CrossFit Recovery
Recovery is an essential part of the CrossFit lifestyle. CrossFit is designed to work your muscles intensely, which is part of why they get stronger. However, recovery is also essential to building this strength. When you lift heavy, you create tiny tears in your muscles; when you rest, they build back stronger. There are several ways to maximize this recovery period.
Here’s how hot tubs, saunas, and cold plunges can enhance your CrossFit rest days:
Whether your training schedule calls for two, three, or five rest days, these recovery tools can help you get the most out of your CrossFit training.
They also help relieve stress, a key component of a rest day. In fact, there is evidence that psychological stress inhibits muscle recovery. So, on recovery days, you want to give yourself space and grace for total mind and body relaxation. There are two pieces of recovery that are important: the first is allowing blood to flow to the muscles so that they have the nutrients, oxygen and elimination capabilities to recover efficiently. The other is allowing total mind and body relaxation. A hot tub, sauna, or cold plunge from Hot Water Productions can help you achieve both; here’s how:
The Benefits of Hot Tubs for CrossFit Recovery
Hot tubs help increase blood flow, which supports faster muscle recovery. If you’re one to get sore a couple of days after a tough WOD, rest assured that hot tubs have also been shown to reduce the symptoms of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). Hot water therapy can also help muscles recover faster and has been shown to support cellular adaptations involved in muscle growth and differentiation. Soaking in the hot tub also helps relieve mental stress, allowing you to achieve total recovery.
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The Benefits of Saunas for CrossFit
Sitting in the sauna isn’t just good for sinking into a chill state; it also helps increase blood flow, which is essential for muscle recovery. Post-exercise sauna sessions are so great for muscle recovery that some elite athletes use the sauna as a recovery tool 1-2 times per week.
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The Benefits of Cold Plunges for CrossFit
Cold plunges are gaining popularity for athletic recovery because they help ease inflammation, which soothes muscle soreness, and helps prevent injury. One tricky thing with cold plunges is that they do constrict blood flow while they’re battling inflammation, so you want to consider the hot water to cold plunge combo to get the best of both worlds when it comes to recovery.
No matter how you recover on your CrossFit rest days, it’s important that you do. Rest and relaxation are paramount alongside nutrition, sleep and hydration for proper CrossFit recovery. Allowing your hot tub, sauna and cold plunge sessions to work their muscle recovery magic doesn’t hurt either.Stop by Hot Water Productions to find the best Hot Tubs, Saunas, and Cold Plunges for your CrossFit recovery needs. 2511 S. Townsend Ave. Montrose, CO, or call (970) 249-2566.