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Palm Cooling Between Sets
During rest periods in resistance training, cool the palms with a cool object, cool surface, or brief hand cooling rather than ice-cold immersion. The goal is to improve work capacity—often allowing more reps or total volume at the same load—by helping dissipate heat without triggering excessive vasoconstriction.
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“He's sitting down and putting his hands in the devices that we had built, which were cooling the palms of his hands. ... Yeah, that's what we were doing. We standardized the interval for resting or cooling.”
huberman · Essentials: Increase Strength & Endurance with Cooling Protocols | Dr. Craig Heller · Aug 7, 2025 · 21:40 · open ↗
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