The Benefits of Sauna Cold Plunge with Luis Leonardo
00:00Sana poppy thank you so much for joining Sana poppy thank you so much for joining the faster way podcast I'm thrilled to the faster way podcast I'm thrilled to the faster way podcast I'm thrilled to have you here have you here have you here it is such an honor Amanda and thank you it is such an honor Amanda and thank you it is such an honor Amanda and thank you for your invite it's such a pleasure to for your invite it's such a pleasure to for your invite it's such a pleasure to to get to share this morning here with to get to share this morning here with to get to share this morning here with you Luis I met you several weeks ago now you Luis I met you several weeks ago now you Luis I met you several weeks ago now at an event called hell on the hill it at an event called hell on the hill it at an event called hell on the hill it was the most intense physical event I've was the most intense physical event I've was the most intense physical event I've ever been part of and that says a lot ever been part of and that says a lot ever been part of and that says a lot because I've actually had five babies a because I've actually had five babies a because I've actually had five babies a couple of which I delivered in my couple of which I delivered in my couple of which I delivered in my backyard but it was backyard but it was backyard but it was definitely the hardest physical activity definitely the hardest physical activity definitely the hardest physical activity I've ever done and you came with I've ever done and you came with I've ever done and you came with some saunas and some cold plunges I some saunas and some cold plunges I some saunas and some cold plunges I facilitated those two yesi back in the facilitated those two yesi back in the facilitated those two yesi back in the day but these saunas are yes it sound us day but these saunas are yes it sound us day but these saunas are yes it sound us now you know and I'm the guy that kind now you know and I'm the guy that kind now you know and I'm the guy that kind of introduced him to those type of of introduced him to those type of of introduced him to those type of saunas and even the the grizzly cooler saunas and even the the grizzly cooler saunas and even the the grizzly cooler that were plunging in and all of that so that were plunging in and all of that so that were plunging in and all of that so yeah yes yes so when I was training for
01:00yeah yes yes so when I was training for yeah yes yes so when I was training for this physical event which was a charity this physical event which was a charity this physical event which was a charity event called hell on the hill I only was event called hell on the hill I only was event called hell on the hill I only was focused on the four hour physical focused on the four hour physical focused on the four hour physical activity that I knew was going to take activity that I knew was going to take activity that I knew was going to take place what I didn't realize is that it place what I didn't realize is that it place what I didn't realize is that it was really like a three-day adult summer was really like a three-day adult summer was really like a three-day adult summer camp experience where the first day we camp experience where the first day we camp experience where the first day we were hanging out we were taking walks were hanging out we were taking walks were hanging out we were taking walks together we were doing things like going together we were doing things like going together we were doing things like going in the sauna and sitting in the cold in the sauna and sitting in the cold in the sauna and sitting in the cold plunge and I met you I think probably plunge and I met you I think probably plunge and I met you I think probably physically in the sauna I think we were physically in the sauna I think we were physically in the sauna I think we were probably next to each other in the sauna probably next to each other in the sauna probably next to each other in the sauna and met each other there yes that is and met each other there yes that is and met each other there yes that is correct you have very good memory yes correct you have very good memory yes correct you have very good memory yes and you and I started talking about the and you and I started talking about the and you and I started talking about the benefits of saunas and the benefits of a benefits of saunas and the benefits of a benefits of saunas and the benefits of a cold plunge so I thought man I'd love to cold plunge so I thought man I'd love to cold plunge so I thought man I'd love to get you on on my podcast because cold get you on on my podcast because cold get you on on my podcast because cold plunges in particular and saunas have plunges in particular and saunas have plunges in particular and saunas have become more mainstream I feel like you become more mainstream I feel like you become more mainstream I feel like you know when I was in college and I played know when I was in college and I played know when I was in college and I played sports or even in high school there was
02:00sports or even in high school there was sports or even in high school there was some knowledge of the benefits some knowledge of the benefits some knowledge of the benefits specifically related to cold plunges I specifically related to cold plunges I specifically related to cold plunges I remember seeing the cross-country team remember seeing the cross-country team remember seeing the cross-country team sit in uh tin you know cold bath after sit in uh tin you know cold bath after sit in uh tin you know cold bath after practice but now it's becoming more practice but now it's becoming more practice but now it's becoming more popular more mainstream and you have popular more mainstream and you have popular more mainstream and you have been at the Forefront of this really been at the Forefront of this really been at the Forefront of this really since day one with a lot of these since day one with a lot of these since day one with a lot of these different activities and now you different activities and now you different activities and now you actually have a whole gym that you're actually have a whole gym that you're actually have a whole gym that you're creating called sauna strong so we'll creating called sauna strong so we'll creating called sauna strong so we'll hear more about that soon but tell me hear more about that soon but tell me hear more about that soon but tell me what are we'll start with cold plunge what are we'll start with cold plunge what are we'll start with cold plunge some of the obvious benefits of a cold some of the obvious benefits of a cold some of the obvious benefits of a cold Plunge Plunge Plunge yeah that's actually that that was the yeah that's actually that that was the yeah that's actually that that was the beginning of like my character the sauna beginning of like my character the sauna beginning of like my character the sauna puppy has it goes really back to when I puppy has it goes really back to when I puppy has it goes really back to when I started Tango with cold water so just to started Tango with cold water so just to started Tango with cold water so just to to give you a little more context to give you a little more context to give you a little more context because I I think it's kind of hilarious
03:00because I I think it's kind of hilarious because I I think it's kind of hilarious I'm originally from Guatemala so I grew I'm originally from Guatemala so I grew I'm originally from Guatemala so I grew up in a in a tropical country in Central up in a in a tropical country in Central up in a in a tropical country in Central America never experienced winter like America never experienced winter like America never experienced winter like the type of winter that you get to the type of winter that you get to the type of winter that you get to experience living in Minnesota where I experience living in Minnesota where I experience living in Minnesota where I live now so I moved to Minnesota in 2012 live now so I moved to Minnesota in 2012 live now so I moved to Minnesota in 2012 and I I had lived in different parts of and I I had lived in different parts of and I I had lived in different parts of the country and I had never really the country and I had never really the country and I had never really experienced winter to that degree and my experienced winter to that degree and my experienced winter to that degree and my first two Winters in Minnesota were so first two Winters in Minnesota were so first two Winters in Minnesota were so hard I was getting sick constantly I hard I was getting sick constantly I hard I was getting sick constantly I hated the whole protocol of putting so hated the whole protocol of putting so hated the whole protocol of putting so many layers to go outside life gets so many layers to go outside life gets so many layers to go outside life gets so much more complicated and on top of that much more complicated and on top of that much more complicated and on top of that I'm I don't like the cold I didn't like I'm I don't like the cold I didn't like I'm I don't like the cold I didn't like it you know so little that I knew that it you know so little that I knew that it you know so little that I knew that through my own like research and trying through my own like research and trying through my own like research and trying to figure out how I could become a to figure out how I could become a to figure out how I could become a little more resilient to the winter I little more resilient to the winter I little more resilient to the winter I was gonna find out that doing cold was gonna find out that doing cold was gonna find out that doing cold showers was an incredible solution for
04:00showers was an incredible solution for showers was an incredible solution for this you know so I started taking cold this you know so I started taking cold this you know so I started taking cold showers in 2014 and that was literally showers in 2014 and that was literally showers in 2014 and that was literally the last time I had been really sick the last time I had been really sick the last time I had been really sick like I I haven't literally been sick in like I I haven't literally been sick in like I I haven't literally been sick in pretty much nine years and I give all of pretty much nine years and I give all of pretty much nine years and I give all of the credit to the cold water the credit to the cold water the credit to the cold water oh my gosh okay first of all do you have oh my gosh okay first of all do you have oh my gosh okay first of all do you have kids Luis do you have kids yes you kids Luis do you have kids yes you kids Luis do you have kids yes you actually have children and you haven't actually have children and you haven't actually have children and you haven't been sick since been sick since been sick since 2014. yeah I mean incredible yeah 2014. yeah I mean incredible yeah 2014. yeah I mean incredible yeah how old are your kids I I gotta know how how old are your kids I I gotta know how how old are your kids I I gotta know how so I got I have two older kids that are so I got I have two older kids that are so I got I have two older kids that are from my previous marriage a 13 year old from my previous marriage a 13 year old from my previous marriage a 13 year old boy 11 year old daughter and then with boy 11 year old daughter and then with boy 11 year old daughter and then with my wife I have a set of twins that are my wife I have a set of twins that are my wife I have a set of twins that are boy and girl they're three years old boy and girl they're three years old boy and girl they're three years old matter of fact they were born the week matter of fact they were born the week matter of fact they were born the week before the pandemic they were premature before the pandemic they were premature before the pandemic they were premature they were six weeks premature and they they were six weeks premature and they they were six weeks premature and they had to stay in the NICU in the hospital
