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As anecdata rather than a commentary on the article's results, I find that a 10-min cold plunge produces up to 2 hours of elevated mood and energy. I think ther
by Full_Clark 3y ago
As anecdata rather than a commentary on the article's results, I find that a 10-min cold plunge produces up to 2 hours of elevated mood and energy. I think there's a decent dataset out there to back this up as a long-period increase in endorphin production, or maybe a heightened sensitivity to endorphins, but I can't find it at the moment. (SEO efforts by ice-bath merchants and fitness/recovery gurus is quashing any scientific publications when I search.)
On the thought of that "I accomplished something hard today" feeling, after a cold plunge I also experience a decrease in how hard it is to get myself started on some difficult task I've been dreading doing. Would you say you have the same thing, where you've already done one challenging thing, so the next domino falls more easily?
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- p1esk 3y ago10 minutes in ice cold water?
- Full_Clark 3y agoNot ice-cold. 10-12 C.
- vonnik 3y agoAnecdata: ice plunges are a meta-cognitive skill. Several minutes in 45 F water results in a 12h+ boost in mood and good feelings in the limbs and skin, and 2-3 hours of heightened attention. I’m currently doing this ~4 times a week. It’s the opposite of addiction’s dopamine cycle - a small pain the leads to a long-lasting high, rather than a drug’s small high that leaves you in its debt.
- RHSman2 3y agoMicro dosing versus macro dosing?
- vonnik 3y agoIn my case, macro and more of it. Huberman recommends 11min per week. For better or for worse, I'm doing a little over twice that.
- criddell 3y agoDo you have a cold plunge pool at home? If so, is it something you made?
- rednerrus 3y agohttps://andrewconner.com/cold-plunge/ https://andrewconner.com/cold-plunge/ https://diycoldplunge.com/ https://diycoldplunge.com/ I would go the cooler route if I was starting today.
- vonnik 3y agoI’m very lucky that a gym on my walking route to work installed a cold plunge. So I can get cardio and sauna from the same routine. (The effects in the first comment can and do come from pure plunge tho.)