Performance Nutrition Digest

Performance Nutrition Digest

Ice baths blunt muscle growth 🚨

Throwing cold water on your gains.

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Tom Coughlin
Oct 04, 2024
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Throwing cold water on muscle growth: A systematic review with meta-analysis of the effects of postexercise cold water immersion on resistance training-induced hypertrophy

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Ice baths are a popular strategy for wellness or promoting exercise recovery, especially with media personalities like Andrew Huberman and Joe Rogan purporting their benefits…

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