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but block ice lasts much longer—which is why both Shearlock and Odell recommend DIY-ing big chunks and putting those in your cooler first. Shearlock likes using cut-up plastic milk jugs to make ...

But those results weren’t statistically significant, and the ice bath made no difference in muscle soreness. For a different study, researchers took muscle biopsies from nine young men who did a ...