Good thread.
If you're at a gym that has good facilities:
1. Jump into the steam room or sauna. Get really hot.
2. Then jump into a cold shower.
3. Then back into the sauna.
4. Do a couple of minutes in the sauna and a minute or so in the shower.
My steam room happens to have a cold shower inside it. So you can stay in the steam room while running cold water over your body.
It's called contrast therapy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrast_bath_therapy
In Russia they have contrast spas. You sit in a sauna and then run outside into the cold.
It's amazing for recovery.
Far Infrared Sauna in a salt room is amazing for your joints:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared_sauna
I go to a Korean spa that has salt blocks all over. My joints all pop back into place. I do a few Yoga poses and do some meditative breathing.
Highly recommended if you can find one.
If you're at a gym that has good facilities:
1. Jump into the steam room or sauna. Get really hot.
2. Then jump into a cold shower.
3. Then back into the sauna.
4. Do a couple of minutes in the sauna and a minute or so in the shower.
My steam room happens to have a cold shower inside it. So you can stay in the steam room while running cold water over your body.
It's called contrast therapy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrast_bath_therapy
In Russia they have contrast spas. You sit in a sauna and then run outside into the cold.
It's amazing for recovery.
Far Infrared Sauna in a salt room is amazing for your joints:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared_sauna
I go to a Korean spa that has salt blocks all over. My joints all pop back into place. I do a few Yoga poses and do some meditative breathing.
Highly recommended if you can find one.