ice cold baths and hot baths? what do they do?

**aussie_bodybuilda** · 04-26-2011, 03:11 AM

ice cold baths and hot baths?
ive seen brock lesnar use the ice cold bath after training. just wondering what they do and why people do them and when would u do them?

**terraj** · 04-26-2011, 03:31 AM

Pushing blood flow to the core, thereby reducing swelling

**iseckz** · 04-26-2011, 04:49 AM

thanks! i didn't know that. makes alot of sense.

**aussie_bodybuilda** · 04-26-2011, 05:43 AM

Originally Posted by terraj

Pushing blood flow to the core, thereby reducing swelling

for which 1? ice cold or hot? or both?

**iseckz** · 04-26-2011, 05:45 AM

I'm sure cold. since cold does stop swelling? lol

**scotty51312** · 04-26-2011, 05:57 AM

cold stops swelling, heat speeds up the break up of inflamation. My understanding anyway. Someone correct me if i'm wrong

**iseckz** · 04-26-2011, 06:09 AM

Originally Posted by scotty51312

cold stops swelling, heat speeds up the break up of inflamation. My understanding anyway. Someone correct me if i'm wrong

That's what i learned. Make sense tho. After A hard workout, But i mean a hard your're SWOLE status and your shoulders and joints hurt! from how hard your pumped.

A cold shower afterwards does help my shoulder pains. So I can imagine after a MMA/sprawling for hours how your body would feel after a ice cold bath.

**scotty51312** · 04-26-2011, 07:11 AM

you suppose to alternate between the two. 5-10 minutes in an icebath then 10-15 minutes in a hot bath. Suppose to be a great recovery tool, I haven't done it since college though.

**VegasRenegade** · 04-26-2011, 07:33 AM

Originally Posted by scotty51312

you suppose to alternate between the two. 5-10 minutes in an icebath then 10-15 minutes in a hot bath. Suppose to be a great recovery tool, I haven't done it since college though.

This is great if you do not have lots of bruising and low level internal bleeding then Ice alone is correct