This Happens in a Cold Shower Testosterone Scientific Answer
00:00[Music] hey guys welcome to another episode Sage hey guys welcome to another episode Sage Iceman and today I'm going to talk about Iceman and today I'm going to talk about Iceman and today I'm going to talk about how cold showers affect how cold showers affect how cold showers affect you and first off it's really important you and first off it's really important you and first off it's really important to know how cool your water is to know how cool your water is to know how cool your water is because the cooler water you have because the cooler water you have because the cooler water you have actually the more vasel constriction actually the more vasel constriction actually the more vasel constriction will occur and Vel constriction is when will occur and Vel constriction is when will occur and Vel constriction is when your blood vessels are getting narrow your blood vessels are getting narrow your blood vessels are getting narrow and less blood blood can flow through and less blood blood can flow through and less blood blood can flow through them so what when you go into the cold them so what when you go into the cold them so what when you go into the cold shower and cover your body in your skin shower and cover your body in your skin shower and cover your body in your skin there is shunt veins and these shunt there is shunt veins and these shunt there is shunt veins and these shunt veins will make veins will make veins will make blood circulate through your arteries blood circulate through your arteries blood circulate through your arteries and big veins in your arms and legs and big veins in your arms and legs and big veins in your arms and legs especially in your arms and especially in your arms and especially in your arms and legs because if they keep to the Core
01:00legs because if they keep to the Core legs because if they keep to the Core to the big Central like pipes in your to the big Central like pipes in your to the big Central like pipes in your system you will conserve heat more but system you will conserve heat more but system you will conserve heat more but if this shun vein vas constriction if this shun vein vas constriction if this shun vein vas constriction doesn't occur the blood will circulate doesn't occur the blood will circulate doesn't occur the blood will circulate in your skin also and you will lose heat in your skin also and you will lose heat in your skin also and you will lose heat more and that's a evolutionary benefit more and that's a evolutionary benefit more and that's a evolutionary benefit because you can survive longer in cool because you can survive longer in cool because you can survive longer in cool climates and we also have like a shun climates and we also have like a shun climates and we also have like a shun vein system in our feet in our hands so vein system in our feet in our hands so vein system in our feet in our hands so this this this is a little bit separate this this this is a little bit separate this this this is a little bit separate from the skin so like skin that's like from the skin so like skin that's like from the skin so like skin that's like embedded all over your skin and we also embedded all over your skin and we also embedded all over your skin and we also have like a shant vean system for your have like a shant vean system for your have like a shant vean system for your fingers so here in your palm palm your fingers so here in your palm palm your fingers so here in your palm palm your hand you have a shun vein that goes here hand you have a shun vein that goes here hand you have a shun vein that goes here and when you expose your your hand to and when you expose your your hand to and when you expose your your hand to Cool Water like for a short term the Cool Water like for a short term the Cool Water like for a short term the shun vein opens up it shun vein opens up it shun vein opens up it dilates and what that makes is that dilates and what that makes is that dilates and what that makes is that blood is flowing through your palm of
02:00blood is flowing through your palm of blood is flowing through your palm of your hand and not through your fingers your hand and not through your fingers your hand and not through your fingers because when you're in in like a warm because when you're in in like a warm because when you're in in like a warm water if you deep behind in warm water water if you deep behind in warm water water if you deep behind in warm water the shun vein will constrict and more the shun vein will constrict and more the shun vein will constrict and more blood will go to your hands because if blood will go to your hands because if blood will go to your hands because if it's warm it's warm it's warm water the body do doesn't have the water the body do doesn't have the water the body do doesn't have the response to constrict this in the in the response to constrict this in the in the response to constrict this in the in the fingers but if it's cool your body is fingers but if it's cool your body is fingers but if it's cool your body is trying to conserve heat because your trying to conserve heat because your trying to conserve heat because your body is trying to save your core save body is trying to save your core save body is trying to save your core save your body and it is willing to lose the your body and it is willing to lose the your body and it is willing to lose the fingers or your toes for it and also if fingers or your toes for it and also if fingers or your toes for it and also if you dip your your your face when you're you dip your your your face when you're you dip your your your face when you're doing a a shower you will inflict a doing a a shower you will inflict a doing a a shower you will inflict a Maman diving Maman diving Maman diving reflex and I have a video about this so reflex and I have a video about this so reflex and I have a video about this so I will link about it and you can go and I will link about it and you can go and I will link about it and you can go and check it check it check it out uh because this is quite a like out uh because this is quite a like out uh because this is quite a like this Advanced phenomena but what it does this Advanced phenomena but what it does this Advanced phenomena but what it does is that it further increases this
