Sal Di Stefano

Cold plunge is very valuable for people who have things kind of already in balance and they can handle a little bit more stress.

Then there's some really good immune system boosting effects.

It's very valuable for athletes.

Who are constantly teetering on the edge of overtraining and they want to practice more, but they just can't recover enough.

A cold plunge can kind of help give them another three, four percent so they can go and do more training.

But yeah, it's definitely been overhyped in that sense.

Most people would benefit from simply exposing themselves to the elements a little bit more.

So, you know, I want to, I do also want to say this in, you know, I want to give credit to this, right?

Our body's ability to acclimate to temperature changes is a muscle that is atrophied in us.

Okay.

Because we're constantly in temperature controlled environments.

So there's definitely value in allowing that muscle to be exercised.

So if you've ever lived in a very hot environment or a very cold environment, you know how you can kind of get used to it.

So years ago, I had a stake of an ownership in a gym in Palm Springs.

In the summer, it gets hot as hell there.

120 degrees.

I lived there for long enough to where when I came back up here to San Jose, it'd be like 90 degrees and I wouldn't feel that hot because I got used to the 100.

It is, right?

Then I'd have friends of mine that came from Minnesota or Chicago.

They'd come over here.