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13 Overhyped Fitness & Recovery Hacks That Waste Your Time and Money | Ep 383

13 Overhyped Fitness & Recovery Hacks That Waste Your Time and Money | Ep 383

Update: 2025-10-06
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Confused about which fitness and recovery tools actually work?

Ice baths, red light therapy, massage guns, collagen supplements, and more! The marketing makes them all sound like you NEED THEM NOW.

Learn about 13 overhyped tools ranked from least to most overhyped based on what the science actually says, when they might help in specific situations, and how to avoid wasting money on gadgets that don't move the needle.

1 recovery tool that DOES actually work:

Timestamps:

0:01 - Are these fitness tools worth it?
2:47 - Review giveaway!
5:55 - How I'm ranking these fitness and recovery tools
7:15 - #13: Ice baths
8:22 - #12: Cryotherapy
9:02 - #11: Compression garments
9:48 - #10: Massage therapy and foam rolling
11:43 - #9: Percussion guns
13:11 - #8: Tart cherry juice
14:26 - #7: Heat therapy and sauna
17:42 - #6: Dry needling
18:49 - #5: Red light therapy
20:00 - #4: BCAAs and EAAs
21:51 - #3: Collagen supplements
23:11 - #2: Electrical stimulation (TENS and EMS)
24:20 - #1: Glutamine/supplements
25:28 - What these tools have in common and 3 questions to ask


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13 Overhyped Fitness & Recovery Hacks That Waste Your Time and Money | Ep 383

13 Overhyped Fitness & Recovery Hacks That Waste Your Time and Money | Ep 383

Philip Pape, Evidence-Based Nutrition Coach & Fat Loss Expert