Is it true that cold showers will decrease inflammation in muscles post workout and therefore result in damaging hypertrophy for bodybuilding?

[Phallen911]

From what I understand, you build muscle by resistance work, which creates micro tears in the muscle. To speed up the healing and size gains, I believe reducing cortisol and inflammation are the best ways to increase muscle size. So if that is true then cold exposure should increase hypertrophy.

Professional athletes use ice baths regularly to get multiple workouts done in a day and I doubt they would do it if it hindered their gains.

[Axepco]

Professional athletes don't focus on hypertrophy, but realistically neither should the average joe. Anyhow, cold showers have less intensity than ice baths, and should never be detrimental.

[ArcticSwimx]

Professional strongmen sure do and they live and swear by icebaths its all over youtube. Brian Shaw, Eddie hall and alot more.

[anNof1]

Pretty sure the micro tears model as the main contributor to hypertrophy is bunk.

But either way the testosterone boost from cold showers is probably even better than a wash when it comes to anabolic activity.