05:00had to stay in the NICU in the hospital had to stay in the NICU in the hospital for four weeks for four weeks for four weeks a week after they were born the pandemic a week after they were born the pandemic a week after they were born the pandemic broke loose and I kid you not I walk broke loose and I kid you not I walk broke loose and I kid you not I walk into that hospital two or three times a into that hospital two or three times a into that hospital two or three times a day in the middle of everyone getting day in the middle of everyone getting day in the middle of everyone getting sick everyone panicking blah blah blah sick everyone panicking blah blah blah sick everyone panicking blah blah blah blah blah and I kid you not I I was blah blah and I kid you not I I was blah blah and I kid you not I I was Hardcore exposed to kovil and I never Hardcore exposed to kovil and I never Hardcore exposed to kovil and I never got coffee got coffee got coffee oh my gosh Okay the reason I asked the oh my gosh Okay the reason I asked the oh my gosh Okay the reason I asked the ages is because I have five kids and ages is because I have five kids and ages is because I have five kids and three of them are under five which means three of them are under five which means three of them are under five which means that they are bringing home new viruses that they are bringing home new viruses that they are bringing home new viruses new bugs every single week from from new bugs every single week from from new bugs every single week from from people from preschool yeah and so my people from preschool yeah and so my people from preschool yeah and so my immune system has been immune system has been immune system has been just suppressed tanked whatever you want just suppressed tanked whatever you want just suppressed tanked whatever you want to call it for the past few years to call it for the past few years to call it for the past few years because of the fact that I'm just because of the fact that I'm just because of the fact that I'm just consistently getting sick you know from consistently getting sick you know from consistently getting sick you know from from these kiddos so the fact that you from these kiddos so the fact that you from these kiddos so the fact that you haven't been sick since starting the haven't been sick since starting the haven't been sick since starting the cold showers and the cold plunge even
06:00cold showers and the cold plunge even cold showers and the cold plunge even with little kids wow that is incredible with little kids wow that is incredible with little kids wow that is incredible I mean how do I get started I kid you not is talking to to realize I kid you not is talking to to realize that you know yes yes okay so you that you know yes yes okay so you that you know yes yes okay so you started with a cold shower how long of a started with a cold shower how long of a started with a cold shower how long of a cold shower would you take you know it cold shower would you take you know it cold shower would you take you know it was baby steps at the beginning was baby steps at the beginning was baby steps at the beginning literally if I could do like a minute I literally if I could do like a minute I literally if I could do like a minute I felt like wow I'm so hardcore you know I felt like wow I'm so hardcore you know I felt like wow I'm so hardcore you know I got in the in a minute in the cold got in the in a minute in the cold got in the in a minute in the cold shower but yeah I kind of grad it shower but yeah I kind of grad it shower but yeah I kind of grad it gradually increased I started learning gradually increased I started learning gradually increased I started learning actually how to do it more efficiently actually how to do it more efficiently actually how to do it more efficiently when I first started I was like okay I'm when I first started I was like okay I'm when I first started I was like okay I'm just gonna put the cold shower and I'm just gonna put the cold shower and I'm just gonna put the cold shower and I'm gonna jump in pain and I'm gonna try to gonna jump in pain and I'm gonna try to gonna jump in pain and I'm gonna try to take my shower like that and then I was take my shower like that and then I was take my shower like that and then I was like hold on I I can actually do like a like hold on I I can actually do like a like hold on I I can actually do like a warm regular shower and and then ending warm regular shower and and then ending warm regular shower and and then ending cold so then I started playing with that cold so then I started playing with that cold so then I started playing with that concept and so slowly I was like ending concept and so slowly I was like ending concept and so slowly I was like ending always my shower with at a minimum of
07:00always my shower with at a minimum of always my shower with at a minimum of two minutes of gold and literally in the two minutes of gold and literally in the two minutes of gold and literally in the winter the water the tap water the water winter the water the tap water the water winter the water the tap water the water that you're using for taking a shower is that you're using for taking a shower is that you're using for taking a shower is really cold really cold really cold to the high 30s so it started about like to the high 30s so it started about like to the high 30s so it started about like it started with like a minute and he it it started with like a minute and he it it started with like a minute and he it went up and up and to the point that went up and up and to the point that went up and up and to the point that these days I can't really time it these days I can't really time it these days I can't really time it anymore to be honest I I just know what anymore to be honest I I just know what anymore to be honest I I just know what it feels good and sometimes it might be it feels good and sometimes it might be it feels good and sometimes it might be probably about two minutes maybe four or probably about two minutes maybe four or probably about two minutes maybe four or four or five minutes I I really love the four or five minutes I I really love the four or five minutes I I really love the gold now and I I feel so energized gold now and I I feel so energized gold now and I I feel so energized usually I do I do a cold shower really usually I do I do a cold shower really usually I do I do a cold shower really early in the morning after I wake up and early in the morning after I wake up and early in the morning after I wake up and it just wakes me up like the endorphins it just wakes me up like the endorphins it just wakes me up like the endorphins you get such a high dose of kind of you get such a high dose of kind of you get such a high dose of kind of feeling alive and it just wakes you up feeling alive and it just wakes you up feeling alive and it just wakes you up okay I am physically getting cold just okay I am physically getting cold just okay I am physically getting cold just thinking about a cold shower I can feel thinking about a cold shower I can feel thinking about a cold shower I can feel it deep in my body I'm doing cold just
08:00it deep in my body I'm doing cold just it deep in my body I'm doing cold just thinking about it because I love a hot thinking about it because I love a hot thinking about it because I love a hot shower I love a scalding hot shower I shower I love a scalding hot shower I shower I love a scalding hot shower I actually turn the water down or a little actually turn the water down or a little actually turn the water down or a little bit less hot for when I wash my hair bit less hot for when I wash my hair bit less hot for when I wash my hair because I don't want to damage my hair because I don't want to damage my hair because I don't want to damage my hair but I am going to try this so I'm going but I am going to try this so I'm going but I am going to try this so I'm going to try this I'm sure a bunch of our to try this I'm sure a bunch of our to try this I'm sure a bunch of our listeners are gonna try this listeners are gonna try this listeners are gonna try this I'm gonna do a bit of a cold shower I'll I'm gonna do a bit of a cold shower I'll I'm gonna do a bit of a cold shower I'll ease into it do kind of my typical you ease into it do kind of my typical you ease into it do kind of my typical you know 20 minutes of warmth and then I'll know 20 minutes of warmth and then I'll know 20 minutes of warmth and then I'll do 30 seconds or a minute of cold I will do 30 seconds or a minute of cold I will do 30 seconds or a minute of cold I will let you know how that goes so you went let you know how that goes so you went let you know how that goes so you went from cold showers in Minnesota from cold showers in Minnesota from cold showers in Minnesota to a cold plunge so when did you make to a cold plunge so when did you make to a cold plunge so when did you make that transition and what are the that transition and what are the that transition and what are the benefits of a cold Plunge in particular benefits of a cold Plunge in particular benefits of a cold Plunge in particular even beyond the immune system benefits even beyond the immune system benefits even beyond the immune system benefits of a cold shower and those endorphins of a cold shower and those endorphins of a cold shower and those endorphins that that Russian when you do a cold that that Russian when you do a cold that that Russian when you do a cold shower yeah well before I dive into that shower yeah well before I dive into that shower yeah well before I dive into that uh just a little tip for you and for uh just a little tip for you and for uh just a little tip for you and for your audience when you're doing your your audience when you're doing your your audience when you're doing your call shower you want to really try to call shower you want to really try to call shower you want to really try to get your face you want to get your hair
09:00get your face you want to get your hair get your face you want to get your hair you want to get the back of your neck you want to get the back of your neck you want to get the back of your neck you want to get your back you want to you want to get your back you want to you want to get your back you want to get your armpits and just try to endure get your armpits and just try to endure get your armpits and just try to endure some some of that gnarly sensation there some some of that gnarly sensation there some some of that gnarly sensation there it will wake you up really well and it will wake you up really well and it will wake you up really well and those are the areas that you really want those are the areas that you really want those are the areas that you really want to hit with the cold really well when to hit with the cold really well when to hit with the cold really well when you're doing a cold shower just FYI got you're doing a cold shower just FYI got you're doing a cold shower just FYI got it but yeah I kind of gradually I call it but yeah I kind of gradually I call it but yeah I kind of gradually I call it like I start peeling the onion with it like I start peeling the onion with it like I start peeling the onion with the cold every winter I started going a the cold every winter I started going a the cold every winter I started going a little deeper with it but I went with it little deeper with it but I went with it little deeper with it but I went with it kind of like with a very child-like kind of like with a very child-like kind of like with a very child-like mindset I was like I have no idea what mindset I was like I have no idea what mindset I was like I have no idea what I'm doing but I know something good is I'm doing but I know something good is I'm doing but I know something good is coming out of doing this type of stuff coming out of doing this type of stuff coming out of doing this type of stuff you know and this is 2014 2015 2016 and you know and this is 2014 2015 2016 and you know and this is 2014 2015 2016 and it's before he kind of went crazy with it's before he kind of went crazy with it's before he kind of went crazy with all this cool stuff that we see these all this cool stuff that we see these all this cool stuff that we see these days you know but I literally I started days you know but I literally I started days you know but I literally I started just kind of simplifying my life in a just kind of simplifying my life in a just kind of simplifying my life in a way you know like why am I gonna put so way you know like why am I gonna put so way you know like why am I gonna put so many layers if I'm just going outside to many layers if I'm just going outside to many layers if I'm just going outside to my car you know like then I start seeing my car you know like then I start seeing my car you know like then I start seeing how people are living in in the winter
