Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman Explains Benefits of the Cold Plunge

[@elizabethmeister111]

Can you scream the whole time? Or does that mess up the benefit?

[@speedrat6507]

It does but if you duct tape your mouth it's fine

[@elizabethmeister111]

@@speedrat6507 🤣 true. But it would mess up your breathing.

[@speedrat6507]

@@elizabethmeister111 I'll do whatever it takes 😡

[@christopherhickman3579]

I lold

[@chelseabagube2956]

😭😂😭😂😭😂

[@jamest8967]

I converted my freezer chest to a cold plunge, 6 days in and love it!! Ive done 2-3 minutes every morning, started 48' now at 46'...

[@claytontoews9317]

Lol I live in Canada so or temperature is different and it can go to minus 40 and it’s crazy cold I started a few days ago and just have a bin outside and use that no matter the temperature unless minus 40 lol to put that into perspective I went in at minus 19 this morning which is 14 Fahrenheit

[@jamest8967]

@@claytontoews9317 how is it nice a frozen bucket at those temps???! Im over a month in now, havent missed a morning... 40' now for 3 minutes each day, love it, so energizing!

[@seekthetruth824]

It's not good to stay in it for 6 days straight. Ha ha

[@jamest8967]

@@seekthetruth824 don't knock it until you try it!😝

[@Whitewolf19846]

I'm at 47!

[@SIX6SIXer]

hearing 11 minutes a week just made my day lol

[@MOYAHORROR]

lol, I did 11 minutes 3 times just today 😂

[@DavidLane-b1g]

@@MOYAHORRORWhat temp did you do? I’m very new to this (been doing it for like 9 days) but I find 12-15 minutes at 50 degrees fairly tolerable

[@MOYAHORROR]

@@DavidLane-b1g no idea of freedom units. 12Celcius

[@DavidLane-b1g]

@@MOYAHORROR Oh haha I’m an English expat living in Florida, slowly getting used to freedom units 😂

[@buntrockstudios]

He’s so right about losing weight by swimming it’s such a difference from running

[@josephschuster7181]

I love swimming because it’s so meditative while excerpting a lot of energy.

[@Hawking1969]

my heart sank when he said "11 minutes per" but felt better when he said "week".

[@2011hwalker]

Huberman himself does some lame temperature like 52f anyway, its cold plunge for p^ussies.

[@ryanauker1144]

Yes this practice is amazing!

[@KiiroiSenko1]

Adam Carolla is slowly turning into Gilbert Gottfried.

[@nicemarmot666]

If only

[@falconde8528]

Didn’t even know that was him until I read your comment!!

[@barcaman1013]

On vaca in cottage country Ontario Canada Muskoka lake. As a newbie first 20 sec is fuxxing brutal . If you can make it to a minute you'll feel like a demigod when you come out.

[@Clackumcrew]

The running water of a cold shower is brutal. We have a well and the water is extremely cold and when I hold my head under the cold water of a shower for more than 20 seconds it physically hurts my head. I wonder if this is good for your brain too? Because they only mention getting in to your chin… I do plunges too - I do cold plunge for 4 minutes then HIIT workout to break a sweat then cold shower. After all that I’m like a warrior! Been at it for over a week now. Getting easier, but that cold water is still a beast. I’m just learning to do it without over thinking. And, for the cold shower, I found that it’s more bearable if you just stay under the water the whole time (turning to wash of course) - just loving this - another way to increase vitality!

[@nikitakorovin2383]

-. I am Not A

[@harjotsaini857]

Don’t put cold water on your head for a long time. Do it from neck to the rest of the body.

[@kiwisam1]

A couple of thoughts; I've herd freezing water on the face and head lowers anxiety. It's an ancestoral response to falling in cold water. A simple Google search will give good info. Secondly; there's evidence that freezing water on the head reduces inflammation around the brain and this could reduce depression symptoms.

[@seekthetruth824]

I stuck an enemy into the freezer for about 11 months. I bet he weighs a lot less now.

[@patrickconway8176]

What is the name of the peer reviewed study that is quoted here please? Struggling to find any studies that prove what people say about cold plunge that's properly researched based.

[@Maaadmaan]

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9012715/

[@InterestingMomentsTime]

I just do poor man’s cold plunge which is alternating hot and cold shower. Hot shower first then follow by cold shower then back to hot shower then do it back and forth. It feels great especially as body is no longer of cold after coming out of the shower.

[@mmlnv2036]

Won't the hot shower afterwards stop the shivering proccess which uses up calories to heat you up ?

[@InterestingMomentsTime]

@@mmlnv2036 you get the best of both world with hot and cold. Heat up the body like sauna reduce risk of heart attack and the cold plunge benefit. After several alternating between hot and cold, the body will adjust and you can always end it with the cold shower if you want the cold to persist.

