Ben Greenfield tries whole-body cryotherapy at Paleo fx. The chamber hits −220 °F for 2.5 minutes, and the operator claims it concentrates blood flow with oxygen and nutrients, with recovery benefits lasting 2–4 days.
Questions this video answers
−220 °F (negative 220 Fahrenheit).
Two and a half minutes (2.5 minutes).
Two to four days.
In a cryotherapy truck at Paleo fx.
Hey, you guys, what's up? It's Ben Greenfield, and I'm coming to you from Paleo fx. I'm in a cryotherapy truck right now, and, dude, explain to me what I'm about to do.
Yes, sir. So Ben's about to hop into a whole body cryo chamber. We're gonna get the external temperature down to negative 220Fahrenheit. Ben will step out freezing. Baby, what's gonna happen? The recovery process will take over.
How long am I gonna be in there?
Two and a half minutes.
Two and a half minutes.
Ben will step out. The recovery process will take over. The internal blood flow will now be highly concentrated with oxygen and nutrients and something that Ben will recover on for two to four days. Naturally, we can do in two and a half minutes in this chamber.
Two and a half minutes? I'm gonna freeze my butt off. I don't. I can't bring my phone in there, can I?
We can keep it up top.
Really?
Absolutely.
So we can record this for folks.
We can come live, dude.
Okay, what we're gonna do is record this for you guys. So look for part two of this video. I'll follow up after this one. So cryotherapy, check it out.