10:00how people are living in in the winter how people are living in in the winter you know like I'm not gonna die if I'm you know like I'm not gonna die if I'm you know like I'm not gonna die if I'm going in a t-shirt to my car to go to going in a t-shirt to my car to go to going in a t-shirt to my car to go to the gym you know like so I just started the gym you know like so I just started the gym you know like so I just started making my life a little simple and like making my life a little simple and like making my life a little simple and like more simple you know and I started more simple you know and I started more simple you know and I started noticing like wow I'm spending more time noticing like wow I'm spending more time noticing like wow I'm spending more time outside with minimal layers and I'm outside with minimal layers and I'm outside with minimal layers and I'm liking it and I'm responding to it and liking it and I'm responding to it and liking it and I'm responding to it and I'm not getting sick so I just kind of I I'm not getting sick so I just kind of I I'm not getting sick so I just kind of I kept drinking the Kool-Aid but it just kept drinking the Kool-Aid but it just kept drinking the Kool-Aid but it just got easier as I end and it was always a got easier as I end and it was always a got easier as I end and it was always a great conversation you know when people great conversation you know when people great conversation you know when people are like dude where is your code it's 10 are like dude where is your code it's 10 are like dude where is your code it's 10 degrees outside or is negative 20 right degrees outside or is negative 20 right degrees outside or is negative 20 right now what are you doing you know I'm like now what are you doing you know I'm like now what are you doing you know I'm like well let me tell you you know but yeah well let me tell you you know but yeah well let me tell you you know but yeah no I literally I just started noticing no I literally I just started noticing no I literally I just started noticing this this sensation or feeling very this this sensation or feeling very this this sensation or feeling very connected with my wild human being I connected with my wild human being I connected with my wild human being I think us humans are meant to be think us humans are meant to be think us humans are meant to be resilient and we just don't allow resilient and we just don't allow resilient and we just don't allow ourselves to tap into that we live in ourselves to tap into that we live in ourselves to tap into that we live in society everything is easy everything is society everything is easy everything is society everything is easy everything is pampered you don't have to work hard to
11:00pampered you don't have to work hard to pampered you don't have to work hard to endure the elements and to give you a endure the elements and to give you a endure the elements and to give you a very simple kind of analogy it's like very simple kind of analogy it's like very simple kind of analogy it's like you know like to me like a simple way of you know like to me like a simple way of you know like to me like a simple way of giving you a definition of Happiness go giving you a definition of Happiness go giving you a definition of Happiness go outside get cold and then go back inside outside get cold and then go back inside outside get cold and then go back inside to your warm environment and you're to your warm environment and you're to your warm environment and you're gonna experience a very high gonna experience a very high gonna experience a very high sensation of Happiness oh I'm like oh sensation of Happiness oh I'm like oh sensation of Happiness oh I'm like oh I'm back in my environment this feels I'm back in my environment this feels I'm back in my environment this feels good so if you do it in little Doses and good so if you do it in little Doses and good so if you do it in little Doses and obviously I'm not telling you go freeze obviously I'm not telling you go freeze obviously I'm not telling you go freeze outside and be in danger but get outside and be in danger but get outside and be in danger but get yourself out of your comfort zone with yourself out of your comfort zone with yourself out of your comfort zone with the elements and then experience how the elements and then experience how the elements and then experience how happy your body will respond to going happy your body will respond to going happy your body will respond to going back to a comfortable environment but back to a comfortable environment but back to a comfortable environment but yeah literally start peeling off layers yeah literally start peeling off layers yeah literally start peeling off layers I started sometimes driving in the car I started sometimes driving in the car I started sometimes driving in the car and bringing the the the windows down and bringing the the the windows down and bringing the the the windows down and breathing Cold Air I remember one and breathing Cold Air I remember one and breathing Cold Air I remember one day in particular it was like a really day in particular it was like a really day in particular it was like a really cold weekend in January here in cold weekend in January here in cold weekend in January here in Minnesota and I was driving my kids Minnesota and I was driving my kids Minnesota and I was driving my kids somewhere but these are my older kids
12:00somewhere but these are my older kids somewhere but these are my older kids but both were very sick with like a cold but both were very sick with like a cold but both were very sick with like a cold and they had been like a sneezing and and they had been like a sneezing and and they had been like a sneezing and coughing all over me and I'm like I coughing all over me and I'm like I coughing all over me and I'm like I remember dropping them off I think I was remember dropping them off I think I was remember dropping them off I think I was bringing them back to my ex so I had bringing them back to my ex so I had bringing them back to my ex so I had them like during the weekend or and and them like during the weekend or and and them like during the weekend or and and I was like I'm gonna bring the windows I was like I'm gonna bring the windows I was like I'm gonna bring the windows down in the car I know how cold the air down in the car I know how cold the air down in the car I know how cold the air is right now and I'm just gonna breathe is right now and I'm just gonna breathe is right now and I'm just gonna breathe very deeply for like five minutes and I very deeply for like five minutes and I very deeply for like five minutes and I did that and I kid you know I never got did that and I kid you know I never got did that and I kid you know I never got sick after that but I was like I've been sick after that but I was like I've been sick after that but I was like I've been exposed to something right now big time exposed to something right now big time exposed to something right now big time you know but yeah literally every winter you know but yeah literally every winter you know but yeah literally every winter I just kept going a little harder with I just kept going a little harder with I just kept going a little harder with it to the point that in it was around it to the point that in it was around it to the point that in it was around 2018 2018 2018 2019 I started playing with okay I'm 2019 I started playing with okay I'm 2019 I started playing with okay I'm gonna start getting in a cold body of gonna start getting in a cold body of gonna start getting in a cold body of water you know and we have lakes in water you know and we have lakes in water you know and we have lakes in Minnesota and they get Frozen during the Minnesota and they get Frozen during the Minnesota and they get Frozen during the winter and it was actually 2019 up to
13:00winter and it was actually 2019 up to winter and it was actually 2019 up to 2020 that's when I had a group of 2020 that's when I had a group of 2020 that's when I had a group of friends that there like these guys that friends that there like these guys that friends that there like these guys that I know that they were all doing the cold I know that they were all doing the cold I know that they were all doing the cold showers you know and and we we found out showers you know and and we we found out showers you know and and we we found out about this all on one of the on the about this all on one of the on the about this all on one of the on the lakes here that it was open for people lakes here that it was open for people lakes here that it was open for people to go jump in the water I'm like I want to go jump in the water I'm like I want to go jump in the water I'm like I want to go there let's go check it out so to go there let's go check it out so to go there let's go check it out so we started doing a group get together on we started doing a group get together on we started doing a group get together on Sundays at 1pm every Sunday this is like Sundays at 1pm every Sunday this is like Sundays at 1pm every Sunday this is like eight weeks prior to kovil and my wife eight weeks prior to kovil and my wife eight weeks prior to kovil and my wife was pregnant with my with my little was pregnant with my with my little was pregnant with my with my little twins and I remember we went there we twins and I remember we went there we twins and I remember we went there we did like a little workout with minimal did like a little workout with minimal did like a little workout with minimal layers on the frozen lake and we ended layers on the frozen lake and we ended layers on the frozen lake and we ended up jumping in the frozen lake and I was up jumping in the frozen lake and I was up jumping in the frozen lake and I was like like like this is amazing you know it was so hard this is amazing you know it was so hard this is amazing you know it was so hard but at the same time so rewarding I but at the same time so rewarding I but at the same time so rewarding I experienced the best Shivers of my life experienced the best Shivers of my life experienced the best Shivers of my life after that there was no sauna and just after that there was no sauna and just after that there was no sauna and just this sensation of okay I got to this sensation of okay I got to this sensation of okay I got to experience something very gnarly it
14:00experience something very gnarly it experience something very gnarly it wasn't scary but I did it and I'm wasn't scary but I did it and I'm wasn't scary but I did it and I'm feeling so alive after that it was like feeling so alive after that it was like feeling so alive after that it was like a it was like a drug to be honest with a it was like a drug to be honest with a it was like a drug to be honest with you and I was like I want to do it again you and I was like I want to do it again you and I was like I want to do it again next weekend so we started doing it next weekend so we started doing it next weekend so we started doing it every weekend on Sundays and it grew every weekend on Sundays and it grew every weekend on Sundays and it grew from like five of us the first time to from like five of us the first time to from like five of us the first time to towards the end this is like before towards the end this is like before towards the end this is like before coffee before the shutdown coffee before the shutdown coffee before the shutdown there was like 100 people showing to a there was like 100 people showing to a there was like 100 people showing to a lake and joining us and he just grew up lake and joining us and he just grew up lake and joining us and he just grew up like a Monster you know and people wow like a Monster you know and people wow like a Monster you know and people wow people were like just curious about it people were like just curious about it people were like just curious about it but yeah they that's when I really took but yeah they that's when I really took but yeah they that's when I really took it to the to the next level you know my it to the to the next level you know my it to the to the next level you know my my gold exposure I started just my gold exposure I started just my gold exposure I started just regularly jumping in the frozen lake regularly jumping in the frozen lake regularly jumping in the frozen lake spending time outside in the winter spending time outside in the winter spending time outside in the winter taking my shirt off if there was like a taking my shirt off if there was like a taking my shirt off if there was like a snowy day I would go plow and shovel snowy day I would go plow and shovel snowy day I would go plow and shovel snow and and take layers of and just snow and and take layers of and just snow and and take layers of and just like spend time getting cold and and the like spend time getting cold and and the like spend time getting cold and and the after effect always was feeling very after effect always was feeling very after effect always was feeling very happy feeling very healthy very alive happy feeling very healthy very alive happy feeling very healthy very alive and getting more resilient to the winter
