00:00next question next question is from mini fig cold exposure therapy is from mini fig cold exposure therapy is from mini fig cold exposure therapy is said to have many health benefits is said to have many health benefits is said to have many health benefits would taking a cold shower be a good would taking a cold shower be a good would taking a cold shower be a good alternative to doing an alternative to doing an alternative to doing an ice bath does your body need to hit a ice bath does your body need to hit a ice bath does your body need to hit a certain temperature in order for the certain temperature in order for the certain temperature in order for the benefits to be activated benefits to be activated benefits to be activated cold showers are phenomenal yeah it cold showers are phenomenal yeah it cold showers are phenomenal yeah it depends on what you mean by depends on what you mean by depends on what you mean by benefits now a cold shower is nothing benefits now a cold shower is nothing benefits now a cold shower is nothing like an ice bath an ice bath is a whole like an ice bath an ice bath is a whole like an ice bath an ice bath is a whole different level are they talking about different level are they talking about different level are they talking about like cold shock proteins i know like dr like cold shock proteins i know like dr like cold shock proteins i know like dr rhonda patrick talks a lot rhonda patrick talks a lot rhonda patrick talks a lot yeah it's all heat shock proteins and yeah it's all heat shock proteins and yeah it's all heat shock proteins and cold you know cold you know cold you know all the the all of the physiological all the the all of the physiological all the the all of the physiological things that happen with cold things that happen with cold things that happen with cold you know what it reminds me of it you know what it reminds me of it you know what it reminds me of it reminds me of fasting so when you look reminds me of fasting so when you look reminds me of fasting so when you look at fasting at fasting at fasting we can look at all the physiological we can look at all the physiological we can look at all the physiological benefits but honestly benefits but honestly benefits but honestly the best benefits from fasting are the the best benefits from fasting are the the best benefits from fasting are the psychological or spiritual psychological or spiritual psychological or spiritual benefits that you have yeah same thing benefits that you have yeah same thing benefits that you have yeah same thing with the cold with the cold with the cold you know therapy whether it's cold you know therapy whether it's cold you know therapy whether it's cold shower or the extreme cases ice baths shower or the extreme cases ice baths shower or the extreme cases ice baths yes there are physiological changes that
01:00yes there are physiological changes that yes there are physiological changes that happen yes your body learns to acclimate happen yes your body learns to acclimate happen yes your body learns to acclimate i mean i mean i mean it's like training a muscle your body's it's like training a muscle your body's it's like training a muscle your body's ability to acclimate to cold or hot ability to acclimate to cold or hot ability to acclimate to cold or hot is something that you can strengthen and is something that you can strengthen and is something that you can strengthen and improve and because we're always in improve and because we're always in improve and because we're always in air-conditioned air-conditioned air-conditioned heated rooms we don't ever train them heated rooms we don't ever train them heated rooms we don't ever train them but the real benefit is but the real benefit is but the real benefit is learning to be okay with being learning to be okay with being learning to be okay with being uncomfortable yeah that's the big big uncomfortable yeah that's the big big uncomfortable yeah that's the big big benefit well i have something to to add benefit well i have something to to add benefit well i have something to to add to that just based on my experience with to that just based on my experience with to that just based on my experience with uh you know an ice bath in general like uh you know an ice bath in general like uh you know an ice bath in general like a really trying to a really trying to a really trying to mill it over and and and understand like mill it over and and and understand like mill it over and and and understand like what i really got out of it what i really got out of it what i really got out of it uh besides all like the science and how uh besides all like the science and how uh besides all like the science and how they're explaining it and everything they're explaining it and everything they're explaining it and everything really to me really to me really to me it was access to that parasympathetic it was access to that parasympathetic it was access to that parasympathetic state where i i i can find my way to state where i i i can find my way to state where i i i can find my way to calm calm calm in uh you know an extreme environment so in uh you know an extreme environment so in uh you know an extreme environment so if i'm if i'm if i'm if i'm in immersed all the way in like if i'm in immersed all the way in like if i'm in immersed all the way in like my natural tendency is to to squeeze and my natural tendency is to to squeeze and my natural tendency is to to squeeze and brace as hard as i can brace as hard as i can brace as hard as i can and that restricts your breathing and so and that restricts your breathing and so and that restricts your breathing and so to not be able to breathe is a problem to not be able to breathe is a problem to not be able to breathe is a problem uh you know under those conditions and uh you know under those conditions and uh you know under those conditions and to be able to calm i could breathe to be able to calm i could breathe to be able to calm i could breathe normal and my body was more resilient
