EP 731: Ice, Mind, Body - The Ice Bath Effect

Trail Runner Nation

Ultramarathon, Fitness, Running, Community, Health & Fitness, Trail, Endurance, Trails, Sports

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🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Can three minutes in freezing water reduce inflammation, boost testosterone, and improve your relationships?

We talk with Dr. Thomas Seager, co-founder of Morozko, about the powerful impact of cold plunge therapy on physical and mental wellness. Dr. Seager shares how cold exposure helped him overcome a midlife crisis and prostate health concerns, offering both scientific insight and personal stories. We explore how cold therapy reduces inflammation, supports testosterone levels, and activates the calming dive reflex. The conversation emphasizes the psychological benefits of ice baths, from mental resilience to improved relationships and emotional bonding. Listeners are encouraged to embrace self-experimentation, discomfort, and present-moment awareness as tools for personal growth. Dr. Seager also challenges traditional medical norms, advocating for experience-based wellness decisions.

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0:00.0	You should know that if you do this, you will hate it.
0:07.0	Everybody hates it.
0:09.0	That's good.
0:10.0	It's good to have the right expectation.
0:12.0	Right.
0:13.0	You're not supposed to like it.
0:15.0	It's supposed to be uncomfortable.
0:17.0	I will never bully or coerce anybody into the ice.
0:22.0	So you are never going to see me with like a megaphone going
0:25.0	breathe motherfuckers, you know, something like this is no drill sergeant in me
0:31.0	when it comes to the ice bath. I believe that you have to get in and out of your
0:36.4	own volition. Welcome to the Trailhead of Trailrunner Nation.
0:53.6	We go on virtual trail runs with all of you nation members every week and we invite people
1:00.1	to come on that are passionate about running and teach us how to be better
1:05.4	runners, enjoy running, become healthier, and hopefully become better human beings.
1:10.2	And today we're going to talk about cold punches. How can that make us better
1:14.4	runners and recover quicker and perhaps even better human, Scott? Scott, we
1:20.0	have an exciting announcement. I mean, you were the one that started the red,
1:23.7	white, and blue trucker hat with ATTR in,
1:26.6	but you've also started a couple other things
1:29.3	that I wanna point out.
1:30.3	Oh, okay.
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