15:00and getting more resilient to the winter and getting more resilient to the winter to I mean it completely transformed me to I mean it completely transformed me to I mean it completely transformed me because I I used to hate the winter with because I I used to hate the winter with because I I used to hate the winter with all of my guts and now is my favorite all of my guts and now is my favorite all of my guts and now is my favorite time of the year and every winter I've time of the year and every winter I've time of the year and every winter I've been able to to kind of go a little been able to to kind of go a little been able to to kind of go a little deeper and fast forward even my game in deeper and fast forward even my game in deeper and fast forward even my game in the cold water I started when I started the cold water I started when I started the cold water I started when I started getting in the frozen lake getting in the frozen lake getting in the frozen lake I was like here my hands are here you're I was like here my hands are here you're I was like here my hands are here you're like shivering and I'm wearing neoprene like shivering and I'm wearing neoprene like shivering and I'm wearing neoprene gloves neoprene booties and as slowly I gloves neoprene booties and as slowly I gloves neoprene booties and as slowly I started just I took these things out and started just I took these things out and started just I took these things out and I started going deeper in the water I started going deeper in the water I started going deeper in the water deeper in the water getting my face to deeper in the water getting my face to deeper in the water getting my face to only leaving my nose there and just only leaving my nose there and just only leaving my nose there and just sitting there you know and and they sitting there you know and and they sitting there you know and and they called called called kept humble in me and teaching me so kept humble in me and teaching me so kept humble in me and teaching me so much more about me you know but the much more about me you know but the much more about me you know but the biggest component was learning the biggest component was learning the biggest component was learning the connection with the breath through all connection with the breath through all connection with the breath through all of that stuff you know so that was kind of that stuff you know so that was kind of that stuff you know so that was kind of like the Journey of how I kind of of like the Journey of how I kind of of like the Journey of how I kind of evolved from doing just cold showers to
16:00evolved from doing just cold showers to evolved from doing just cold showers to where I am now you know wow okay I love where I am now you know wow okay I love where I am now you know wow okay I love the journey I love the benefits that the journey I love the benefits that the journey I love the benefits that you've shared it sounds like for your you've shared it sounds like for your you've shared it sounds like for your mental health mental health mental health it has been absolutely key to push it has been absolutely key to push it has been absolutely key to push yourself into uncomfortable situations yourself into uncomfortable situations yourself into uncomfortable situations growth doesn't happen in our comfort growth doesn't happen in our comfort growth doesn't happen in our comfort zone exactly but Luis I have to tell you zone exactly but Luis I have to tell you zone exactly but Luis I have to tell you I have a phrase that I repeat quite I have a phrase that I repeat quite I have a phrase that I repeat quite often and it is that winter is a choice often and it is that winter is a choice often and it is that winter is a choice because I used to live in Ohio and I was because I used to live in Ohio and I was because I used to live in Ohio and I was just like you were when you first moved just like you were when you first moved just like you were when you first moved to Minnesota I could not stand the cold to Minnesota I could not stand the cold to Minnesota I could not stand the cold most of the time it was also gray which most of the time it was also gray which most of the time it was also gray which for me that was kind of the the biggest for me that was kind of the the biggest for me that was kind of the the biggest factor in literally leaving Ohio and factor in literally leaving Ohio and factor in literally leaving Ohio and moving to Florida driving my kids down moving to Florida driving my kids down moving to Florida driving my kids down selling everything I owned just for some selling everything I owned just for some selling everything I owned just for some sunshine and more so you are talking to sunshine and more so you are talking to sunshine and more so you are talking to Miss Sunshine herself Miss warm weather Miss Sunshine herself Miss warm weather Miss Sunshine herself Miss warm weather herself so I'm very inspired right now herself so I'm very inspired right now herself so I'm very inspired right now I'm literally cold deep inside me as I'm literally cold deep inside me as I'm literally cold deep inside me as we're talking but I'm inspired I'm gonna
17:00we're talking but I'm inspired I'm gonna we're talking but I'm inspired I'm gonna try the cold shower let's talk about a try the cold shower let's talk about a try the cold shower let's talk about a cold plunge specifically because many cold plunge specifically because many cold plunge specifically because many athletes athletes athletes use a cold plunge on a regular basis I use a cold plunge on a regular basis I use a cold plunge on a regular basis I want to hear when why how we should use want to hear when why how we should use want to hear when why how we should use a cold plunge do you go in a cold plunge a cold plunge do you go in a cold plunge a cold plunge do you go in a cold plunge tub on a regular basis yourself is it tub on a regular basis yourself is it tub on a regular basis yourself is it before a workout after a workout is it before a workout after a workout is it before a workout after a workout is it first thing in the morning is it at first thing in the morning is it at first thing in the morning is it at night what does that look like and why night what does that look like and why night what does that look like and why yeah I do it pretty much every day yeah I do it pretty much every day yeah I do it pretty much every day there's days that I am mindful about not there's days that I am mindful about not there's days that I am mindful about not overdoing it because I have discovered overdoing it because I have discovered overdoing it because I have discovered also some benefits of of having very also some benefits of of having very also some benefits of of having very hard sauna days and not getting too much hard sauna days and not getting too much hard sauna days and not getting too much cold exposure on that particular day but cold exposure on that particular day but cold exposure on that particular day but literally every single day of my life literally every single day of my life literally every single day of my life I'm getting in some kind of body of cold I'm getting in some kind of body of cold I'm getting in some kind of body of cold water and it might only be a cold shower water and it might only be a cold shower water and it might only be a cold shower a very good cold shower but I do it a very good cold shower but I do it a very good cold shower but I do it every day I think the society the every day I think the society the every day I think the society the culture is really changing rapidly right culture is really changing rapidly right culture is really changing rapidly right now as we speak it used to be athletes
18:00now as we speak it used to be athletes now as we speak it used to be athletes it used to be these hardcore people that it used to be these hardcore people that it used to be these hardcore people that are like trying to recover and they have are like trying to recover and they have are like trying to recover and they have very sore muscles and blah blah blah very sore muscles and blah blah blah very sore muscles and blah blah blah blah blah to now everyone is looking at blah blah to now everyone is looking at blah blah to now everyone is looking at trying to get in the cold water and trying to get in the cold water and trying to get in the cold water and understanding the game of why I mean understanding the game of why I mean understanding the game of why I mean from the perspective of it boosts your from the perspective of it boosts your from the perspective of it boosts your immune system like crazy to me that that immune system like crazy to me that that immune system like crazy to me that that should be the top priority or the top should be the top priority or the top should be the top priority or the top aspect of doing it the why I mean that's aspect of doing it the why I mean that's aspect of doing it the why I mean that's me like I haven't been sick since 2014 me like I haven't been sick since 2014 me like I haven't been sick since 2014 because I get in cold water regularly because I get in cold water regularly because I get in cold water regularly but the more benefits of it is it will but the more benefits of it is it will but the more benefits of it is it will boost your immune system it will allow boost your immune system it will allow boost your immune system it will allow your body to develop more Brown fat your body to develop more Brown fat your body to develop more Brown fat adaptation if you live in society the adaptation if you live in society the adaptation if you live in society the normal way that we leave us humans normal way that we leave us humans normal way that we leave us humans surrounded by comfort and not tapping surrounded by comfort and not tapping surrounded by comfort and not tapping into the elements like the way that we into the elements like the way that we into the elements like the way that we used to back in the day back in the day used to back in the day back in the day used to back in the day back in the day because humans were so exposed to cold because humans were so exposed to cold because humans were so exposed to cold environment and dealing with the environment and dealing with the environment and dealing with the elements so much similar to animals that
19:00elements so much similar to animals that elements so much similar to animals that live in the wilderness that live in live in the wilderness that live in live in the wilderness that live in places that there's winter those animals places that there's winter those animals places that there's winter those animals develop Brown fat and brown fat is very develop Brown fat and brown fat is very develop Brown fat and brown fat is very high metabolic is the healthy type of high metabolic is the healthy type of high metabolic is the healthy type of fat and the more you expose yourself to fat and the more you expose yourself to fat and the more you expose yourself to cold your body will develop more Brown cold your body will develop more Brown cold your body will develop more Brown fat and brown fat is very calorie fat and brown fat is very calorie fat and brown fat is very calorie efficient it generates more heat it efficient it generates more heat it efficient it generates more heat it keeps you healthy literally so you get keeps you healthy literally so you get keeps you healthy literally so you get more Brown fat adaptation psychological more Brown fat adaptation psychological more Brown fat adaptation psychological effects like you're dealing with that effects like you're dealing with that effects like you're dealing with that aspect of your brain that doesn't wanna aspect of your brain that doesn't wanna aspect of your brain that doesn't wanna do that thing because it's scary it's do that thing because it's scary it's do that thing because it's scary it's not comfortable to getting cold water or not comfortable to getting cold water or not comfortable to getting cold water or to do a cold shower you know but so to do a cold shower you know but so to do a cold shower you know but so you're kind of pushing your that side of you're kind of pushing your that side of you're kind of pushing your that side of your brain that deals with fear and when your brain that deals with fear and when your brain that deals with fear and when you deal with that aspect of fear then you deal with that aspect of fear then you deal with that aspect of fear then the after effect of that is you feel the after effect of that is you feel the after effect of that is you feel very alive you feel happy so it gives very alive you feel happy so it gives very alive you feel happy so it gives you that massive boost of endorphins you you that massive boost of endorphins you you that massive boost of endorphins you know and then on top of that it also
