Josh TrentIdentity Transformation Architect and award winning Host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast—a decade-strong show with over 750 episodes and 15M downloads.

Ice Bath & Breathwork: Total Nervous System Reset | Wellness Force #Podcast

22 Nov 2021 · 2 min

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This is a podcast-style YouTube video (Wellness Force) in which a speaker (likely Josh Trent or guest) describes personal experiences with cold plunging and breathwork. Key claims: cold plunges reduce inflammation and speed post-workout recovery, produce a rapid increase in energy and mental clarity after 2–3 minutes, act as a fast form of meditation, and trigger a nervous-system reset via conscious breath control (targeting ~5–8 breaths per minute). The speaker also mentions metabolic/brown-fat effects but emphasizes breath control as the primary mechanism.

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Cold plunging. For me, the benefits are just an inflammation standpoint. You get in there post workout recovery. That is absolutely there. And then for me it's like the energy. Like I just come in there and I get this two to three minutes in there. My morning is accelerated. I'm clear, I'm concise. It's a fast track in meditation. So I could go sit for 10 to 20 minutes, which you know, I encourage everyone do that as well. But two to three minutes in there is almost that same feeling of my mind coming out of there. It's like the apps are turned off. I'm clear on what I want to go do and just feel fucking great. I really think we're actually. It's like the best workout for your nervous system. It's fundamental in working out. We work out to tear our muscles down and they build back stronger by getting in the plunge. It's like you're doing everything outside of what is commonplace. The adrenaline is increasing, your mind is screaming, this is not safe. Hypothermia. All the stories come up while you're in there and you literally get the opportunity to override not just the story. So no new neural pathways but your body. You get to go from a sympathetic state. Fight or flight. Get me out of here to know I am in control of this and I control my breaths. Get it down to five to eight breaths per minute. You have changed your whole body system. Think about what that could mean in any. Everything that we do in life that you are actually in control. That to me is the yes, there is other. Like you talked about the brown fat and the metabolism increase and these things that are happening to me. The biggest thing is this. We are in control through our breath. That is the anchor, that is the mechanism that we get there. But to rewrite our whole body system by doing something hard. Sa.