Tag: Cold

• 31-Day Cold Plunge Challenge, Part II

  Five minutes is a very short amount of time, even if you are spending it neck-deep in cold water. Cold plunging forces you to be in the present moment. It’s one of the things I love best about it.During each plunge, I use the time to focus on personal growth. I reiterate my various intentions,…

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  February 6, 2024

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  31-day challenge, Anti-Inflammatory, Cold, Cold Plunge, Cold Water Therapy, Deliberate cold exposure, Health, Health Benefits, ice-bath, Mental Health, Mood Boost, New Year, Personal Growth, Self Improvement, Wellness

• Cold Plunge Journey 2

  Listening to The Huberman Lab podcast on deliberate cold exposure, I learned something quite surprising.   The best place to put something cool or cold on the body to bring your temperature down if you are overheated (risk of hyperthermia) is NOT the back of the neck or chest.  Why?  Because of the medial preoptic…

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  September 29, 2023

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  Cold, cold exposure, Cold Plunge, Cold Therapy, Glabrous Skin, Health, Health Benefits, Huberman Lab, Journey, Personal Growth, Wellness

• Cold Plunge Journey

  This is the first of several posts I’m going to make on cold plunging or deliberate cold exposure. I began my cold plunge journey back in February of this year (2023).  I regrettably decided to start in the Winter, enduring the Puget Sound’s coldest water temperatures in the 30s and 40s° F.  I would spend…

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  September 22, 2023

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  Anti-Inflammatory, Cold, cold exposure, Cold Plunge, Cold Water Therapy, Health, Puget Sound, Recovery, Wellness