20:00know and then on top of that it also know and then on top of that it also helps you regulate your more it gives helps you regulate your more it gives helps you regulate your more it gives you so much Focus like when you're in you so much Focus like when you're in you so much Focus like when you're in the cold water you're not thinking of the cold water you're not thinking of the cold water you're not thinking of any other thing but get me out of here any other thing but get me out of here any other thing but get me out of here or trying to make amends with a or trying to make amends with a or trying to make amends with a sensation and typically the first thing sensation and typically the first thing sensation and typically the first thing that I try to teach people when they get that I try to teach people when they get that I try to teach people when they get in the cold water is like your breath is in the cold water is like your breath is in the cold water is like your breath is gonna be out of whack if this is the gonna be out of whack if this is the gonna be out of whack if this is the first time that you have ever done it first time that you have ever done it first time that you have ever done it you're gonna be under stress so learn to you're gonna be under stress so learn to you're gonna be under stress so learn to deal with the stress by focusing on your deal with the stress by focusing on your deal with the stress by focusing on your breath which is the spinal cord of breath which is the spinal cord of breath which is the spinal cord of everything that we do but we just don't everything that we do but we just don't everything that we do but we just don't think about it you know but it was the think about it you know but it was the think about it you know but it was the first thing that you did when you were first thing that you did when you were first thing that you did when you were born and it's gonna be the last thing born and it's gonna be the last thing born and it's gonna be the last thing that you do when you die before you die that you do when you die before you die that you do when you die before you die so breath is so breath is so breath is the essence of being alive we just don't the essence of being alive we just don't the essence of being alive we just don't think about it these days because we think about it these days because we think about it these days because we just do it automatically and nobody just do it automatically and nobody just do it automatically and nobody really teaches you how to breathe really teaches you how to breathe really teaches you how to breathe properly and there's so many different properly and there's so many different properly and there's so many different mechanics about it but a great example mechanics about it but a great example mechanics about it but a great example of how disconnected we are with the of how disconnected we are with the of how disconnected we are with the breath is when you put people in the breath is when you put people in the
21:00breath is when you put people in the cold water for the first time if nobody cold water for the first time if nobody cold water for the first time if nobody teaches them about the breath or they're teaches them about the breath or they're teaches them about the breath or they're naive to breathing they're going to be naive to breathing they're going to be naive to breathing they're going to be in that cold water under stress and it's in that cold water under stress and it's in that cold water under stress and it's gonna be like shallow mouth and not nasal relaxed and shallow mouth and not nasal relaxed and understanding that hey I'm in control understanding that hey I'm in control understanding that hey I'm in control right here I need to deeply breathe and right here I need to deeply breathe and right here I need to deeply breathe and be connected with that so I can make be connected with that so I can make be connected with that so I can make amends with this situation that I'm amends with this situation that I'm amends with this situation that I'm enduring so I mean those are the top top enduring so I mean those are the top top enduring so I mean those are the top top benefits of it I kid you not if you're benefits of it I kid you not if you're benefits of it I kid you not if you're dealing with anything or if you're dealing with anything or if you're dealing with anything or if you're trying to do like a little quick reset trying to do like a little quick reset trying to do like a little quick reset on your day just jumping in in the cold on your day just jumping in in the cold on your day just jumping in in the cold shower or doing a cold dip on on the shower or doing a cold dip on on the shower or doing a cold dip on on the lake or doing it on a coat of just just lake or doing it on a coat of just just lake or doing it on a coat of just just getting exposure to that but go will getting exposure to that but go will getting exposure to that but go will reset you you know your nervous system reset you you know your nervous system reset you you know your nervous system your mind your breathing and then it's your mind your breathing and then it's your mind your breathing and then it's like you'll be like so grateful to going like you'll be like so grateful to going like you'll be like so grateful to going back to it you know in back to it you know in back to it you know in this last winter in January I kind of
22:00this last winter in January I kind of this last winter in January I kind of did it for a whole month my challenge did it for a whole month my challenge did it for a whole month my challenge was like every morning when I first wake was like every morning when I first wake was like every morning when I first wake up I'm gonna I had a massive 100 gallon up I'm gonna I had a massive 100 gallon up I'm gonna I had a massive 100 gallon cooler sitting outside of in in the cooler sitting outside of in in the cooler sitting outside of in in the backyard you know so it was completely backyard you know so it was completely backyard you know so it was completely Frozen every morning and I had to go Frozen every morning and I had to go Frozen every morning and I had to go break the ice but every morning on on break the ice but every morning on on break the ice but every morning on on January this year I like the first thing January this year I like the first thing January this year I like the first thing that I would do after I would wake up that I would do after I would wake up that I would do after I would wake up was go sit in that cold water at least was go sit in that cold water at least was go sit in that cold water at least for two minutes it was kind of scary for two minutes it was kind of scary for two minutes it was kind of scary just to think like there's no excuses I just to think like there's no excuses I just to think like there's no excuses I first thing I do go get in that cold first thing I do go get in that cold first thing I do go get in that cold water and then my day goes from there water and then my day goes from there water and then my day goes from there and it was like he became this kind of and it was like he became this kind of and it was like he became this kind of like mindset for me to be like okay when like mindset for me to be like okay when like mindset for me to be like okay when I was going to bed tomorrow morning I was going to bed tomorrow morning I was going to bed tomorrow morning you're gonna wake up Luis and you're you're gonna wake up Luis and you're you're gonna wake up Luis and you're getting in that cold water you like it getting in that cold water you like it getting in that cold water you like it or not that's gonna be the start of your or not that's gonna be the start of your or not that's gonna be the start of your day but as I went on with it I kid you day but as I went on with it I kid you day but as I went on with it I kid you not I felt so empowered to go on with my not I felt so empowered to go on with my not I felt so empowered to go on with my because I had done the hardest thing on because I had done the hardest thing on because I had done the hardest thing on my day already right there at the
23:00my day already right there at the my day already right there at the beginning you know so I mean I kid you beginning you know so I mean I kid you beginning you know so I mean I kid you not I'm still learning so much about not I'm still learning so much about not I'm still learning so much about gold in general cold water in general gold in general cold water in general gold in general cold water in general every winter is there's something new every winter is there's something new every winter is there's something new that I'm learning so I'm trying to keep that I'm learning so I'm trying to keep that I'm learning so I'm trying to keep myself very much like as a guinea pig myself very much like as a guinea pig myself very much like as a guinea pig and there's a lot of content there's a and there's a lot of content there's a and there's a lot of content there's a lot of science there's a lot of research lot of science there's a lot of research lot of science there's a lot of research with all of this but actually you're not with all of this but actually you're not with all of this but actually you're not I think we're we're only seeing the very I think we're we're only seeing the very I think we're we're only seeing the very tip of the iceberg there's definitely tip of the iceberg there's definitely tip of the iceberg there's definitely cultures that have been doing this way cultures that have been doing this way cultures that have been doing this way longer than we have you know one little longer than we have you know one little longer than we have you know one little thing that I discovered through my thing that I discovered through my thing that I discovered through my Learning Journey I I found out that in Learning Journey I I found out that in Learning Journey I I found out that in countries like Russia there's like a countries like Russia there's like a countries like Russia there's like a time set in the school day for kids time set in the school day for kids time set in the school day for kids where in the winter they get they they where in the winter they get they they where in the winter they get they they get the kids they go sit in the sauna get the kids they go sit in the sauna get the kids they go sit in the sauna for five minutes they take their layers for five minutes they take their layers for five minutes they take their layers off and they're just in their underwear off and they're just in their underwear off and they're just in their underwear and they go outside for five to ten and they go outside for five to ten and they go outside for five to ten minutes in the cold just to play and get minutes in the cold just to play and get minutes in the cold just to play and get some cold and when I first when I heard some cold and when I first when I heard some cold and when I first when I heard about this I did more research and I I
24:00about this I did more research and I I about this I did more research and I I ended up finding like a little YouTube ended up finding like a little YouTube ended up finding like a little YouTube video of of this school and they were video of of this school and they were video of of this school and they were interviewing some of the kids after they interviewing some of the kids after they interviewing some of the kids after they get out and play outside in the in get out and play outside in the in get out and play outside in the in underwear and they were like why do you underwear and they were like why do you underwear and they were like why do you do this and the kids were like also we do this and the kids were like also we do this and the kids were like also we don't get sick don't get sick don't get sick I'm like oh yeah they know you know it's I'm like oh yeah they know you know it's I'm like oh yeah they know you know it's just crazy just crazy just crazy okay I love this I'm so inspired I don't okay I love this I'm so inspired I don't okay I love this I'm so inspired I don't have a cold plunge but I have a deep have a cold plunge but I have a deep have a cold plunge but I have a deep freezer and I think it could probably freezer and I think it could probably freezer and I think it could probably be a cold plunge pretty easily but I be a cold plunge pretty easily but I be a cold plunge pretty easily but I also I'm just gonna start with cold also I'm just gonna start with cold also I'm just gonna start with cold showers in the morning I have to showers in the morning I have to showers in the morning I have to consider when I'm going to wash my hair consider when I'm going to wash my hair consider when I'm going to wash my hair which is something you don't have to which is something you don't have to which is something you don't have to worry about but I only wash my hair worry about but I only wash my hair worry about but I only wash my hair about every five days Louise yeah yes about every five days Louise yeah yes about every five days Louise yeah yes it's not as simple as being a guy but it's not as simple as being a guy but it's not as simple as being a guy but I'll have to I'll have to think about I'll have to I'll have to think about I'll have to I'll have to think about that now I'm gonna do that okay we've that now I'm gonna do that okay we've that now I'm gonna do that okay we've spoken about the cold and the benefits spoken about the cold and the benefits spoken about the cold and the benefits of a cold plunge a cold shower jumping of a cold plunge a cold shower jumping of a cold plunge a cold shower jumping in a cold lake I want to do a complete in a cold lake I want to do a complete in a cold lake I want to do a complete 180 and talk about the heat because you 180 and talk about the heat because you 180 and talk about the heat because you and I met physically sitting next to
