The Benefits Of Cold Water Immersion for Your Genetics

I live in Canada and am Indigenous. We have been cold-water bathing for thousands of years. It's nice to see some science and research on this. I go to the Ocean and two glacier rivers 4 times per week! The glacier rivers range in temperature from 1 - 4 degrees and the ocean is about 5-7 degrees. I crave the swims now and will never stop for the rest of my life!

Wim Hof has been advocating this for a long time... as well as breath work.

I had an unfortunate situation 2 years ago that caused me to be homeless most of the winter. The coldest one recorded in that state, just my luck lol. I was cold all day at work, cold when I slept AND the shower at my gym broke so I only had cold showers. The only warmth I got was the food I ate and sometimes at work but other than those 2 things my body was having to heat itself. At the same time I unfortunately could only afford 1 or 2 small meals a day. Ended up being healthy intermittent fasting. It was that way for almost a month straight. It was hell BUT I had some crazy benifits of that situation. All my inflammation disappeared, I had the best sleep I've ever had, tons of energy, I lost weight like crazy and I got physically stronger. I'm also Swedish so my genes are made for the cold. I'm not suggesting it to anyone but there are benifits. I'm finally at a good place so I'm building my own cold bath and I'm still training and doing intermittent fasting.

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I take a three minute cold shower every morning. Followed by a 5 minute plank. Rewarded with bulletproof coffee. A great was to start the day.

Just tried for the first time in my tub with 15 degree water for 6 minutes while I played two of my favorite songs. It didn't take me long to control my breathing, 20 seconds in I was fine...around 30 seconds in my submerged body became too warm to notice the temperature anymore. I can't tell what I'm feeling, but I feel light on my feet, and my mood feels better too. I'll try to keep this up weekly to record the benefits I experience. Thanks Dr. Berg!

I have not gone the full level of cold therapy. I just gradually turn down the heat of my hot shower to cold. It is still very effective as my body aches less and mentally I am able to control my depression a lot better. I will slowly build up my cold tolerance to be able to one day dip into an ice bath.

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Ironically, I am watching this video while sitting in my cold plunge at 47°F. I love it!

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