Dr. Kelly Starrett

Everyone, it's not a contest.

I'll tell you, it absolutely is. One of the things I like about the heat and the cold... is that it informs me about my readiness state. Because just like my CO2 tolerance, my breath holds are very short when I'm stressed and under recovered. My heat tolerance drops dramatically, and so does my cold tolerance. It's easier to pick up really fast. I start shivering right away.

I'll tell you, it absolutely is. One of the things I like about the heat and the cold... is that it informs me about my readiness state. Because just like my CO2 tolerance, my breath holds are very short when I'm stressed and under recovered. My heat tolerance drops dramatically, and so does my cold tolerance. It's easier to pick up really fast. I start shivering right away.

I'll tell you, it absolutely is. One of the things I like about the heat and the cold... is that it informs me about my readiness state. Because just like my CO2 tolerance, my breath holds are very short when I'm stressed and under recovered. My heat tolerance drops dramatically, and so does my cold tolerance. It's easier to pick up really fast. I start shivering right away.

I'm like, whoa, I've been in here for 30 seconds. I'm already shivering. I'm like, huh, another piece of data that says maybe I need to make it a 70% day in the gym and move. I don't have to take a day off. We believe, Juliette and I believe in this thing called desire to train. We wake up every day, like you, probably self-medicated with some exercise as kids, right?

I'm like, whoa, I've been in here for 30 seconds. I'm already shivering. I'm like, huh, another piece of data that says maybe I need to make it a 70% day in the gym and move. I don't have to take a day off. We believe, Juliette and I believe in this thing called desire to train. We wake up every day, like you, probably self-medicated with some exercise as kids, right?

I'm like, whoa, I've been in here for 30 seconds. I'm already shivering. I'm like, huh, another piece of data that says maybe I need to make it a 70% day in the gym and move. I don't have to take a day off. We believe, Juliette and I believe in this thing called desire to train. We wake up every day, like you, probably self-medicated with some exercise as kids, right?

And we start thinking about what we're going to exercise. What are we going to do? We're going to ride our bikes. What are we going to do? What are we going to lift? Like, when we wake up, we start thinking about when are we going to do it? And we wake up on some days and it's not there. And what we ask ourselves is, is it not there? Why is it not there? Is it me? I should be there.

And we start thinking about what we're going to exercise. What are we going to do? We're going to ride our bikes. What are we going to do? What are we going to lift? Like, when we wake up, we start thinking about when are we going to do it? And we wake up on some days and it's not there. And what we ask ourselves is, is it not there? Why is it not there? Is it me? I should be there.

And we start thinking about what we're going to exercise. What are we going to do? We're going to ride our bikes. What are we going to do? What are we going to lift? Like, when we wake up, we start thinking about when are we going to do it? And we wake up on some days and it's not there. And what we ask ourselves is, is it not there? Why is it not there? Is it me? I should be there.

We should go train anyway. But we really try to listen to that voice. And when there's no desire to train, it's really strange how it correlates with crap heat tolerance, crap CO2 tolerance, crap cold tolerance. And I think it's a nice way of understanding yourself from sort of a third-party objective measure, especially as you get good at this. You're like, wow, that really sucked today.

We should go train anyway. But we really try to listen to that voice. And when there's no desire to train, it's really strange how it correlates with crap heat tolerance, crap CO2 tolerance, crap cold tolerance. And I think it's a nice way of understanding yourself from sort of a third-party objective measure, especially as you get good at this. You're like, wow, that really sucked today.

We should go train anyway. But we really try to listen to that voice. And when there's no desire to train, it's really strange how it correlates with crap heat tolerance, crap CO2 tolerance, crap cold tolerance. And I think it's a nice way of understanding yourself from sort of a third-party objective measure, especially as you get good at this. You're like, wow, that really sucked today.

Yeah, and remember, ultimately all this is supposed to be additive, right? And it's supposed to inoculate me by creating a framework that makes more durable things. my body and my relationships. I mean, we didn't even talk about the fact that the sauna is like, it's just glue for people. It allows people to come together.

Yeah, and remember, ultimately all this is supposed to be additive, right? And it's supposed to inoculate me by creating a framework that makes more durable things. my body and my relationships. I mean, we didn't even talk about the fact that the sauna is like, it's just glue for people. It allows people to come together.

Yeah, and remember, ultimately all this is supposed to be additive, right? And it's supposed to inoculate me by creating a framework that makes more durable things. my body and my relationships. I mean, we didn't even talk about the fact that the sauna is like, it's just glue for people. It allows people to come together.

I think one of the things I've noticed with my male friends is that it gives us a place like once a week where we get together because it's so hot. We're all super vulnerable. The truth barrel. We talk with our friends and we kind of share stories and it can be talked about our lives. So it creates a framework for that. And if that was the benefit of the sauna, I'm in. Just that alone, right?

I think one of the things I've noticed with my male friends is that it gives us a place like once a week where we get together because it's so hot. We're all super vulnerable. The truth barrel. We talk with our friends and we kind of share stories and it can be talked about our lives. So it creates a framework for that. And if that was the benefit of the sauna, I'm in. Just that alone, right?

I think one of the things I've noticed with my male friends is that it gives us a place like once a week where we get together because it's so hot. We're all super vulnerable. The truth barrel. We talk with our friends and we kind of share stories and it can be talked about our lives. So it creates a framework for that. And if that was the benefit of the sauna, I'm in. Just that alone, right?

That my wife and I feel more connected after taking a sauna together. I'm like, well, who cares about the heat shock proteins and Alzheimer's? That's probably important too. But I like having a lot of bottom things. And I think it's easy for us to sort of – so hyper-science and hyper-tactic things that we forget the whole point of the brain is to be around other brains. That's it.