02:00normal and my body was more resilient normal and my body was more resilient once i was in the clown state so once i was in the clown state so once i was in the clown state so it was just totally psychologically it was just totally psychologically it was just totally psychologically beneficial i would challenge that though beneficial i would challenge that though beneficial i would challenge that though sally even more than i i don't think sally even more than i i don't think sally even more than i i don't think it's just a a mental like fasting or it's just a a mental like fasting or it's just a a mental like fasting or that's the main benefits i that's the main benefits i that's the main benefits i when i started doing the the hot cold when i started doing the the hot cold when i started doing the the hot cold contrast i noticed a significant contrast i noticed a significant contrast i noticed a significant difference difference difference in the the resiliency that i had to like in the the resiliency that i had to like in the the resiliency that i had to like the common cold the common cold the common cold oh yeah i used to get sick all the time oh yeah i used to get sick all the time oh yeah i used to get sick all the time and i know wim hof talks a lot about and i know wim hof talks a lot about and i know wim hof talks a lot about this and this is my this and this is my this and this is my of course my personal experience right of course my personal experience right of course my personal experience right but this is what i've seen with people but this is what i've seen with people but this is what i've seen with people that i've got on it the same way too that i've got on it the same way too that i've got on it the same way too is your ability to be able to handle the is your ability to be able to handle the is your ability to be able to handle the extreme extreme extreme changes in temperature it's you're changes in temperature it's you're changes in temperature it's you're teaching your body to adapt to that and teaching your body to adapt to that and teaching your body to adapt to that and become become become very good at that and if it's very good very good at that and if it's very good very good at that and if it's very good at that when we head into things like at that when we head into things like at that when we head into things like winter time winter time winter time your body adapts it does it handles that your body adapts it does it handles that your body adapts it does it handles that when i think when most people are when i think when most people are when i think when most people are susceptible to getting sick susceptible to getting sick susceptible to getting sick it ain't no big deal for you so i find it ain't no big deal for you so i find it ain't no big deal for you so i find that being one of the most beneficial that being one of the most beneficial that being one of the most beneficial things things things about it well studies support that about it well studies support that about it well studies support that people who do people who do people who do ice baths or use saunas or do cold
03:00ice baths or use saunas or do cold ice baths or use saunas or do cold showers do get showers do get showers do get less infections every single year now less infections every single year now less infections every single year now the problem with that is i've looked at the problem with that is i've looked at the problem with that is i've looked at the studies the studies the studies and they did control for all these and they did control for all these and they did control for all these factors but it's really really hard to factors but it's really really hard to factors but it's really really hard to control for the control for the control for the the healthy bias factor right and what i the healthy bias factor right and what i the healthy bias factor right and what i mean by that is mean by that is mean by that is the person who spends the time to do the person who spends the time to do the person who spends the time to do these things also probably leads a these things also probably leads a these things also probably leads a healthier healthier healthier that's life that's also why i use me as that's life that's also why i use me as that's life that's also why i use me as an example is that an example is that an example is that i've worked out in a gym for 20 years i've worked out in a gym for 20 years i've worked out in a gym for 20 years and been what i would say quote unquote and been what i would say quote unquote and been what i would say quote unquote a healthy person a healthy person a healthy person and didn't start to implement that until and didn't start to implement that until and didn't start to implement that until we all got together and like we we all got together and like we we all got together and like we learned about the the benefits of hot learned about the the benefits of hot learned about the the benefits of hot cold contrast training cold contrast training cold contrast training and when i started to do it it was when and when i started to do it it was when and when i started to do it it was when we had the podcast it was i mean i don't we had the podcast it was i mean i don't we had the podcast it was i mean i don't know if you remember the first year know if you remember the first year know if you remember the first year podcasting together podcasting together podcasting together i'd get sick all the time it was like my i'd get sick all the time it was like my i'd get sick all the time it was like my whole life i've been that way i just whole life i've been that way i just whole life i've been that way i just assumed and i assumed that i was just assumed and i assumed that i was just assumed and i assumed that i was just that way as a kid and then i assumed that way as a kid and then i assumed that way as a kid and then i assumed that that that oh i live i work in a gym now and i'm oh i live i work in a gym now and i'm oh i live i work in a gym now and i'm touching weights and i'm around people touching weights and i'm around people touching weights and i'm around people all the time that's why i just get sick all the time that's why i just get sick all the time that's why i just get sick all the time all the time all the time after i started using the hot coal after i started using the hot coal after i started using the hot coal contrast contrast contrast it's i mean it was a dramatic difference
