Whole-Body Cryotherapy To Repair Muscles After Workouts
Ever heard of whole-body cryotherapy? well bodybuilders and athletes alike go through great lengths to Repair Their Muscles After Workouts.
There are many different methods of attempting to undo the damage that our muscles undergo during workouts.
A study by Christophe Hausswirth of the National Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance in Paris, was conducted with nine well trained runners, and each participant tested each recovery method to control for individual differences in muscle damage and recovery.
Repair Muscles After Workouts
The study published in the Dec. 7 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE reports that runners benefit more from whole-body cryotherapy, in which the study participants was exposed to temperatures as cold as -166°F (-110°C), than from exposure to far-infrared radiation or no treatment.
Overall, the researchers found the whole-body cryotherapy method to be most effective. The first cryotherapy session, conducted one hour after exercise, allowed the runners to recover maximal muscle strength, while the same result took much longer to attain with the other strategies, and three cryotherapy sessions performed over 48 hours post-run accelerated recovery more than the other two methods over the same time period.
According to Dr. Hausswirth, the “whole-body cryotherapy is effective in enhancing post-exercise recovery in well-trained runners, by limiting the maximal force loss and sensations of pain.”
Source: medicalxpress.com
After all is said and done the fact is that the average bodybuilder or fitness enthusiast, may not have access the this kind of technology, however you can do the next best thing which may be in the form of cold showers.
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