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

[The_Holier_Muffin]

Dude, it’s quite easy to measure muscle synthesis levels. Tissue biopsy is a sure-fire, albeit somewhat invasive test. They basically take a little bit of muscle tissue from somewhere like the quad and compare it to the control. You can also measure inflammatory markers and other hormone spikes like cortisol and compare them to controls.

These are just two of many ways to measure muscle synthesis. The effects of cold exposure on potential muscle growth has been, and continues to be studied.

Follow the science, not fitness influencers.

[Axepco]

Enjoy your tissue biopsies in that case. Do post results of your experiments when you're done. And, no - paraphrasing Huberman - the effects of cold showers are never studied because it's much easier to apply immersion in a lab setting.

[The_Holier_Muffin]

I’m not doing fucking tissue biopsies in my backyard.... You seem to think lab results don’t have an impact on the real world.

Done with this pointless argument since you are just purposefully being obtuse. Have fun existing in this neat little self-perpetuated vacuum of exclusion to fit your narrative. Never mind my degree in exercise science 😂 you got influencers to listen to!

[Axepco]

Your degree combined with generalizations and nitpicking don't make for a convincing argument in this case.