Can i take a bath after doing exercise
I've heard a lot about this issue, some people say you mustn麓t take a bath after doing some work out bacause your muscles are hot and the water is cold...( and some other reasons i dont' remember...); but other people say you should take a bath beacause of the swet in your body and blah blah blah...
so I don't know what to do XD what do you think?
if you can link to your sources...
thnx
Answer:There is nothing wrong with taking a bath after. here is the theory. When working out your veins dialate, get larger, to allow for more blood flow. the more blood the more oxygen, the larger your muscles get. if you take a really cold bath your veins will constrict, get smaller, and no more blood flow. a warm bath will keep your veins dialated. when you work out the wast your cells produced need to go somewhere. It is lactic acid. If you shrink the vessels then it has nowhere to go and you get that sore feeling. which is why you do a cool down or soak in a hot tub. it also helps the muscles by relaxng them and not allowing them to cramp.
"No, I do exercise evry day and I don't take a shower after an exercise, or weight lifting. Your body is hot, even your blood flow is warm, muscles are stretched, you shouldn't taking a shower after that. wait until maybe 5 hrs after that and you can take a shower..."
You need to shower after you workout.
I don't have any sources, I just thought I should throw in my opinon. I personally would not take a bath after exercising because you get all sweaty and you are basically sitting in a tub of your own filthy stuff. Yuck. Isn't the whole point of a bath or shower to get clean? It kind of defeats the purpose to get in a bathtub. Hope that helps.
arent baths ussually hot? but yeah you can their is nothing wrong with it
Yes, just never before a workout. That goes for hot tubs too! You can easily get a mucular injury by heat soaking prior to a workout.
Knee pain, elbow pain. require ice after a hardworkout and trump the bathing card.
Old Guy
Apparently a cold water bath is even very good, and with cold I mean an ice bath, filled with ICE! I saw profesional hockey players do this on tv. They were from Trinidad&Tobego, so they nearly died xD