Dr. Kelly Starrett

Did the breath hold cold laps? It's fun. I'm going to put in quotation marks.

Did the breath hold cold laps? It's fun. I'm going to put in quotation marks.

Did the breath hold cold laps? It's fun. I'm going to put in quotation marks.

Sometimes it's type two fun.

Sometimes it's type two fun.

Sometimes it's type two fun.

So you, I think, have even talked about that there is research to show that cold water immersion can attenuate training effects. Yes.

So you, I think, have even talked about that there is research to show that cold water immersion can attenuate training effects. Yes.

So you, I think, have even talked about that there is research to show that cold water immersion can attenuate training effects. Yes.

I'm a middle-aged guy who wants to be the best middle-aged mountain biker in my neighborhood. Is my timing of my plunge going to affect my ability to be that mediocre athlete? No. So stop it. People are like, when's the optimal time? I'm like, when's it work for you? Is that first thing in the morning?

I'm a middle-aged guy who wants to be the best middle-aged mountain biker in my neighborhood. Is my timing of my plunge going to affect my ability to be that mediocre athlete? No. So stop it. People are like, when's the optimal time? I'm like, when's it work for you? Is that first thing in the morning?

I'm a middle-aged guy who wants to be the best middle-aged mountain biker in my neighborhood. Is my timing of my plunge going to affect my ability to be that mediocre athlete? No. So stop it. People are like, when's the optimal time? I'm like, when's it work for you? Is that first thing in the morning?

Juliet found that if she got hot and plunged it in the night, she was like woken up and fired up and ready. She's like, I'm not going to sleep now. And I get hot and cold, hot and cold, and it's like someone hits an emergency brake, right? So first of all, when's it work for you? Second of all, if there is a performance concern, we try to put it as far away from training as we can.

Juliet found that if she got hot and plunged it in the night, she was like woken up and fired up and ready. She's like, I'm not going to sleep now. And I get hot and cold, hot and cold, and it's like someone hits an emergency brake, right? So first of all, when's it work for you? Second of all, if there is a performance concern, we try to put it as far away from training as we can.

Juliet found that if she got hot and plunged it in the night, she was like woken up and fired up and ready. She's like, I'm not going to sleep now. And I get hot and cold, hot and cold, and it's like someone hits an emergency brake, right? So first of all, when's it work for you? Second of all, if there is a performance concern, we try to put it as far away from training as we can.

That's what we say. Training in the evening, plunge before. If you train in the morning, plunge in the evening. Get cold, that's cool. But what you hinted at is the same reasons why we don't ice injuries, because it limits our body's ability to heal. So it rate limits, and it might do it by phase of constriction. Your body, eventually your body's gonna warm up anyway.

That's what we say. Training in the evening, plunge before. If you train in the morning, plunge in the evening. Get cold, that's cool. But what you hinted at is the same reasons why we don't ice injuries, because it limits our body's ability to heal. So it rate limits, and it might do it by phase of constriction. Your body, eventually your body's gonna warm up anyway.

That's what we say. Training in the evening, plunge before. If you train in the morning, plunge in the evening. Get cold, that's cool. But what you hinted at is the same reasons why we don't ice injuries, because it limits our body's ability to heal. So it rate limits, and it might do it by phase of constriction. Your body, eventually your body's gonna warm up anyway.

So one of the things we like to say is your body either heals at the rate of a human being, or it heals slower. So there's no such thing as a fast healer. You're just, oh, you're really good at healing at the rate of human physiology, and the rest of us are doing dumb things that are rate limiting our healing. Nutrition, sleep, right? When we are talking about anyone after surgery or injury,

So one of the things we like to say is your body either heals at the rate of a human being, or it heals slower. So there's no such thing as a fast healer. You're just, oh, you're really good at healing at the rate of human physiology, and the rest of us are doing dumb things that are rate limiting our healing. Nutrition, sleep, right? When we are talking about anyone after surgery or injury,