Yah, I can’t vouch for the scientific background for the “ice bath helps with lactic acid.” I just googled and there was some contradictory articles from somewhat sketchy sites, however, about 20 years ago sports trainers did recommend it for that purpose. Long story, but I actually worked out with the Flames staff and they definitely had ice baths set up for that purpose, but had far more warm pools and hot tubs for similar purposes. For me, I found heat always worked best for recovery for me. Regardless, I had certainly never heard of any of this impacting testosterone…haha. I mentioned in the vasectomy thread that I am one of the unlucky guys that had a failed vasectomy and now I’m thinking all those ice baths when I was younger must have just boosted my testosterone through the roof and that’s why my fertility can’t be stunted with a scalpel (said with extreme sarcasm).
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