25:00and I met physically sitting next to and I met physically sitting next to each other in a sauna yeah that you had each other in a sauna yeah that you had each other in a sauna yeah that you had made and Jesse you know itzler had made and Jesse you know itzler had made and Jesse you know itzler had invested in and had at his house I invested in and had at his house I invested in and had at his house I happen to have a sauna at my house let's happen to have a sauna at my house let's happen to have a sauna at my house let's talk about the benefits of the saunas talk about the benefits of the saunas talk about the benefits of the saunas and the different types of saunas and the different types of saunas and the different types of saunas because you actually build saunas and because you actually build saunas and because you actually build saunas and you are creating a brand called sauna you are creating a brand called sauna you are creating a brand called sauna strong where you actually are going to strong where you actually are going to strong where you actually are going to have a gym that priority sizes the heat have a gym that priority sizes the heat have a gym that priority sizes the heat therapy and the cold therapy so what are therapy and the cold therapy so what are therapy and the cold therapy so what are the different types of saunas and what the different types of saunas and what the different types of saunas and what are the benefits are the benefits are the benefits yeah so the the two type of saunas that yeah so the the two type of saunas that yeah so the the two type of saunas that I use and that I tap into are regular I use and that I tap into are regular I use and that I tap into are regular dry sauna which is you can have the the dry sauna which is you can have the the dry sauna which is you can have the the energy source of the heat can be from energy source of the heat can be from energy source of the heat can be from from wood burning which is kind of like from wood burning which is kind of like from wood burning which is kind of like that that's where I started doing saunas that that's where I started doing saunas that that's where I started doing saunas it was like a dry sauna with a wood it was like a dry sauna with a wood it was like a dry sauna with a wood burning stove that has rocks and those burning stove that has rocks and those burning stove that has rocks and those rocks get very hot from the fire and rocks get very hot from the fire and rocks get very hot from the fire and then you're splashing and it's a an
26:00then you're splashing and it's a an then you're splashing and it's a an enclosed room and you just get really enclosed room and you just get really enclosed room and you just get really hot in there and this saunas can you can hot in there and this saunas can you can hot in there and this saunas can you can literally get them to like 230 degrees literally get them to like 230 degrees literally get them to like 230 degrees which is kind of like the maximum which is kind of like the maximum which is kind of like the maximum temperature that a human can be sitting temperature that a human can be sitting temperature that a human can be sitting in any anything after 2 30 is way too in any anything after 2 30 is way too in any anything after 2 30 is way too hot for a human to to endure it and even hot for a human to to endure it and even hot for a human to to endure it and even the 230 is really really hot I say a the 230 is really really hot I say a the 230 is really really hot I say a good average heat on the sound you good average heat on the sound you good average heat on the sound you should be looking at anywhere around the should be looking at anywhere around the should be looking at anywhere around the 180 to 190 Fahrenheit so dry sauna a 180 to 190 Fahrenheit so dry sauna a 180 to 190 Fahrenheit so dry sauna a very very much relaxes you you have a very very much relaxes you you have a very very much relaxes you you have a lot of sweat that's the sound that you lot of sweat that's the sound that you lot of sweat that's the sound that you experience with Jesse when we're in experience with Jesse when we're in experience with Jesse when we're in Connecticut so this this type of sauna Connecticut so this this type of sauna Connecticut so this this type of sauna has it relaxes you a lot you're dealing has it relaxes you a lot you're dealing has it relaxes you a lot you're dealing with a very high hit and then you're with a very high hit and then you're with a very high hit and then you're splashing water on those rocks and the splashing water on those rocks and the splashing water on those rocks and the steam goes off and and you you sweat so steam goes off and and you you sweat so steam goes off and and you you sweat so so much so it really detoxifies your so much so it really detoxifies your so much so it really detoxifies your skin so much and it relaxes your body a skin so much and it relaxes your body a skin so much and it relaxes your body a ton you know that type of sauna you you
27:00ton you know that type of sauna you you ton you know that type of sauna you you can you can pair it with cold water you can you can pair it with cold water you can you can pair it with cold water you know you can do rounds of cold water know you can do rounds of cold water know you can do rounds of cold water going back in the sauna and you're just going back in the sauna and you're just going back in the sauna and you're just dealing with a like a lot of the two dealing with a like a lot of the two dealing with a like a lot of the two elements in the extreme and the cool elements in the extreme and the cool elements in the extreme and the cool thing about those style of saunas is thing about those style of saunas is thing about those style of saunas is that you can also play with putting that you can also play with putting that you can also play with putting essential oils you know I that was like essential oils you know I that was like essential oils you know I that was like when you were there I was putting my when you were there I was putting my when you were there I was putting my Essential Oils I got this sauna puppy Essential Oils I got this sauna puppy Essential Oils I got this sauna puppy blend that I make I was with Jesse this blend that I make I was with Jesse this blend that I make I was with Jesse this last weekend and I I I've been kind of last weekend and I I I've been kind of last weekend and I I I've been kind of making my own concoctions of of oils but making my own concoctions of of oils but making my own concoctions of of oils but you can put something like for maintain you can put something like for maintain you can put something like for maintain it you know and it it opens your it you know and it it opens your it you know and it it opens your nostrils so much more you get a nostrils so much more you get a nostrils so much more you get a different kind of sweat but there's all different kind of sweat but there's all different kind of sweat but there's all kinds of oils that you could apply to to kinds of oils that you could apply to to kinds of oils that you could apply to to the water with splashing on the rocks the water with splashing on the rocks the water with splashing on the rocks and everything does a little different and everything does a little different and everything does a little different but yeah it's it's an awesome but yeah it's it's an awesome but yeah it's it's an awesome environment and that's kind of like the environment and that's kind of like the environment and that's kind of like the dry sauna and then you got infrared dry sauna and then you got infrared dry sauna and then you got infrared sauna they the the heat of the inflor sauna they the the heat of the inflor sauna they the the heat of the inflor rare is different than the heat of the rare is different than the heat of the rare is different than the heat of the dry sauna so the dry sauna is gonna hit
28:00dry sauna so the dry sauna is gonna hit dry sauna so the dry sauna is gonna hit your skin directly from from the heat of your skin directly from from the heat of your skin directly from from the heat of the environment and infrared is it's the environment and infrared is it's the environment and infrared is it's more from the inside out those saunas more from the inside out those saunas more from the inside out those saunas typically I say on average infrared typically I say on average infrared typically I say on average infrared you'll probably be able to get it to you'll probably be able to get it to you'll probably be able to get it to like 140 maybe 150 degrees I don't know like 140 maybe 150 degrees I don't know like 140 maybe 150 degrees I don't know what kind of sauna you have if you're if what kind of sauna you have if you're if what kind of sauna you have if you're if you have an infrared I don't know I do you have an infrared I don't know I do you have an infrared I don't know I do okay yeah I have an infrared and I okay yeah I have an infrared and I okay yeah I have an infrared and I usually set it at 140. so I'm glad that usually set it at 140. so I'm glad that usually set it at 140. so I'm glad that you said 140 because I usually just do you said 140 because I usually just do you said 140 because I usually just do the quick start on infrared son I don't the quick start on infrared son I don't the quick start on infrared son I don't do a particular program I started you do a particular program I started you do a particular program I started you know at the 140 and usually I'm sweating know at the 140 and usually I'm sweating know at the 140 and usually I'm sweating within a few minutes yeah yeah so it's a within a few minutes yeah yeah so it's a within a few minutes yeah yeah so it's a very different style of heat depending very different style of heat depending very different style of heat depending on what elements the sauna might have on what elements the sauna might have on what elements the sauna might have there's different variations of inflores there's different variations of inflores there's different variations of inflores saunas these days but it's the heat that saunas these days but it's the heat that saunas these days but it's the heat that you're gonna get from it is gonna go you're gonna get from it is gonna go you're gonna get from it is gonna go from the within from the inside out of from the within from the inside out of from the within from the inside out of your body it typically takes a little your body it typically takes a little your body it typically takes a little longer to get sweating in in that type
