Ice Ice Baby

Britain's number one woman skier, Chemmy Alcott, has resorted to the unusual training regime of submerging herself in daily ice baths after work outs, in order to help her recover from racing faster. It's a method used by professional rugby players. "It's minus 16 outside," said Alcott as she prepared for yesterday's super giant slalom at The Alpine World Ski Championships in Are. "Straight after training I like to get into cold water. It's good for the recovery of the legs because it means they can't produce lactic acid. I have to stay in the water for 12 minutes. I even put some snow in to bring the temperature down." After a disappointing 28th place yesterday, Chemmy takes her lactic acid uncompromised legs to Friday's super combined event featuring downhill and slalom.

isporty wants to know: what's the most unusual training method you've ever heard of or, indeed, tried? Is there something that works for you that no one else, or very few other athletes know about? How about diet? Got any interesting suggestions cos I'm starving.