Is there any real benefit to hopping in the hot tub after a workout? I know the ice bath thing, but I’m wondering if hopping into the hot tub for a few minutes after a workout actually has any real benefit. My masters swim set usually ends with 300 hot tub, which I typically skip because I want to get moving on with my day, and frankly, I’m tired enough after the workout - being in a hot tub just zaps me.
Am I missing out on a chance to aid muscle recovery or prevent stiffness/tightness? I *like *hot tubs, but afterwards I need a nap.
Depends on your definition of therapuetic and how many womens were involved. I hear that Hefner swears by it. I find a few minutes in the hot tub has a couple of benefits, it gives me an excuse to cut my swim short and seems to help me stretch out better than if I don’t get in as if I don’t I usually do not stretch at all.
Just be careful of what you do in that hot tub and with whom…
The foreman of the jury that acquitted Mark Chmura of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl said the football star is guilty of one thing: bad judgement.
“He put himself in a bad situation by being drunk with kids and in a hot tub in his underwear,” foreman Brad Breidenstein, a 38-year-old bar manager, said Sunday.
I would originally say no, as I avoid public hot tubs like the plague. Then, about a year and a half ago I went to a charity Margaritaville party for our local outdoor pool/rec center. Bought a $10 ticket for a hot tub raffle and I won it. Here I thought it was a cheap small hot tub, turns out it was a 7 seater, tons of jets etc… It still doesn’t, in my mind, have much benefit other than relaxation with a few drinks. Although my lab sure does like to try to drink out of it whenever we are in it. Nothing says romance like sitting in the outdoor hot tub on a cool winter night with the wife, a glass of the bubbly and a 98 pound dog trying to lick water off your head.
On one hand it was the best $10 I ever spent. On the other hand, it cost about $4,500 to have a new outdoor brick patio put in for it and have the electric run to it. Plus, I ended up getting talked into joining the board for the rec complex so that takes up some time every month and then there’s the chemicals/maintenance and increased electric bill costs. Come to think of it I may have been better off saving the $10 originally…
Mostly I hear you’re supposed to avoid them for recovery, but I seem to recall support crew posting that Joe is a post race hot tubber. Hard to argue with results like his.
can help to loosen muscles, but if it is dirty in can be very bad for the lungs. Chlorine does not work in temps above 84 degrees. There is alot of bacteria in hot tubs. As the bubble burst, alot of bacteria is release which is inhaled and can cause irritation of the lungs. I still use it occassionally, but keep the time to 5 min.
You are correct, Joe heads for a hot tub as soon as possible after every race. Hot tubs are a room requirement when we travel. He stretches (and has a beer). He says it helps his circulation and keeps joints and muscles from freezing up. He uses ours here at home after any heavy training day. He also takes aspirin to decrease inflammation.
All I can say is it works for him. I know a number of people who have tried it have reported similar recovery results. Or maybe it is just the beer.
I don’t know about finding hot chics in hot tubs. whenever we travel the hot tubs seem to be filled with kids.
Got one at my house (there when we moved in) and we get in it maybe 2 or 3 times a week just before bed. It is good for warming up my muscles for a stretch before bed. Also good for just relaxing and helps my wife get to sleep faster than normal. My wife is a massage therapist and will sometimes give my legs a quick massage in the hot tub. I’m a wimp and can’t take much deep tissue work but she can work harder on me in the hot tub for some reason (warm muscles maybe). Never tried getting in right after a workout. I’m always so hot after working out why do I want to jump in a 100 degree hot tub.
We have one at the house in the sun room. Great for relaxing tight muscles with the jets. Always seems to make sleeping easier if going in the tub just before bed.
can help to loosen muscles, but if it is dirty in can be very bad for the lungs. Chlorine does not work in temps above 84 degrees. There is alot of bacteria in hot tubs. As the bubble burst, alot of bacteria is release which is inhaled and can cause irritation of the lungs. I still use it occassionally, but keep the time to 5 min.
Since when does it stop working at 84? It gases off at like 98 degrees, but it’s still working. Most hot tubed these days are using bromine.
I asked my RMT about it last night and he seems to be a big fan, so I’ll try it out. He suggested that mineral salts would be even better, but I’m not so sure the good folks who manage and maintain the UBC facilities would approve of me dumping a big bag of epsom salts into their hot tub. ;p
The only thing I’m mildly worried about is that it will make me (even more) sleepy after the morning workout, and I’m headed straight to work after I leave the pool. Oh well - we’ll see what happens come Tuesday.
