When I’m doing a fair amount of weekly running I like to start icing my legs mainly my shins and knees after my longer runs if possible. The issue is I normally meetup with friends about 30 minutes away to run. If I drive home and ice my legs after that 30 minute break is that too long to be of benefit? Do I need to ice IMMEDIATELY after a workout?
When I’m doing a fair amount of weekly running I like to start icing my legs mainly my shins and knees after my longer runs if possible. The issue is I normally meetup with friends about 30 minutes away to run. If I drive home and ice my legs after that 30 minute break is that too long to be of benefit? Do I need to ice IMMEDIATELY after a workout?
I think the current thinking is that icing, with the intention to reduce inflammation, doesn’t help recovery and training adaptions.
Icing post workout is a myth…
A thorough combing of the literature confirms Reinl’s claim and yields virtually zero studies that validate the use of ice for healing. On the contrary, a 2012 study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine stated that, despite the popularity of ice therapy, there are no clinical studies proving its effectiveness. More recently, a 2013 study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research found that not only did icing not enhance recovery from strength training, it delayed it.
not if you’re talking about nucleogenesis or mitochondria. we’re talking whole-body ice baths though.
Icing post workout is a myth…
A thorough combing of the literature confirms Reinl’s claim and yields virtually zero studies that validate the use of ice for healing. On the contrary, a 2012 study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine stated that, despite the popularity of ice therapy, there are no clinical studies proving its effectiveness. More recently, a 2013 study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research found that not only did icing not enhance recovery from strength training, it delayed it.
Sounds like a new business opportunity to sell to triathletes 
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I like heat, myself.