04:00it's i mean it was a dramatic difference it's i mean it was a dramatic difference for me and people that i've got to for me and people that i've got to for me and people that i've got to actually do it and be consistent actually do it and be consistent actually do it and be consistent regardless regardless regardless if they would be quote unquote if they would be quote unquote if they would be quote unquote considered healthy already and making considered healthy already and making considered healthy already and making good choices good choices good choices notice a big difference well the studies notice a big difference well the studies notice a big difference well the studies do support that they do support that do support that they do support that do support that they do support that it's probably better for your immune it's probably better for your immune it's probably better for your immune system better for resilience system better for resilience system better for resilience um i mean it's it's a it's it's um i mean it's it's a it's it's um i mean it's it's a it's it's something that people in some countries something that people in some countries something that people in some countries do all to the point where i believe do all to the point where i believe do all to the point where i believe there's there's there's there's some spiritualized there's some there's some spiritualized there's some there's some spiritualized there's some eastern european countries where eastern european countries where eastern european countries where it's it's snow is outside and for recess it's it's snow is outside and for recess it's it's snow is outside and for recess the kids they jump in the snow the kids they jump in the snow the kids they jump in the snow they jump in the snow they put bathing they jump in the snow they put bathing they jump in the snow they put bathing suits on they they you know i know suits on they they you know i know suits on they they you know i know in i don't know what culture is i know in i don't know what culture is i know in i don't know what culture is i know it's an eastern european culture where it's an eastern european culture where it's an eastern european culture where it's it's totally customary when you it's it's totally customary when you it's it's totally customary when you give your baby give your baby give your baby no joke a bath or whatever you do a cold no joke a bath or whatever you do a cold no joke a bath or whatever you do a cold rinse at the end rinse at the end rinse at the end with their children they use with babies with their children they use with babies with their children they use with babies and with children oh you remember that and with children oh you remember that and with children oh you remember that with kyle with kyle with kyle kyle's son didn't have never even had a kyle's son didn't have never even had a kyle's son didn't have never even had a warm bath ever warm bath ever warm bath ever they trained him from day one that way they trained him from day one that way they trained him from day one that way of nothing but you know cold water of nothing but you know cold water of nothing but you know cold water and remember don't you remember that the and remember don't you remember that the and remember don't you remember that the first time he took him out to the ocean first time he took him out to the ocean first time he took him out to the ocean and we were talking about oh my god it's and we were talking about oh my god it's and we were talking about oh my god it's freezing that's nor cal ocean
05:00freezing that's nor cal ocean freezing that's nor cal ocean you don't remember that yeah his his kid you don't remember that yeah his his kid you don't remember that yeah his his kid at by the time he was three four years at by the time he was three four years at by the time he was three four years old had never even had a warm shower but old had never even had a warm shower but old had never even had a warm shower but warm bath before wow warm bath before wow warm bath before wow yeah he'd only had him in in cold the yeah he'd only had him in in cold the yeah he'd only had him in in cold the entire time wow wow entire time wow wow entire time wow wow there's also a study that shows that there's also a study that shows that there's also a study that shows that this is a short uh short-term effect but this is a short uh short-term effect but this is a short uh short-term effect but if a man takes cold if a man takes cold if a man takes cold showers his testosterone levels increase showers his testosterone levels increase showers his testosterone levels increase i think over the course of 10 days i think over the course of 10 days i think over the course of 10 days then they come back down to baseline but then they come back down to baseline but then they come back down to baseline but you do get this initial boost in you do get this initial boost in you do get this initial boost in testosterone that's another testosterone that's another testosterone that's another another huge benefit that i think i mean another huge benefit that i think i mean another huge benefit that i think i mean do it do it do it and watch how alert and awake and how and watch how alert and awake and how and watch how alert and awake and how sharp you feel right afterwards sharp you feel right afterwards sharp you feel right afterwards i mean that's one of the i mean tony i mean that's one of the i mean tony i mean that's one of the i mean tony robbins yeah tony robbins is big on this robbins yeah tony robbins is big on this robbins yeah tony robbins is big on this right he does the plunge and jumps on right he does the plunge and jumps on right he does the plunge and jumps on the trampoline before all his talks the trampoline before all his talks the trampoline before all his talks that's like one of his that's like one of his that's like one of his his rituals better than any nitro oh no his rituals better than any nitro oh no his rituals better than any nitro oh no it'll wake you right up and it'll wake you right up and it'll wake you right up and and back to the original question with and back to the original question with and back to the original question with the showers do a great job yes the showers do a great job yes the showers do a great job yes uh it's it's nothing compared to cryo or uh it's it's nothing compared to cryo or uh it's it's nothing compared to cryo or an ice bath an ice bath an ice bath but i tell you what if you end uh every but i tell you what if you end uh every but i tell you what if you end uh every morning with a morning with a morning with a you know the last minute to two minutes you know the last minute to two minutes you know the last minute to two minutes uh all the way cold no warm water at all
06:00uh all the way cold no warm water at all uh all the way cold no warm water at all uh you'll see bit you'll see a big uh you'll see bit you'll see a big uh you'll see bit you'll see a big difference just from doing that alone