Triathletes often think, “How much training can I do?” Few people think of, “How much can I recover after training, how good?”

One of the best ways to help with recovery is through an ice bath. An ice bath is a part of the body that is submerged in cold water.

Why do you need an ice bath?

While creating little tears. To help these tears, the body pumps more blood into these areas, so white blood cells can repair damaged tissue. This can cause swelling.

These tears are actually a good thing because the body repairs the damaged muscles to better handle the given training stimuli applied to them. As mentioned earlier, how these tears cause muscle soreness [DOMS] delay and swelling.

The ice bath is a good way to combat these side effects through triathlon training. The ice bath helps to eliminate micro-cracks. This means that the swelling is kept to a minimum. The bathtub also helps to remove excess waste…

Why do triathletes need an ice bath? was originally published on Spring