DAMN I'M ONE HOT GUY!!!!!

Wolfhound668 - 2008-06-20 12:05 PM Heh, my wife calls me her "personal heating blanket" because I always run a little warm. It will be interesting to see what I do to a tub of ice water after a workout when I finally get up the courage to try it.

My wife calls me "an oven"... It's funny how my extra "heat" was welcomed during the winter, and now that it's summer I seem to find myself pushed to the end of the bed.

Jazon71 - 2008-06-20 1:54 PM

Wolfhound668 - 2008-06-20 12:05 PM Heh, my wife calls me her "personal heating blanket" because I always run a little warm. It will be interesting to see what I do to a tub of ice water after a workout when I finally get up the courage to try it.

My wife calls me "an oven"... It's funny how my extra "heat" was welcomed during the winter, and now that it's summer I seem to find myself pushed to the end of the bed.

You got that right.  I've learned to stay out of kicking distance in the summer.  

I'm cheap too and when you're in heavy training, you can go through tons of ice. Plus it's not as easy for me to buy in NYC. I make tons of ice and fill up big ziploc bags and a tub in the freezer and just keep it all filled up throughout the training season. I rarely have to buy the ice this way, except for after a 20-mile run, in which case I need several bags to do the trick! 

I think it's for muscle inflammation and to get the waste moving out of the muscles.  Some people do ice bath for 10 minutes or so, then hot tub and back to ice bath.  Personally, I'm too wimpy for ice baths.  I've also heard of laying on the floor with your feet up on a wall to get the junk out of your legs.