Recently a co-worker was talking about how he thought cold water plunges were beneficial to overall health. Today while getting my teeth cleaned my dentist (long time friend) also started in on the benefits of cold plunging. He is doing 10 minutes in 46 F water and says the plunges have been noticea…

Tried it after Thanksgiving, and my pool has been about 52 degrees for about 2 months now. Made it about 30-60 seconds. Its a different kind of slow torture, worth a try IMHO. Had to work on the pool yesterday, final post-storm cleanup, and my arms were frozen for 30 minutes LOL. Decided to just ke…

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I think it’s just another fad that has come around again. People have been doing cold plunges for millennia. If it were a game changer, the benefits would be well known by now. If it feels good to you and energizes you then great!

I went overboard from a sail boat in late November once. Did not care for it. But it might have been better if I hadn’t been worried about death.

Ice baths and cold water showers worked for me when running high mileage in marathon training. It certainly seems to reduce inflammation from that type of pounding. Not convinced of the benefits for cycling - I would have thought extending the cool down was a better use of your time if you are tryin…

[image] KorbenDallas: He is doing 10 minutes in 46 F water and says the plunges have been noticeable. Wow, that’s a lot of energy to lose. I’ve done maybe half that in marginally colder water (somewhat unwillingly, I’d only intended on being in there for a minute or so but I was skinny dippi…

[image] AJS914: People have been doing cold plunges for millennia. They called it bathing in winter, or falling thru thin ice LOL.

Probably in the linked podcast I think Chad says such things are great if you’re doing a repetitive stage race restricting the swelling/ muscle damage from the previous stage to let you do the next. But for most amateur athletes you’re wanting that swelling/ muscle damage to take place to trigger th…

Good segment with Dr. Andrew Huberman on how to use cold exposure.

[image] KorbenDallas: Energy levels up; focus up; inflammation down; If you’ve been exercising then you want the inflammation as that’s part of the muscle rebuilding stronger.

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