[vonnik]

Anecdata: ice plunges are a meta-cognitive skill. Several minutes in 45 F water results in a 12h+ boost in mood and good feelings in the limbs and skin, and 2-3 hours of heightened attention. I’m currently doing this ~4 times a week.

It’s the opposite of addiction’s dopamine cycle - a small pain the leads to a long-lasting high, rather than a drug’s small high that leaves you in its debt.

[criddell]

Do you have a cold plunge pool at home? If so, is it something you made?

[rednerrus]

https://andrewconner.com/cold-plunge/ https://diycoldplunge.com/

I would go the cooler route if I was starting today.

[vonnik]

I’m very lucky that a gym on my walking route to work installed a cold plunge. So I can get cardio and sauna from the same routine. (The effects in the first comment can and do come from pure plunge tho.)

[RHSman2]

Micro dosing versus macro dosing?

[vonnik]

In my case, macro and more of it. Huberman recommends 11min per week. For better or for worse, I'm doing a little over twice that.