For the past four months I've been drinking two or three caps of Oxyrich, an oxygen donor, in a litre of water.
I drink it during my Bikram class, in the water breaks, and the effect has been to almost completely eliminate the soreness and stiffness that I used to feel the day after a class.
According to the marketing speak Oxyrich is "5% v/v of pure di-atomic oxygen in a base of pH balanced De-Ionised Grander Living Water and unrefined Atlantic Sea Salt".
What that translates to is this: diatomic oxygen means O
(Read about the use of liquid stabilised oxygen in treating cancer)
Soreness in muscles is caused by lactic acid build up. Lactic acid is a by-product of anaerobic respiration. The word "anaerobic" comes from the Greek an- = without, aer = air. At a cellular level when oxygen is exhausted, when the blood can no longer supply sufficient oxygen to the muscle fibres to meet their demand under load, the cells switch to anaerobic respiration. They "breathe" by burning blood sugars. The byproduct of this anaerobic respiration is acid. The acid build up leads to soreness and stiffness in the muscles the next day.
By supplying the body's cells with extra oxygen by drinking oxygenated water, anaerobic respiration is avoided. When the water hits the body the oxygen is easily absorbed at a cellular level. You can go harder without exhausting yourself, and the next day you aren't sore and stiff.
One of the things about Bikram is that being in the hot room with 30 or 40 other students can quickly lead to oxygen depletion in the air. To get the most out of the practice I oxygenate at a cellular level by adding Oxyrich to my water bottle. You can probably get a similar or the same result by drinking 3% pharmaceutical grade hydrogen peroxide, but personally I'm sticking with the commercial stuff for the time being. I get a 1 litre bottle of it once every two months. Anyway, as Lord Krishna explains in Bhagavad-gita, the perfection of religion is direct perception - try it for yourself and see!
Haribol Prabhu, I have never
Haribol Prabhu,
I have never heard of this before in relation to sore muscles, it is really interesting. Is this lactic acid build up directly "excercise" related, or could it also cause permanent muscle pain? For many years now I have muscle pain (constant not exercise related), starting only in the calves and over the years spread to legs, arms and rest of body. No doctor has an answer other than that the muscles are disintegrating, but they don't know why. and can find nothing medically wrong.
well...like you say, it might be worth a try!