24/09/2026
Keeping it honest & real since 1983.
ICE BATHS DO NOT IMPROVE RECOVERY đ§ đđđđ«”
We know better.
But the science about Ice baths we do KNOW - doesnât sell ice baths easily.
Telling you itâs a âquick fixâ answer to âoptimiseâ yet ANOTHER thingâŠâŠâŠâŠ..is wayyyyyy easier.
During training we cause micro tears & damage to tissues. The RECOVERY PROCESS - IS the âinflammatory processâ.
Your ability to RECOVER depends on how âefficientlyâ thatâ inflammatory respondsâ completes its repairs. That depends on sleep, hydration & food. Not ice.
If you dunk your butt after a session
You are hitting PAUSE on the RECOVERY PROCESS.
And reducing the bodies ability to flood the muscles with blood flow - which supplies transport delivery for much needed compounds and nutrients aiding the âinflammatory processâ
Ice bath 48hrs AFTER training is âOptimalâ. Once that process is finished.
Cold water plunges come into their own when it comes to a more intelligent way of looking a physiology
Now we have much more awareness of the physiological response through studies.
The neurotransmitters the body releases are beneficial to our current mood & state and our future moods & states.
Repetitive practice of cold water exposure helps change how the Nervous system signals emergency changes to the bodies state - when you are experiencing stress, or something stressful. These days an email or a phone call !
It enables better capacity in the body.
To feel intense sensations - âFear, Uncertainty, anxiety, increased heart rate, shallow breathingâ , whilst training the body to come back to baseline, calm and a dual control over how intense those sensations are. And how long they stay.
We overcomplicate a lot in day to day life
At BodyFix I like to keep it simple
Cold water exposure is part of my protocol in building capacity in your super sensitive, mega reactive nervous system.
A lot of you spend most of life AVOIDING the UNCOMFORTABLE. To save any feeling of uncomfortable in the body. AVOID !
At BodyFix I ask you to sit in it intentionally, safely with support. And get used to feeling FEELINGS.
Itâs not magi