So it’s been a week of ups and downs since my last post about doing the ice bath. Last week I had a very successful 5-minute soak in water that was below 40 F, and blogged about it with great enthusiasm. In fact, I suggest reading that first, before continuing. With my newfound confidence in…
Well I finally did it! I kept stressing about my experience standing in the snow, and that readiness for real ice exposure was so far away. After a remarkably “comfortable” 10-minute shower the day before, my confidence was high and I had to test where my limit was. So I bought 32 lbs of ice from…
The last few days since recovering from the stomach bug have been discouraging. We got some fresh snow about the time I finished the Scott Carney book, and was encouraged to go run in the snow barefoot in the Week 6 video (of the 10-week online course). Further, Scott recalls in the book about his…
As referenced in my last post, I purchased this book by Scott Carney and started reading it while I was recovering from my stomach bug: What Doesn’t Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength I finished it last night, and I gotta say it is a wonderful…
I think it’s unrelated, but it would be misleading if I didn’t mention it amidst all the candy and unicorns I talk about WHM and immune system improvements. The fifth week of the 10-week WHM course challenges you to do a 10-minute cold shower every day of the week. I didn’t feel great going into it…
So I’m back into the full swing of WHM, and have been pushing myself pretty hard with the cold exposure. And keeping a diary of the cold sessions. Keep in mind that I documented a few weeks of WHM training about a year ago, so I am not a newbie to this stuff. I did…
I’ve been doing some research on brown adipose tissue (brown fat), and found that it seems to be an important concept for overall health. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/supercharging-brown-fat-to-battle-obesity/ One of the studies mentioned in that link suggests that cold exposure at first only burned an extra 100 calories/day, but after six weeks it jumped to 300 calories/day. It…
