CONRAST SHOWERS????

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ok I misspelled the title.

CONTRAST SHOWERS

there....

I remember reading a thread on this, tried it out and now
I do this every once in a while especially after hard training sessions.

Muscles tend to feel better than if I didn't take a contrast shower.

Anyways, my question is:

WHY does it work???

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CONTRAST SHOWERS

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It causes the blood vessels to contract(the cold)and expand (the heat). It increases blood flow through a flushing mechanism.
If you want the "impress your friends" definition, it's called vasoconstriction and vasodilation...