Consuming carbohydrates before an intense bout of endurance running reduces the post-exercise muscle damage and inflammation responses, likely thereby reducing fatigue and allowing faster recovery after exercise.

Post-workout cold water immersion reduces muscle growth during a strength training program, alongside reductions in the improvements in maximum isometric strength (as expected given the close relationship between isometric strength and muscle size).

Josh Haley getting an ice bath, with Will Haley and Asher Pruemer doing the honors