Your Cold Plunge Is Costing You Gains (When the Ice Bath Actually Works — and When It Backfires)
You finished a hard lift or training day. You’re sore, you’re spent, and the cold plunge in the corner of the gym is calling your name. You step in for three teeth-chattering minutes, climb out feeling reborn, and tell yourself you just earned an edge. Here’s the inconvenient truth: if your goal that day was […]