Know what is the craze about taking a cold plunge and it is a 4 health benefits.
Cold plunge or a ice bath can be a good form of the mental and physical therapy. Here are in the 4 health benefits of the cold plunge.
Cold plunge or a ice water bath or cold water immersion, call it anything you like, but it has become a popular thing which everyone wants to the try. Whether it was because of the Ice Bucket Challenge that are spread like a wildfire in the year 2014 (which was an a initiative to the spread awareness about a A L S disease) or whether it is because of some or the other celebrity who are posts about it on in their social media handles.
Hollywood actress Inanna Sarkis who also owns a fitness app has been a promoting in the benefits of the taking to a cold plunge after to your workout, through her Instagram stories. The famous athlete Wim Hof, who is also known as the Iceman because of his Guinness World Record for a swimming under ice, might also be a trend setter of the cold plunge.
Indian actress Kalki Koechlin also a experienced an a ice bath a few months ago, and lasted 90 seconds and claimed it is “worth in the shock”.
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What is a cold plunge and how to do it?
Cold plunge is a basically a therapy for your mind and body which involves you having to the immerse to your body in a bathtub which is a filled with a cold water (3 to 4 degree Celsius) for at the least 2 minutes at a time. You need to do a 3 rounds of this 2 minute dip. Whether you want to the immerse yourself up to your chest or you want to do a full immersion is up to you, but doing a full immersion helps build to your lung strength.
What are the benefits of a cold plunge?
1. Increases to your energy levels
Most adults need a shot of the espresso or a cup of the warm chai to the kick start in their day and get out of the sleepy zone, but taking to a cold plunge can be a healthy replacement to that. Studies have shown that the cold water shocks the body and produces nor-epinephrine which helps with our focus and energy levels!
2. Relieves muscle pain
If you are an a athlete or a someone who loves working out excessively, then cold water therapy is the answer to all your body ache related a problems. Cold plunge has been used as a therapy for a sport players for years as it helps with in the recovery of their muscles. When you immerse to your body in a cold water, your blood vessels shrink bringing blood closer to our organs and once you step out in the blood vessels re-open which are improves in the blood circulation.
3. Can help a reduce depression
The production of the nor-epinephrine not only increases in the energy levels, but according to the some recent studies, lack of this hormone can be lead to the depression. Hence, taking to a cold plunge can be reduce in the signs of the depression and uplift to your mood in a general.
4. Anti-inflammatory
Swelling of the legs and feet is common in a athletes. Taking to a cold plunge can help reduce in the inflammation because of the drop in the temperature which helps them recover a faster and get a back to their routine.
If you are a fitness junkie and do not want any body aches coming in way of your workout routine then a definitely give it a try to the cold plunge!
