Will buy this and use it as a hot tub?
https://www.aldi.co.uk/product/bestway- ... 0000630559

Recent science has shown an ice bath has zero impact on increasing muscle repair after injury/exercise. Every bugger is probably now trying to shift them.

not sure about this
https://www.wheeliebins.co.uk/blogs/tip ... 5pUzQd-lrg

ollieclarets8 wrote: ↑

Mon May 19, 2025 6:38 pm

Recent science has shown an ice bath has zero impact on increasing muscle repair after injury/exercise. Every bugger is probably now trying to shift them.

Dont tell them that at Burnleys training ground as its one of the things they use to aid inflammation and Muscle recovery (they have a cryotherapy chamber)

Would be funny seeing folk light a fire under it to heat the water

I picked up a large chest freezer with my friend a couple of weeks ago that he is going to spruce up and use as an ice bath. He does a lot of breath work and is a big fan of Wim Hof.

ollieclarets8 wrote: ↑

Mon May 19, 2025 6:38 pm

Recent science has shown an ice bath has zero impact on increasing muscle repair after injury/exercise. Every bugger is probably now trying to shift them.

Im not so sure about that one

Burnley1989 wrote: ↑

Mon May 19, 2025 8:14 pm

Im not so sure about that one

Same scientists that 'proved' tobacco was non addictive...

Funny how they never come with instructions on "how to get out".

brexit wrote: ↑

Mon May 19, 2025 7:25 pm

not sure about this
https://www.wheeliebins.co.uk/blogs/tip ... 5pUzQd-lrg

Back under Coyle there was a load of players using wheelie bins as ice baths at training. Grezza did it and got other players on board. He claimed it was the secret to his longevity.

ollieclarets8 wrote: ↑

Mon May 19, 2025 6:38 pm

Recent science has shown an ice bath has zero impact on increasing muscle repair after injury/exercise. Every bugger is probably now trying to shift them.

Do you have a link?
I've seen a lot of suggestions that ice baths boost the immune system and reduce inflammation. A bit like cold water swimming which has become really popular.

dibraidio wrote: ↑

Tue May 20, 2025 2:36 pm

Do you have a link?

Getting in cold water or exposing your body to very cold temperatures ( the sea / a plunge pool / ice bath / whatever ) causes blood vessels to constrict in a process called vasoconstriction. That's proven medical science.

When people say getting into cold water "takes your breath away" they quite literally mean it, because the skin's cold receptors are taking blood away which would normally be in your lungs. It's why drowning in water is not necessarily caused by the depth or the lack of skill to swim, that the victim cannot physically take in oxygen that they normally would and generally panics.

There are plenty of health - biological and mental - benefits to cold water exposure.

Anonymous Claret wrote: ↑

Mon May 19, 2025 8:08 pm

I picked up a large chest freezer with my friend a couple of weeks ago that he is going to spruce up and use as an ice bath. He does a lot of breath work and is a big fan of Wim Hof.

Whilst Hof is an interesting and credible character, a few years back BBC had a few scientists on a radio documentary discussing the topic.
The consensus was nothing beneficial happens to our bodies .
The main man on the programme works regularly with elite european soldiers and tested them thoroughly after subjecting them to all manner of tests, end result, bugger all sadly .