Anyone heard of or used “detox plasters” before?

There are like a pad with essential oils in, which are held on the base of your foot by a large plaster.
You wear it over night while you sleep, and when you get up the toxins have been sucked out of the pores in your feet by the pad. You then just take it off and away you go.
I found that after long hard training sessions you feel a bit groggy, tired, fatigued the next day. This is the toxic effect making you feel tired (lactic acid is broken down/flushed out after about 20mins). I spoke to a friend and he sent these to me, with all the science bumpf, asking me to try them out.
Your kidneys can only filter out so many of these toxins within a given time, no matter how much water you drink.
Imagine the difference between how you feel when your hung over and how you normally feel when you get up. Well, this is the same improvement again.
Not only did it optimise the use of my time (busy job and fitting in training), it optimises recovery rates too…….so you can go hard the next day as well!!!!!
Check ‘em out…

http://www.sportinginjuries.co.uk/

They are about £3/4 a packet.
Well worth a try. Give it a go, see what you think.
Thought ppl would be interested.
Anyone else used anything like this?
Any other recovery remedies ppl use?

what cut are you getting? is this a sponsor of yours?

I had to pay like everyone else....

just a mate starting his own business gave me them to try...but, as we all know, its hard starting out in business and theres no such thing as a FREE lunch!!!! :)

CYNIC!

im gonna give it a go and if it doesnt work im gonna hold you responsible (when ur not looking)

it all makes reasonable sense on the site, im sold ill give 1 a shot.

How many do you get per pack?

I think its 2 per pack for the £3/4 (same as your av. session really)

I am using them all the time coming up to this next fight.

What tosh. I don't get all this stuff about 'removing toxins' as lactic acid is a perfectly natural substance. Next thing you know they'll be recommending wing of bat and eye of newt. If you want to remove 'toxins' why not just buy a jar of leeches and pop them on your arse?

What tosh. I don't get all this stuff about 'removing toxins' as lactic acid is a perfectly natural substance. Next thing you know they'll be recommending wing of bat and eye of newt. If you want to remove 'toxins' why not just buy a jar of leeches and pop them on your arse?

Where can i get eye of newt from? How much are they? Do you have a website where i can buy online?
And what benefits do wing of bat make to you?

http://www.gridoflight.com/Bio-Detox.htm

there is good scientific explanations that show this can work

bagarse writes: I don't get all this stuff about 'removing toxins'

educate yourself and do the research before dismissing it.
give it a go....see what you think. :)

how often do ppl get sports massages?

anyone used accupuncture?

massage / ultrasound is awesome if only i were rich

Thats what I like about thailand you can afford a massage after training everyday its too expensive here. A rub of the legs with thai oil is all I can have.

noi666 writes: "educate yourself and do the research before dismissing it"

I've got an MSc in biochemistry, will that do?
Can I have some free samples then?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4616603.stm

Just something I remembered reading last week.

surely if you put purer foods in to your body, then it has less to process to get to the true nutional value.....

although there are studies such as this, I think this comes down to the individual....

More researchers now believe its not as much the lactic acid as it is the the free radical damage...

recovery in a nut shell (lol)
a few things of the top of my head

quality is always quality but not everyone will have the same needs.. Put in crap and all you got to build on and 'burn' as fuel is crap.
eat right for you-eat organic, low glycemic as much as possible

Sleep is way underrated in my opinion in recovery..
eliminate stressors after lunch especially (booze, cigs, sugar etc day time/stress hormones)
low lighting 2 hours before bed (light-body thinks its morning)
sleep by 10:30
dark a room as possible
avoid exercise and eating 3 hours before bed (evening meal should be smallest and low glycemic especially) (again with the stress hormones)

Water-now most N. Americans are dehydrated. Get this. When you're dehydrated the body squeezes all the water it can out of your feces. There are some toxins you can add to your body.]
Only cleanest of water can get into your cells-RO or distilled I think is the best. I don't trust tap water.



antioxidants (a proper mix)-huge in recovery!

replacing muscle glycogen levels (liguid carb drink that doesn't spike insulin is probbaly best-manna bread etc good too)

mental and emotional recovery too

massage (I love Rolphing)

good warm up

stretching program (doesn't have to be before or after work out-in fact probably not the best time)-6pm ideal if possible

Laugh-(Boom Boom Mancinni-part of his daily training was laughter -trained recovery)

Not over training
check morning pulse-if over 3 beats from previous week average-falling into over training

theres a couple things that help

Mark L is truly the Tony Myers of Canada!!!

...just moved this to the sport science forum

Regarding tap water, it has been partially blamed for the decrease in male fertility due to the level of estrogen levels in it due to an increase in women taking the pill etc. The hormone isn't destroyed during water treatment. Mineral water is less stringently monitered than tap water so isn't necessarily "better" for you either.

I heard some stuff about this being a problem in England but I don't remember the source. regardless though its certainly known that one way or another tap water is full of crap.

#1 in nutrition and sports nutrition-water. Don't drink crap water I think.

Different regions of Britain have different quality of water.
I believe in the south, they have shite for water (for the most part) often couldy. Whereas in the north, the water quality is much better.
Obviously i couldn't compare oestrogen levels - which i also have heard is a problem - but generally, i think that tap water in Britain is considered pretty much the best quality in the world.

No idea what quality is supposed to be like in the US and Canada.

USA and Canada is bad.

Britain might be the best but does that mean its good? I wouldn't trust it unless I got good info from a neutral source I trusted.

http://message.axkickboxing.com/?topicgroup=axsportscience

modulate your immune system and recovery goes way up.