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# Alpha memo: Cold Water Immersion and Strength Training Adaptation

Hypothesis-level alpha signal; not clinical advice.
## Core signal
The strongest direct human evidence (10.1123/ijspp.2019-0965) is one randomized trial in trained athletes using cold-water immersion after strength training; it reported a significant condition × time effect (P = .01, F = 10.00) with a large negative effect of coo…