Does Hydrogen Water Actually Work for Triathlon Recovery?

About this episode

Taryn Richardson provides an in-depth analysis of hydrogen water and its effectiveness for triathlon recovery.

Hydrogen water is all over your feed right now. Tablets, bottles, little machines bubbling away on the kitchen bench, all promising less soreness, faster bounce-back and recovery at the cellular level. But does it actually do anything for you as a triathlete, or are you about to drop sixty bucks on fizzy water? In this episode I give you my honest, no-BS breakdown on hydrogen water. What it actually is, what the research genuinely says about recovery and performance, and whether it earns a spot in your toolbox. Then I run the actual numbers on what it costs to replicate the research dose (you might want to sit down for that part) and weigh it up against where your money is truly best spent.   WHAT YOU'LL LEARN • What hydrogen water actually is, and why the marketing sounds far more exotic than the science • What the research really shows on recovery, soreness and performance • Why mopping up every free radical from training might quietly blunt the adaptations you work so hard for • The real cost of replicating the research dose, run line by line • The two-dollar recovery option that ticks every box hydrogen water misses   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 The…

People in this episode

Host: Taryn Richardson

Topics covered

• hydrogen water
• triathlon recovery
• sports nutrition
• performance
• free radicals

Keywords

• hydrogen water
• triathlon
• recovery
• soreness
• performance
• antioxidants
• research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: fin swimmer study

Products: Hydrogen water

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