[@InterestingMomentsTime]

@@mmlnv2036 you get the best of both world with the benefit of hot and cold. If you want to stay cold then just leave under cold shower.

[@TahoeJones]

I had a friend with a multiple head shower. The warm or cold could be adjusted by another person outside, Randomly. The natural world does not expect you to adjust the conditions. They are thrust upon you. Often randomly. The stress and anticipation of purposely going cold, steals thunder from the benefits. That was my experience.

[@jacob1121]

Also a lot of the studies neglect exposing your head to the cold water as well due to safety concerns, but I must say that the effect is increased twofold if you just dare to shower your face and head with the cold water.

[@dickieknutz2933]

Plus the butt stuff

[@jwkm55]

I just got one and have tried it 5 times so far but each time I’m in there my head feels like it’s about to explode then have a headache the remainder of the day. I’m hydrated, supplement with vitamin D daily and have also tried to quickly submerge my head at the beginning which I know Huberman has suggested to prevent this feeling from happening. None of the above works though! Really hoping someone has advice to prevent this from happening otherwise I need to go back to cold showers.

[@JoeyD386]

Might the water be too cold? So you can do the showers but the plunge is too much? Is the water temperature the same? Do you have a way to warm up the plunge water and see how you do with warmer water and then slowly progress to colder temps maybe?

[@jwkm55]

That's exactly what I intend to do. I'm just waiting on a thermometer to come in the mail so I can get a good read on the plunge water as well as my shower. I'll start by boiling a full kettle and add that in the plunge and slowly decrease the amount I'm adding over time to get adjusted to it. That has to work.@@JoeyD386

[@Hasetan]

i take two a day, once after I exercise and another at night before i drink beer and play video games.

[@evanfay4716]

You probably don’t want to do it after a workout if you are trying to gain muscle. It can stunt the muscle growth up to 4 hours after workout because of the reduction of inflammation.

[@Hasetan]

​@@evanfay4716 Great advice thanks!.

[@korbindallas4552]

I heard somewhere that based on a 2000 calorie diet, your body burns 1600 of those calories just to keep your body at 98.6°F.

[@TopGook]

no wonder a bulk can't even help me gain weight

[@briansguy]

Yes

[@twrkhanasparukh]

Not sure are there any longterm health benefits, but always fill better after cold shower in the morning. Never fails.

[@leidengcohen3761]

Can I do 15 minutes a time and 2 times a week?

[@simonliebe7369]

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[@ExecutiveZombie]

Yay!

[@Luna-oo3fl]

Been doing 3 mins in my pool naturally about 40 Fahrenheit I feel amazing

[@gregy1570]

bruh, why hide the hard-core sleeves??

[@galapalafala]

Huberman never addresses how it blunts the recovery of muscles after working out.

[@GameCubeDevKit]

It blunts the pain receptors and pretty much that tells the brain that you don’t need to heal much more

[@JalomMatia]

it also helps you to recover faster. it depends on the type of exercise, and how long after workout/exercise you do the cold immersion.

[@galapalafala]

@@JalomMatia It is a bad recovery modality. Just like taking ibuprofen is a bad recovery modality. Maybe for endurance training it is.

[@JalomMatia]

@@galapalafala it's faster recovery. without a doubt. but if you are trying to build muscle, then best to do cold immersion seperately, not after workouts.

[@galapalafala]

@@JalomMatia define "recovery"

[@davidesteban191]

Didn't a new research proved that is not only useless, but also detrimental for bodybuilding? It slows muscle recovery considerably actually, so you'll have way less strength and resistance when the time for working out comes, and your will actually take way longer since you're not regenerating as fast as you could without it.

[@dickieknutz2933]

Detrimental ONLY if you plunge after lifting. Cold punging anytime before lifting is still beneficial overall and for whatever bodybuilding goals you have

[@mintgumornot]

I don't like the cold. I prefer going without a/c.

[@BigSteve34]

That’s kinda the point

[@waytospergtherebro]

He's as good at neuroscientisting as Mayim Bialik.

[@TheMonkiBrothers]

Takes your breath away

[@seekthetruth824]

It would be easier to beat myself in the head with a hammer

[@josiahpierce2906]

“Do you do deliberate cold exposure?” “ I uh jajfjdkskdbfkfkkdndbfkfkndjjd jdkdhfnd blah blah blah…uuhhh. Blaalahahaha . Yes”

[@TobyW360]

Ayy i jump in the kings river everyday

[@Terence.1]

Hormesis! Wait what did he say ?lol

[@GUITARTIME2024]

Gina's left-handed. Figures.

[@briansguy]

Exactly lol

[@_baller]

Positive effects: you will become angry and irritable, if you wanted to become angry and irritable

[@ivangrbavac242]

Cold shock protein much?

[@user-gu3ie]

Mate...get to the point...goddamnn