A brief cold-water shower used as a simple form of deliberate cold exposure. People typically finish a normal shower with 30 seconds to a few minutes of cold water, often before work or a challenging task, to create an acute stress response that can increase alertness, epinephrine, and dopamine and help boost motivation.
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“But a lot of people are using cold baths or ice baths or cold showers. And again, that's not going to optimize recovery.”
Andrew Huberman · Supercharge Exercise Performance & Recovery with Cooling | Huberman Lab Essentials · Mar 20, 2025 · 23:11 · YouTube ↗