A new small study suggests that hot water can help muscles repair themselves and become stronger.
But a new small study suggests that recreational athletes perform better if they soak in a hot tub rather than a frigid one, especially if there are breaks in their workouts, such as halftime in football and soccer, according to a report presented Thursday at the 2024 Integrative Physiology of Exercise Conference in University Park, Pennsylvania.
But if you are not injured and just had a hard workout, cold can be detrimental, Layton said. “It constricts blood vessels and can cause the muscles to tighten,” she added. Still, “my experience with pro teams is they like warm baths before games,” he said. “If there’s a halftime, they don’t do a cold plunge.”
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