29:00longer to get sweating in in that type longer to get sweating in in that type of sauna but yeah the benefits are of sauna but yeah the benefits are of sauna but yeah the benefits are literally different the ones that we use literally different the ones that we use literally different the ones that we use now would sound as strong I used to kind now would sound as strong I used to kind now would sound as strong I used to kind of joke around like infrared because I of joke around like infrared because I of joke around like infrared because I was so hardcore into dry sauna because was so hardcore into dry sauna because was so hardcore into dry sauna because of the heat is such a high heat that you of the heat is such a high heat that you of the heat is such a high heat that you get so you get sweating way quicker and get so you get sweating way quicker and get so you get sweating way quicker and the other type of sauna so I used to I the other type of sauna so I used to I the other type of sauna so I used to I had like a sweet spot about infloration had like a sweet spot about infloration had like a sweet spot about infloration because I was like well I don't have an because I was like well I don't have an because I was like well I don't have an hour to go kill in the sauna right now hour to go kill in the sauna right now hour to go kill in the sauna right now and if I got a choice I'm gonna go into and if I got a choice I'm gonna go into and if I got a choice I'm gonna go into the dry heat but then the units that the dry heat but then the units that the dry heat but then the units that we're using now with sound as strong we're using now with sound as strong we're using now with sound as strong these saunas are built here in Minnesota these saunas are built here in Minnesota these saunas are built here in Minnesota I have connections with very talented I have connections with very talented I have connections with very talented Builders of saunas and that's how I sell Builders of saunas and that's how I sell Builders of saunas and that's how I sell saunas and I have very strategic saunas and I have very strategic saunas and I have very strategic Partnerships with local Builders here in Partnerships with local Builders here in Partnerships with local Builders here in Minnesota that that I been moving units Minnesota that that I been moving units Minnesota that that I been moving units like the ones that Jesse has you know like the ones that Jesse has you know like the ones that Jesse has you know but the infrared that we use here is a but the infrared that we use here is a but the infrared that we use here is a very different style of infloret this very different style of infloret this very different style of infloret this thing has Jada Stones carbon rods these
30:00thing has Jada Stones carbon rods these thing has Jada Stones carbon rods these things emit a lot of energy to your body things emit a lot of energy to your body things emit a lot of energy to your body so your body is very receptive from the so your body is very receptive from the so your body is very receptive from the energy of those materials there's energy of those materials there's energy of those materials there's Himalayan sea salt panels it has this Himalayan sea salt panels it has this Himalayan sea salt panels it has this mineral to the air we pump clear clean mineral to the air we pump clear clean mineral to the air we pump clear clean oxygen to an oxygenator into the machine oxygen to an oxygenator into the machine oxygen to an oxygenator into the machine and then you get light therapy and all and then you get light therapy and all and then you get light therapy and all the light therapy it affects your brain the light therapy it affects your brain the light therapy it affects your brain a lot and these things get to 165. so we a lot and these things get to 165. so we a lot and these things get to 165. so we use this type of sauna to do movement use this type of sauna to do movement use this type of sauna to do movement bread focus training you can also just bread focus training you can also just bread focus training you can also just go sit there and relax and it's it go sit there and relax and it's it go sit there and relax and it's it really recovers your body and it really recovers your body and it really recovers your body and it energizes your body that kind of heat energizes your body that kind of heat energizes your body that kind of heat too is different than the other one the too is different than the other one the too is different than the other one the other one is more relaxing this is more other one is more relaxing this is more other one is more relaxing this is more uplifting it gets you dial and you'll uplifting it gets you dial and you'll uplifting it gets you dial and you'll still get the benefits of the heat still get the benefits of the heat still get the benefits of the heat because you end up you end up sweating because you end up you end up sweating because you end up you end up sweating but those are the two type of saunas but those are the two type of saunas but those are the two type of saunas that I that I tangle with the dry sauna
31:00that I that I tangle with the dry sauna that I that I tangle with the dry sauna you also have electric you also have electric you also have electric units that replicate the same heat that units that replicate the same heat that units that replicate the same heat that you could have from from a wood burning you could have from from a wood burning you could have from from a wood burning sauna so they end up the rods on the sauna so they end up the rods on the sauna so they end up the rods on the electric unit you see the rocks on the electric unit you see the rocks on the electric unit you see the rocks on the stove and then you were able to Splash stove and then you were able to Splash stove and then you were able to Splash and do all of that and yeah the and do all of that and yeah the and do all of that and yeah the technology is it's amazing I mean all technology is it's amazing I mean all technology is it's amazing I mean all the sauna game the sound industry is the sauna game the sound industry is the sauna game the sound industry is booming right now there's a lot of new booming right now there's a lot of new booming right now there's a lot of new stoves and a lot of new techniques for stoves and a lot of new techniques for stoves and a lot of new techniques for how they're building them but yeah those how they're building them but yeah those how they're building them but yeah those are like those are the type of saunas are like those are the type of saunas are like those are the type of saunas that I play with and I kid you know them that I play with and I kid you know them that I play with and I kid you know them I'm in love with all of them you know I'm in love with all of them you know I'm in love with all of them you know I'm fascinated by Tau GUI makes your I'm fascinated by Tau GUI makes your I'm fascinated by Tau GUI makes your body feel doing any kind of sauna and body feel doing any kind of sauna and body feel doing any kind of sauna and especially if you compare it with the especially if you compare it with the especially if you compare it with the Koto Koto Koto yeah I got mice on a last Christmas last yeah I got mice on a last Christmas last yeah I got mice on a last Christmas last winter was my worst season in regard to winter was my worst season in regard to winter was my worst season in regard to illness ever my kids were bringing home illness ever my kids were bringing home illness ever my kids were bringing home new germs every single week I ended up
32:00new germs every single week I ended up new germs every single week I ended up getting coveted in January and eye getting coveted in January and eye getting coveted in January and eye infection shortly thereafter a infection shortly thereafter a infection shortly thereafter a horrendous respiratory infection upper horrendous respiratory infection upper horrendous respiratory infection upper respiratory infection and then a cough respiratory infection and then a cough respiratory infection and then a cough and it was just one thing after another and it was just one thing after another and it was just one thing after another after another but I stayed consistent after another but I stayed consistent after another but I stayed consistent with the sauna because I was told that with the sauna because I was told that with the sauna because I was told that it takes a few months to kind of build it takes a few months to kind of build it takes a few months to kind of build up the good benefits of katana it's not up the good benefits of katana it's not up the good benefits of katana it's not just going to be overnight so the first just going to be overnight so the first just going to be overnight so the first day you get in the sauna isn't day you get in the sauna isn't day you get in the sauna isn't necessarily going to miraculously necessarily going to miraculously necessarily going to miraculously improve your immune system and I just improve your immune system and I just improve your immune system and I just have to say that have to say that have to say that two of my kids are sick right now two of my kids are sick right now two of my kids are sick right now probably two of them had a runny nose probably two of them had a runny nose probably two of them had a runny nose last week the previous week two or three last week the previous week two or three last week the previous week two or three of them had a cough and a runny nose and of them had a cough and a runny nose and of them had a cough and a runny nose and I haven't been sick since last spring I haven't been sick since last spring I haven't been sick since last spring probably last winter or spring so I just probably last winter or spring so I just probably last winter or spring so I just don't want to say that I'm not sure if don't want to say that I'm not sure if don't want to say that I'm not sure if it's purely related to the sauna I've it's purely related to the sauna I've it's purely related to the sauna I've also increased my vitamin C and my also increased my vitamin C and my also increased my vitamin C and my vitamin D intake but the past few weeks vitamin D intake but the past few weeks vitamin D intake but the past few weeks knock on wood I have been healthy I do
33:00knock on wood I have been healthy I do knock on wood I have been healthy I do the sauna every evening the sauna every evening the sauna every evening I also just will mention that not only I also just will mention that not only I also just will mention that not only do I do the sauna you know also get do I do the sauna you know also get do I do the sauna you know also get facials and everything but I've had facials and everything but I've had facials and everything but I've had people comment on my skin recently and I people comment on my skin recently and I people comment on my skin recently and I just had an Instagram follower say I just had an Instagram follower say I just had an Instagram follower say I don't know what you're doing but keep don't know what you're doing but keep don't know what you're doing but keep doing it because your skin looks doing it because your skin looks doing it because your skin looks phenomenal and I was like oh hot could phenomenal and I was like oh hot could phenomenal and I was like oh hot could be the collagen I'm drinking the faster be the collagen I'm drinking the faster be the collagen I'm drinking the faster way collagen could be the sauna it could way collagen could be the sauna it could way collagen could be the sauna it could be the facials or it could be a combo at be the facials or it could be a combo at be the facials or it could be a combo at minimum the sun is not hurting you know minimum the sun is not hurting you know minimum the sun is not hurting you know I definitely feel like my skin looks I definitely feel like my skin looks I definitely feel like my skin looks better than it has in a long time so I better than it has in a long time so I better than it has in a long time so I love that we have the cold therapy we love that we have the cold therapy we love that we have the cold therapy we have the sauna you do both essentially have the sauna you do both essentially have the sauna you do both essentially daily for recovery for boosting the daily for recovery for boosting the daily for recovery for boosting the immune system for mood and overall immune system for mood and overall immune system for mood and overall health and you recommend that my health and you recommend that my health and you recommend that my listeners try to prioritize both at listeners try to prioritize both at listeners try to prioritize both at minimum daily or would you say a few minimum daily or would you say a few minimum daily or would you say a few times a week what what is your times a week what what is your times a week what what is your recommendation I mean if you have access recommendation I mean if you have access recommendation I mean if you have access to a sauna do it as often as you can you to a sauna do it as often as you can you to a sauna do it as often as you can you know definitely try to do it even like
