When you work out your muscles break down and release enzymes into your blood. The blood work on the athletes showed that there was a large presence of Creatine Kinase (CK) in the blood following the workout. This is a bio-marker for muscle breakdown and is a good way to tell how quickly your body is recovering. 

The athletes who used the Aquilo system experienced a 40% decrease in CK levels over the 48 hours following the cooling treatment.

It’s tough to begin a workout when you are still sore from the day before. If you follow every workout with an Aquilo cooling session, you can stop the pain before it gets a chance to settle in. 

The athletes that used Aquilo after their workout reported a significant decrease in overall pain for 48 hours following the cooling treatment.

Keep in mind that these athletes only used the Aquilo system once, yet continued to see pain reduction 2 days after the treatment. Imagine the additional pain reduction if a second or third treatment was added!

Sleep is by far the most important part of your daily training routine. These precious hours of sleep are often the only time your muscles have a chance to rebuild. Many athletes report that they have difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep due to excessive soreness. We asked the athletes in the study to closely monitor their sleeping patterns and report on their quality of sleep. 

The results showed that those who were given the Aquilo cooling treatment slept more comfortably for the next 48 hours.

Whether it’s for the first step of the race, or the last push to the finish line, every movement matters. In a separate section of the study, we asked the athletes to perform a specific type of countermovement jump at the end of the specified workout. During this jump we measured their total power output. This jump was then performed two more times in the 48 hours after the workout. 

The group that recovered with the Aquilo system were able to generate more power for 48 hours after the workout.