Stress
Stress, anxiety, relaxation, and recovery.
AshwagandhaPromising stress findings, from a narrow and mostly industry-funded literature.Mixed findings154 papersCold exposureGood for soreness, actively counterproductive right after lifting.Mixed findings305 papersMagnesiumEssential in the diet, widely supplemented, thinly trialled.Promising but early320 papersMusicReal effects on anxiety and pain, in trials nobody can blind.Promising but early318 papersSaunaStrong-looking numbers that mostly come from one observational cohort.Promising but early255 papers