34:00know definitely try to do it even like know definitely try to do it even like how you're doing it right now on Monday how you're doing it right now on Monday how you're doing it right now on Monday no I think that's that's amazing and no I think that's that's amazing and no I think that's that's amazing and then understanding the times of the day then understanding the times of the day then understanding the times of the day that work better for you with the code I that work better for you with the code I that work better for you with the code I say we all have access to tap water when say we all have access to tap water when say we all have access to tap water when you're taking power you know it might you're taking power you know it might you're taking power you know it might not be super cold during the summer but not be super cold during the summer but not be super cold during the summer but it will get colder as we go into the it will get colder as we go into the it will get colder as we go into the winter you know so the cold water we all winter you know so the cold water we all winter you know so the cold water we all have access to cold water you know and I have access to cold water you know and I have access to cold water you know and I think to me like the cold water is think to me like the cold water is think to me like the cold water is something that you you want to be doing something that you you want to be doing something that you you want to be doing daily I mean I kid you not I think and daily I mean I kid you not I think and daily I mean I kid you not I think and it is it's almost free you know you you it is it's almost free you know you you it is it's almost free you know you you go take a shower just don't don't just go take a shower just don't don't just go take a shower just don't don't just because the hot water off and and get a because the hot water off and and get a because the hot water off and and get a get a good blast of cold water and then get a good blast of cold water and then get a good blast of cold water and then if you're in nature you know I mean go if you're in nature you know I mean go if you're in nature you know I mean go jump on a lake even a creek like you jump on a lake even a creek like you jump on a lake even a creek like you know that some of the best plunges that know that some of the best plunges that know that some of the best plunges that I have ever done wearing bodies of water I have ever done wearing bodies of water I have ever done wearing bodies of water and or even in the ocean like I've been and or even in the ocean like I've been and or even in the ocean like I've been in Northern California Oregon where the in Northern California Oregon where the in Northern California Oregon where the with the ocean water is cold you know go with the ocean water is cold you know go with the ocean water is cold you know go go get in that thing and and let it let
35:00go get in that thing and and let it let go get in that thing and and let it let your body deal with some of that stress your body deal with some of that stress your body deal with some of that stress and if I was to have like a and if I was to have like a and if I was to have like a recommendation getting cold water every recommendation getting cold water every recommendation getting cold water every day if you have sauna access getting the day if you have sauna access getting the day if you have sauna access getting the sound as often as you can at the minimum sound as often as you can at the minimum sound as often as you can at the minimum do it once a week if it means going to a do it once a week if it means going to a do it once a week if it means going to a place that has access to a sauna do it place that has access to a sauna do it place that has access to a sauna do it once a week more the more the better and once a week more the more the better and once a week more the more the better and then start playing with that and again then start playing with that and again then start playing with that and again the times for it whatever works best for the times for it whatever works best for the times for it whatever works best for you I like to do it in the morning I you I like to do it in the morning I you I like to do it in the morning I like to do it in the middle of the day I like to do it in the middle of the day I like to do it in the middle of the day I really enjoy as a husband having quality really enjoy as a husband having quality really enjoy as a husband having quality time in the evening with my wife you time in the evening with my wife you time in the evening with my wife you know it's like we put the kids down know it's like we put the kids down know it's like we put the kids down they're going down for a sleep and they're going down for a sleep and they're going down for a sleep and instead of going and sitting in front of instead of going and sitting in front of instead of going and sitting in front of the TV like let's let's get a good sound the TV like let's let's get a good sound the TV like let's let's get a good sound accession and let's just talk you know accession and let's just talk you know accession and let's just talk you know and I I enjoy the sauna talk so much and and I I enjoy the sauna talk so much and and I I enjoy the sauna talk so much and that's how we met them and I we were that's how we met them and I we were that's how we met them and I we were talking in the sauna you know like you talking in the sauna you know like you talking in the sauna you know like you know what I'm talking about there's know what I'm talking about there's know what I'm talking about there's something about being there and sweating something about being there and sweating something about being there and sweating and you don't have your phone you don't and you don't have your phone you don't and you don't have your phone you don't have your email you're not looking at
36:00have your email you're not looking at have your email you're not looking at the TV you're you're talking with people the TV you're you're talking with people the TV you're you're talking with people you know if you're doing it with others you know if you're doing it with others you know if you're doing it with others so there's something very beautiful so there's something very beautiful so there's something very beautiful about sound attack about sound attack about sound attack oh that's such a good idea and I've been oh that's such a good idea and I've been oh that's such a good idea and I've been doing the sauna right before my kids go doing the sauna right before my kids go doing the sauna right before my kids go to sleep because Brandon's been kind of to sleep because Brandon's been kind of to sleep because Brandon's been kind of taking over bath time and so I've been taking over bath time and so I've been taking over bath time and so I've been doing it for you know 30 minutes during doing it for you know 30 minutes during doing it for you know 30 minutes during bath time and then seeing the kids and bath time and then seeing the kids and bath time and then seeing the kids and then putting them down but we could wait then putting them down but we could wait then putting them down but we could wait until the kids go down and then go in until the kids go down and then go in until the kids go down and then go in together so that's a great idea try it together so that's a great idea try it together so that's a great idea try it you know and I you know you'll see like you know and I you know you'll see like you know and I you know you'll see like session at night and finish with a session at night and finish with a session at night and finish with a little bit of cold water don't do too little bit of cold water don't do too little bit of cold water don't do too much then try to be done maybe an hour much then try to be done maybe an hour much then try to be done maybe an hour before you normally go to sleep and before you normally go to sleep and before you normally go to sleep and you'll see how good you're gonna sleep you'll see how good you're gonna sleep you'll see how good you're gonna sleep but again you're getting almost like but again you're getting almost like but again you're getting almost like couples therapy a lot of the issues that couples therapy a lot of the issues that couples therapy a lot of the issues that we see with people this is like there's we see with people this is like there's we see with people this is like there's a lack of communication and real bonding a lack of communication and real bonding a lack of communication and real bonding and US parents with kids you're always and US parents with kids you're always and US parents with kids you're always solving problems with a child with the solving problems with a child with the solving problems with a child with the children you know and and there's not a children you know and and there's not a children you know and and there's not a lot of quality time just with your
37:00lot of quality time just with your lot of quality time just with your significant other most people they they significant other most people they they significant other most people they they finish the day they go laying in bed and finish the day they go laying in bed and finish the day they go laying in bed and they're watching a show or or one person they're watching a show or or one person they're watching a show or or one person is reading the other person is doing is reading the other person is doing is reading the other person is doing some work in the computer and you're not some work in the computer and you're not some work in the computer and you're not really talking or bonding with your really talking or bonding with your really talking or bonding with your significant dollars so it's so simple significant dollars so it's so simple significant dollars so it's so simple it's like I call it couples therapy you it's like I call it couples therapy you it's like I call it couples therapy you know oh my gosh there we have it sauna know oh my gosh there we have it sauna know oh my gosh there we have it sauna Poppy the couple's therapist I love it Poppy the couple's therapist I love it Poppy the couple's therapist I love it okay you have been extremely helpful you okay you have been extremely helpful you okay you have been extremely helpful you have inspired me you've opened up our have inspired me you've opened up our have inspired me you've opened up our eyes to the value and the benefits of eyes to the value and the benefits of eyes to the value and the benefits of both cold therapy and sonus where can we both cold therapy and sonus where can we both cold therapy and sonus where can we find you online find you online find you online so it's very simple like if you have so it's very simple like if you have so it's very simple like if you have Instagram this sauna puppy we have the Instagram this sauna puppy we have the Instagram this sauna puppy we have the the gym where our website is getting the gym where our website is getting the gym where our website is getting built actually right now and we're built actually right now and we're built actually right now and we're hoping that we're gonna launch it next hoping that we're gonna launch it next hoping that we're gonna launch it next week but it's saunastrung.com week but it's saunastrung.com week but it's saunastrung.com bonusstrong.com yeah perfect yeah and I bonusstrong.com yeah perfect yeah and I bonusstrong.com yeah perfect yeah and I have my link in BIO you know I have a have my link in BIO you know I have a have my link in BIO you know I have a lot of very cool things that we're gonna lot of very cool things that we're gonna lot of very cool things that we're gonna be doing this winter so there's gonna be be doing this winter so there's gonna be be doing this winter so there's gonna be uh there's gonna be several links that
38:00uh there's gonna be several links that uh there's gonna be several links that I'm gonna have about all the stuff that I'm gonna have about all the stuff that I'm gonna have about all the stuff that I'm doing uh but literally I think the I'm doing uh but literally I think the I'm doing uh but literally I think the easiest route for people to find me is easiest route for people to find me is easiest route for people to find me is on Instagram at the sauna Papi and then on Instagram at the sauna Papi and then on Instagram at the sauna Papi and then sound as strong once we get running with sound as strong once we get running with sound as strong once we get running with the gym here we're gonna have a lot of a the gym here we're gonna have a lot of a the gym here we're gonna have a lot of a lot of the stuff that we're doing here lot of the stuff that we're doing here lot of the stuff that we're doing here we're gonna be putting it out there you we're gonna be putting it out there you we're gonna be putting it out there you know know know awesome awesome well Luis thank you so awesome awesome well Luis thank you so awesome awesome well Luis thank you so much we truly appreciate your time and much we truly appreciate your time and much we truly appreciate your time and we're better off for it yeah I'm super we're better off for it yeah I'm super we're better off for it yeah I'm super honored that you have me Amanda thank honored that you have me Amanda thank honored that you have me Amanda thank you so much for for reaching out and you so much for for reaching out and you so much for for reaching out and anytime you want to talk about all this anytime you want to talk about all this anytime you want to talk about all this stuff again I'm always here stuff again I'm always here stuff again I'm always here awesome bye everyone