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Posted: 5/7/2024 9:27:35 PM EDT
[Last Edit: MadeintheUSA]
I have an Ice Barrel 500. I'm in southeast Florida and my 1/4 hp chiller runs about once every 1.5-2 hours. It begins cooling after it rises 1 degree. I have it set at 48 degrees with the danner 950 pump on constantly. I'm wondering if I need to turn off the pump because the water is heating up from flowing through the pipes in the Florida heat, but my pipes are insulated it shouldn't be that bad.
If you have no clue what this post is all about, and never done a cold plunge, it's pretty amazing how much a daily 2 min plunge after your morning shower can do for your physical and mental wellness. I'm never tired anymore. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 5:44:06 AM EDT
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After trying the cold shower thing for a week in November several years ago I decided that stuff is for people that live where it's hot and/or work inside.
We get enough of the cold by just existing in it. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:16:18 AM EDT
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I’ve read there’s no proof that cold plunging has any demonstrable benefits.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 4:20:41 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Oakley]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dogsplat: I’ve read there’s no proof that cold plunging has any demonstrable benefits. My limited anecdotal opinion. After a workout in the heat after climbing out of a cold tub I "feel" like I am less swollen. Not sure I have any better way to describe it, I also don't know if it improves recovery outside of the initial plunge and feel. ETA: I am also at this point pretty sure I wouldn't pay to have one. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 4:31:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dogsplat: I’ve read there’s no proof that cold plunging has any demonstrable benefits. Really? |
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IA, USA
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Posted: 5/8/2024 5:20:04 PM EDT
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I used to buy large bags of ice and put them in my bathtub along with cold water. I was hard to get in at first but I would lay in it. At first I thought it was having an effect, but there were no measurable gains or other noticeable differences in my day due to it.
I stopped doing it and deemed it a waste of my time. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 5:39:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lefty-weaver-g19: I used to buy large bags of ice and put them in my bathtub along with cold water. I was hard to get in at first but I would lay in it. At first I thought it was having an effect, but there were no measurable gains or other noticeable differences in my day due to it. I stopped doing it and deemed it a waste of my time. I can't see how making my day even more miserable is beneficial, especially in the winter when we are spending most of the day freezing at work. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 5:51:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dogsplat: I’ve read there’s no proof that cold plunging has any demonstrable benefits. It’s the sleight of hand steroid users on instagram use to pretend to be natural. Ice plunges, raw eggs, drinking your own jizz, bone broth, excess protein intake etc. Workout eat square healthy meals. You will be as healthy as your personal genetic disposition as a human can be. No amount of ice baths is going to do anything but make you cold. You want more than that. Get on the sauce. You will be able to recover quickly and workout 8 hours a day and get big and swole. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 6:39:08 PM EDT
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I see state sponsored weightlifting teams doing it all the time. Maybe it's just an eastern European thing, they're big on the sauna too.
Don't recall seeing any Asians doing the plunge, but who knows. First time I've heard about the jizz trick though. So let's say this gym bunny is blowing all the guys loaded up on HGH and stanozolol, is that why she's front squatting 180 for triple? 
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Posted: 5/9/2024 8:13:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dogsplat: I’ve read there’s no proof that cold plunging has any demonstrable benefits. I've read that it does. |
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Posted: 5/9/2024 8:17:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GutWrench: It’s the sleight of hand steroid users on instagram use to pretend to be natural. Ice plunges, raw eggs, drinking your own jizz, bone broth, excess protein intake etc. Workout eat square healthy meals. You will be as healthy as your personal genetic disposition as a human can be. No amount of ice baths is going to do anything but make you cold. You want more than that. Get on the sauce. You will be able to recover quickly and workout 8 hours a day and get big and swole. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GutWrench: Originally Posted By dogsplat: I’ve read there’s no proof that cold plunging has any demonstrable benefits. It’s the sleight of hand steroid users on instagram use to pretend to be natural. Ice plunges, raw eggs, drinking your own jizz, bone broth, excess protein intake etc. Workout eat square healthy meals. You will be as healthy as your personal genetic disposition as a human can be. No amount of ice baths is going to do anything but make you cold. You want more than that. Get on the sauce. You will be able to recover quickly and workout 8 hours a day and get big and swole. Eating your own jizz is a waste of time. No benefits. |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 8:04:01 PM EDT
[Last Edit: MadeintheUSA]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By txinvestigator: I've read that it does. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By txinvestigator: Originally Posted By dogsplat: I've read there's no proof that cold plunging has any demonstrable benefits. I've read that it does. |
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Posted: 5/22/2024 1:33:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dogsplat: I’ve read there’s no proof that cold plunging has any demonstrable benefits. Makes me feel better. Might be 100% placebo effect, I won't deny. Works for me, though. |
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Posted: 5/23/2024 2:35:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: crazymoose]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dogsplat: I’ve read there’s no proof that cold plunging has any demonstrable benefits. Conversely, there is evidence that cold immersion after lifting will rob you of some gains, but it will help you recover. So it makes sense for an athlete who needs to be ready for the field, but not a lifter who wants maximal gains. Similar to taking NSAID's, it blunts the acute inflammatory response to the exercise stimulus that is an integral part of the growth process. |
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Posted: 5/23/2024 2:40:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gr8Santini: Eating your own jizz is a waste of time. No benefits. 
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Posted: 5/23/2024 3:41:40 PM EDT
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A couple times I’ve tried standing under the cold water in the shower.
I guess I’ll just have to die early, cold plunge is not for me. I’ve heard Joe Rogan say he keeps his somewhere around 35 degrees. Fuck that shit. |
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Posted: 5/23/2024 10:26:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dogsplat: I’ve read there’s no proof that cold plunging has any demonstrable benefits. Do you even Huberman Lab podcast bro? |
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Posted: 5/23/2024 10:58:41 PM EDT
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I like them.
I just go swimming. It's like 50 degrees in my lake. |
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Posted: 5/24/2024 11:46:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 03RN: I like them. I just go swimming. It's like 50 degrees in my lake. Yup, you don't need 100 scientific studies to tell you if it feels good afterwards or not. I like 50 degrees for 15 minutes. A lake or a river at that temp is probably more difficult. The moving water makes a big difference in how it feels. |
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