03:00is that it further increases this is that it further increases this peripherial V constriction so it further peripherial V constriction so it further peripherial V constriction so it further increases the constriction of of your increases the constriction of of your increases the constriction of of your blood flow through your arms and through blood flow through your arms and through blood flow through your arms and through your your your legs so that more heat will stay in your legs so that more heat will stay in your legs so that more heat will stay in your core core core because if your body is in a cold because if your body is in a cold because if your body is in a cold shower and still pumping blood to your shower and still pumping blood to your shower and still pumping blood to your arms you will have more heat loss arms you will have more heat loss arms you will have more heat loss because your arm is prone to heat loss because your arm is prone to heat loss because your arm is prone to heat loss because it has an an area but if if it because it has an an area but if if it because it has an an area but if if it saves it it it like kind of cuts it off saves it it it like kind of cuts it off saves it it it like kind of cuts it off to your arms and your legs it will only to your arms and your legs it will only to your arms and your legs it will only be your core and that's a smaller area be your core and that's a smaller area be your core and that's a smaller area because heat loss is dependent on the because heat loss is dependent on the because heat loss is dependent on the surface area so that happens and also you get um area so that happens and also you get um a a a decreased cardio output that means that decreased cardio output that means that decreased cardio output that means that your your heart rate will be lower and your your heart rate will be lower and your your heart rate will be lower and I've actually tested this myself so if I
04:00I've actually tested this myself so if I I've actually tested this myself so if I am in a like a cold bath this you this am in a like a cold bath this you this am in a like a cold bath this you this works best for a cold bath and I go in works best for a cold bath and I go in works best for a cold bath and I go in there stay relaxed and then I immerse there stay relaxed and then I immerse there stay relaxed and then I immerse with my face under the water and because with my face under the water and because with my face under the water and because I'm in the water it's really calm and I I'm in the water it's really calm and I I'm in the water it's really calm and I can only hear my own um heartbeat can only hear my own um heartbeat can only hear my own um heartbeat through my through my through my air through my through my through my air through my through my through my air because I can feel the the blood coming and I can actually feel how my coming and I can actually feel how my heart rate is getting decreased heart rate is getting decreased heart rate is getting decreased so there's a lot of things that comes so there's a lot of things that comes so there's a lot of things that comes into uh working when you into uh working when you into uh working when you are immersing yourself in a cold shower are immersing yourself in a cold shower are immersing yourself in a cold shower and I'm actually writing a book about and I'm actually writing a book about and I'm actually writing a book about this and I'm taking some of my material this and I'm taking some of my material this and I'm taking some of my material from my book right now I'm talking about from my book right now I'm talking about from my book right now I'm talking about it uh but I don't want to forget to say it uh but I don't want to forget to say it uh but I don't want to forget to say this but there's also a lot of changes this but there's also a lot of changes this but there's also a lot of changes in hormonal in hormonal in hormonal secretion it's pretty epic like actually secretion it's pretty epic like actually secretion it's pretty epic like actually your testosterone your free testosterone
05:00your testosterone your free testosterone your testosterone your free testosterone is not changed when you're taking a cold is not changed when you're taking a cold is not changed when you're taking a cold shower some people claim that it is but shower some people claim that it is but shower some people claim that it is but science proves that is is it is not science proves that is is it is not science proves that is is it is not decreased or increased by cold decreased or increased by cold decreased or increased by cold showers uh but but we know from certain showers uh but but we know from certain showers uh but but we know from certain experiments that cortisol is elevated experiments that cortisol is elevated experiments that cortisol is elevated when you're doing a cold shower and and when you're doing a cold shower and and when you're doing a cold shower and and cortisol is a stress hormone and it's cortisol is a stress hormone and it's cortisol is