the test.
What they didn't test or comment at all on, was just how did the test subjects legs feel the next day. To me there is a big difference between my legs feeling sore and stiff if I don't use the boots, compared to not being sore and not being stiff if I do. To me, that is also a component of recovery. Sure, I get that if I got on the bike and tried to push it I would have nothing in my legs, but as long as I can take the stairs without my legs feeling like wood pegs I have to conclude that the boots do help with some aspects of recovery.