Was Rocky Balboa onto something
when he was training in the meat locker? Current thinking would seem to
indicate that he was ahead of his time. My friend Dean Benton,
Performance Director for the Brisbane Broncos, said that if had his way
he would have the team spend halftime in a refrigerator truck. When he
first mentioned it I thought he had lost it. Since then I have come
across this more and more. I heard a of a rugby team in England
using a cold storage facility for recovery. I am in the process of
researching and have a couple of research articles that seem to suggest
there is validity to this. Anecdotally the comment is the players feel
refreshed. I have no idea of protocols or ideal temperature but it
certainly is thought provoking. Will teams that are traveling ask the
hotel to use their walk refrigerator? If I were a betting man I would
say yes. If anyone has more information on this or actual research please send it to me.
