Triathletes often think, "how much training can I do?" What rarely comes to mind is, "how much and how well can I recover after training?" One of the best ways to aid recovery is through ice baths recovery tub uk. Ice baths are when one submerges part of there body in cold water. Why are ice baths needed? While exercising small micro tears are created. To help aid these micro tears the body pumps more blood to these areas so white blood cells can repair the damaged tissue. This creates swelling.