Research Review: Ice Baths and Massages, Training Intensity Matters, & Lifting Improves Mental Skills

Can ice baths and massages boost your recovery? If you’re not building muscle, do you need to change your routine or just work harder at your current program? Can lifting actually make you smarter?

I’m discussing the latest scientific studies on these questions. Listen now to dive into the science!

This podcast is another installment in my Research Review series of episodes, where I give you concise and practical takeaways from studies that I think are interesting and that can help us gain muscle and strength faster, lose fat faster, perform better athletically, feel better, live longer, or get and stay healthier. 

There is a ton of scientific research that gets published every year, and even if you narrow your focus to fitness research, it would still take several lifetimes to unravel the hairball of studies on nutrition, training, supplementation, and related fields. 

That's why my team and I put a lot of time into reviewing, dissecting, and describing scientific studies in articles, podcasts, and books. 

Oh and if you like this type of episode, let me know. Send me an email (mike@muscleforlife.com) or direct message me on Instagram (@muscleforlifefitness). And if you don’t like it, let me know that too or how you think it could be better.

Timestamps:

(0:00) - Please leave a review of the show wherever you listen to podcasts and make sure to subscribe!

(1:57) - Can Ice baths and massages speed up recovery?

(6:50) - Do I need to change my strength training program or work harder with my current program?

(15:05) - My free meal planning tool: buylegion.com/mealplan

(16:30) - Mental health benefits from weightlifting

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