Post-exercise cold water immersion impairs muscle development 🧊🚨
Another reason to avoid ice baths after resistance-training.
Post-Exercise Cooling Lowers Skeletal Muscle Microvascular Perfusion and Blunts Amino Acid Incorporation into Muscle Tissue in Active Young Adults
Study Details
This new study recruited 12 active young men who performed a single resistance exercise session followed by water immersion for 20 min…
🧊 with one leg immersed in cold water (8°C)
💧 and the other leg in thermoneutral water (30°C)
After immersion participants ingested 20g amino acids + 45g carbs 🥤
Key Findings
Here is what they found ⬇️
Indicators of muscle development were significantly reduced after cold water immersion‼️
This included significantly reduced…
🩸 Microvascular blood volume (-70%)
🧬 Amino acid incorporation into muscle
Conclusion
Cold-water immersion during post-exercise recovery greatly ⬇️ muscle microvascular perfusion and blunts post-prandial amino acid incorporation in muscle ⚠️
More evidence to suggest avoiding ice baths after resistance training 📚