a stress hormone and it's also released during exercise so it has also released during exercise so it has also released during exercise so it has some connection some connection some connection there and and there's also some hormonal there and and there's also some hormonal there and and there's also some hormonal secretions from your picture ter gland secretions from your picture ter gland secretions from your picture ter gland and I know whm Hof is talking about the and I know whm Hof is talking about the and I know whm Hof is talking about the picary gland and some of those hormones picary gland and some of those hormones picary gland and some of those hormones are increasing and some of those are are increasing and some of those are are increasing and some of those are decreasing and also from your pancreas decreasing and also from your pancreas decreasing and also from your pancreas you know your pancreas secretes insulin you know your pancreas secretes insulin you know your pancreas secretes insulin or glucagon and when you're taking a or glucagon and when you're taking a or glucagon and when you're taking a cold cold cold shower your shower your shower your body's insulin Remains the Same but your
06:00body's insulin Remains the Same but your body's insulin Remains the Same but your body's glucagon increases because what body's glucagon increases because what body's glucagon increases because what what glucagon does it what glucagon does it what glucagon does it takes glucose from your glycogen storage takes glucose from your glycogen storage takes glucose from your glycogen storage it takes GL yeah it takes GL glycogen it takes GL yeah it takes GL glycogen it takes GL yeah it takes GL glycogen from your from glycoline storage and from your from glycoline storage and from your from glycoline storage and puts it into your bloodstream because puts it into your bloodstream because puts it into your bloodstream because when you go into the cold shower and when you go into the cold shower and when you go into the cold shower and it's really cold you start to shiver and it's really cold you start to shiver and it's really cold you start to shiver and when you're shivering you're creating when you're shivering you're creating when you're shivering you're creating heat and for and and that's a movement heat and for and and that's a movement heat and for and and that's a movement and that movement and that movement and that movement requires glucose or glycogen as a form requires glucose or glycogen as a form requires glucose or glycogen as a form of creating ATP which is of creating ATP which is of creating ATP which is the energy to create that mus muscle the energy to create that mus muscle the energy to create that mus muscle cons cons cons constriction contraction mus contraction constriction contraction mus contraction constriction contraction mus contraction sorry so hope you enjoy this video and sorry so hope you enjoy this video and sorry so hope you enjoy this video and got a little more understanding how cold got a little more understanding how cold got a little more understanding how cold showers affect your body how it works so showers affect your body how it works so showers affect your body how it works so a little recap so a little recap so a little recap so first you have vas constriction in all
07:00first you have vas constriction in all first you have vas constriction in all of your skin all of your skin because of of your skin all of your skin because of of your skin all of your skin because of the small shun veins and you also have the small shun veins and you also have the small shun veins and you also have vas constriction because of the big shun vas constriction because of the big shun vas constriction because of the big shun veins in your in your hands and in your veins in your in your hands and in your veins in your in your hands and in your feet and you also have the Maman reflex feet and you also have the Maman reflex feet and you also have the Maman reflex that further enhances the peripherial that further enhances the peripherial that further enhances the peripherial vas constriction that's your hands and vas constriction that's your hands and vas constriction that's your hands and your your feet your feet and you also your your feet your feet and you also your your feet your feet and you also have uh lower heart rate because of the have uh lower heart rate because of the have uh lower heart rate because of the Maman diving reflex the Maman diving Maman diving reflex the Maman diving Maman diving reflex the Maman diving reflex affects the body in many more reflex affects the body in many more reflex affects the body in many more ways but you have to watch my other ways but you have to watch my other ways but you have to watch my other video to to get that because that's too video to to get that because that's too video to to get that because that's too much for this video so stay strong guys much for this video so stay strong guys much for this video so stay strong guys jump in some ice cold water and you will jump in some ice cold water and you will jump in some ice cold water and you will understand what I'm talking about this understand what I'm talking about this understand what I'm talking about this is an amazing thing and you can use cold is an amazing thing and you can use cold is an amazing thing and you can use cold showers and ice bath for many many showers and ice bath for many many showers and ice bath for many many things and it will it will it will make things and it will it will it will make things and it will it will it will make your life so much better stay strong your life so much better stay strong your life so much better stay strong guys