… so I bought some of these http://www.recovergear.com/Home/tabid/363/Default.aspx .
Found them at a local running store. I bought a pair of the shorts and pop em on after a long ride / run - under some regular shorts and wear them around while running the normal saturday errands. Such a simple idea - but they work great.
ice baths suck?! YOU’RE A FOOL. They’re quite possible the greatest thing ever!
great idea. I hate ice baths too
I may be a fool - but at least my ‘boys’ aren’t shriveling up inside of me.
If you can honestly say that you like them - then you are the man.
I may be a fool - but at least my ‘boys’ aren’t shriveling up inside of me.
If you can honestly say that you like them - then you are the man.
What if you don’t like them, but like how much better your legs feel for days afterwards?
haha, fair enough.
Ice baths are kind of like mile repeats…the first couple minutes suck, but then everything is numb anyway. Ice baths after soccer practice were godsends.
I guess I’d rather have my boys tucked away for 15 minutes than getting smashed by a phallic saddle for 3 hours a day…oh wait, what if you do both?
How do you set these up, I wonder? I have heard (and seen at the finish on occasion) of ice baths. Obviously you must use a bathtub, but under what circumstances would you normally use one, and I guess you have to buy a boatload of ice ??? How long do you sit in them, etc. Curious as to what the drill is.
I used to run in high school (10 years ago) so can anyone help me out.
I cant remember about the season rule, but is there a rule where in the winter you sit in hot water for recovery and in the summers sit in ice/cold baths for recovery?
Or what is the prescribed formula?
I don’t think there is any kind of season rule when it comes to icing. From what I’ve read, real hot baths can in fact bring about inflammation post run/ ride etc. The cold water increases blood flow as well knocking down any inflammation you may have.
I typically just set the faucet to cold then throw in a couple 5lb bags of ice and voila and painfull icebath 
I don’t think there is any kind of season rule when it comes to icing. From what I’ve read, real hot baths can in fact bring about inflammation post run/ ride etc. The cold water increases blood flow as well knocking down any inflammation you may have.
I typically just set the faucet to cold then throw in a couple 5lb bags of ice and voila and painfull icebath
Same but less ice, my tap runs at 41 degrees, throw in a bit of ice, and the temp is high 30s. Sit in there for 10-20min. Read some articles in magazines.
The US Nordic Ski Team takes the ice bath on the road…
http://www.teamtoday.org/Stories/tabid/391/ctl/Details/mid/763/ItemID/1289/Default.aspx
Check out the photos on the bottom of the page…brrrrr
Ice baths rule so much, I was about to start a thread titled “Ice baths: why aren’t you taking them?”. Seriously. I just started the practice, and I’ve never felt so good the day after a long run or ride. I’m kicking myself for not heeding the ice bath advice when I first read it months ago!
do you or anyone know if they are only beneficial within a certain time frame after your workout?
i take them when i can about 10 minutes or so after coming through the door after a ride or run… but today i skipped for whatever reason. im hours out from when i finished my ride is it still worth taking the ice bath??
btw im about to head out the door for a short mtb ride. maybe ill just hop in when i finish that.
The cold water increases blood flow as well knocking down any inflammation you may have.
um negative...cold decreases flow as a result of vasoconstriction of the blood vessels...unless of course you stay in there for a while, then hunting response takes over, which actually increases flow...which is a bad thing if you want to decrease inflammation, the whole point of the ice bath.
Ice baths rule so much, I was about to start a thread titled “Ice baths: why aren’t you taking them?”. Seriously. I just started the practice, and I’ve never felt so good the day after a long run or ride. I’m kicking myself for not heeding the ice bath advice when I first read it months ago!
x2.
Ice baths do suck…but just for the 1st 5 minutes (just make sure not to move around, sit still and the numbness seems to set in sooner). The next 15 minutes go quickly as I drink my chocolate milk and eat some food. I could NOT believe how great the legs feel later in the day and the next day they are ready to go again.
I’ve told friends who are new to the longer distances how therapeutic they are. Every time - they become believers too after trying once.
I got 2 problems w/ the ice baths… 1) Time - I’ve already just taken 2 hours, or 4 hours, or whatever, out away from the fam, and now I gotta try to tack on yet another half-hour or so (including prep time, etc) to try and chill out while the kids continue trying to tear the house down and the spousal unit expects me to be back on duty; and 2) After it’s done, the legs are soooo stiff/tight that I can scarcely get up and walk at all without feeling like my achilles are gonna pop, which would negate any benefits I’ve hopefully just incurred from the whole workout in the first place.
I prefer epsom salts.
The way to fix #1 is to turn it into a game.
“What are you doing?!?!?”
“Noooooo!”
“That’s cold!?!?!”
“I’m going to get you when I get out!”
The kids love it because they think they’re getting you and you achieve all
the goals at once.
HTH>
-Jot
I got 2 problems w/ the ice baths… 1) Time - I’ve already just taken 2 hours, or 4 hours, or whatever, out away from the fam, and now I gotta try to tack on yet another half-hour or so (including prep time, etc) to try and chill out while the kids continue trying to tear the house down and the spousal unit expects me to be back on duty; and 2) After it’s done, the legs are soooo stiff/tight that I can scarcely get up and walk at all without feeling like my achilles are gonna pop, which would negate any benefits I’ve hopefully just incurred from the whole workout in the first place.