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Stuff You Should Know

Short Stuff: Hot Cold Plunge

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Jumping into a cold pool after a long sauna or hot tub can be pretty great. Saunas have proven health benefits like lowering blood pressure; cold plunges are shown to reduce inflammation. Why not combine them? A bunch of safety reasons, bucko, that’s why.

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0:00.0

The world is full of magic and wonder if you know where to look and I'm obsessed with looking for it.

0:07.5

I'm Simon Sinick and I host a podcast called A Bit of Optimism.

0:12.0

Each week I have a short conversation with someone who inspires me or teaches me something about life, leadership, and other curious things.

0:20.0

I hope you'll join me on the journey.

0:22.0

Listen to a bit of me on the journey.

0:22.6

Listen to a bit of optimism on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your

0:28.0

podcasts.

0:29.0

Hey and welcome to the Short Stuff, Josh, Chuck, Jerry, not Dave, but Dave, Short Stuff, let's go.

0:40.0

That's right. We're talking about the very hot trend.

0:45.4

It's been around for a long, long time, depending on where you are in the world, but it's a very

0:49.9

hot trend, of course, among probably celebrity types and influencers. We're talking

0:55.8

of course about cold plunging and specifically the sort of hot cold thing

1:00.3

either hot tub or sauna. Yeah, I'm sorry, sauna.

1:04.0

Is that just you that says that?

1:07.0

No, we got, uh, when we did our sauna episode,

1:11.0

every Finnish person in the world wrote in and said it's pronounced

1:13.8

sauna wow great nicely done yeah I'm gonna start saying sausage sausage

1:19.8

I already say sausage yeah you want to see how the sausage is made?

1:24.0

Do you, are you part finned?

1:27.0

No, no.

1:28.0

I wish I was, but I'm not.

1:29.0

Okay.

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