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Cold Plunge ❄️🧊 #elijahhbryant #coldplunge #icebath *do not try this by yourself unless you have don

Name: Cold Plunge ❄️🧊 #elijahhbryant #coldplunge #icebath *do not try this by yourself unless you have don
Uploaded: 2023-02-18T18:52:19+00:00
Duration: 22 s
Channel: Elijah Bryant
Description: In this brief monologue, the speaker explains that the pleasure derived from a cold plunge is proportional to the pain endured during the ice bath. He…

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In this brief monologue, the speaker explains that the pleasure derived from a cold plunge is proportional to the pain endured during the ice bath. He cites a study from the University of Prague published in the European Journal of Physiology, which found that a painful ice‑bath stimulus causes dopamine levels to rise for approximately 2.5 hours after exposure. The speaker uses this evidence to suggest that even short (1‑3 minute) ice baths, despite being painful, can generate a lasting dopamine‑driven sense of reward.

The amount of pleasure that you will eventually experience is directly related to how much pain you experience. For instance, giving somebody a, like, a 10-minute ice bath, for instance, or even a 3-minute ice bath or a 1-minute ice bath, it's quite painful. But there was a study from University of Prague, the European Journal of Physiology, showed that after a painful ice bath stimulus, the amount of dopamine release goes up for 2.5 hours to