The Surprising Link Between Cold Plunging, Testosterone & Sexual Performance (For Both Men & Women!), With Dr. Thomas P Seager
Ben Greenfield Life
Ben Greenfield
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2025
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
In this fascinating episode, you’ll get to discover the powerful link between cold plunge therapy and sexual health with Dr. Thomas Seager, author of Uncommon Cold: The Science & Experience of Cold Plunge Therapy. You’ll explore how cold exposure can naturally boost testosterone in both men and women, support prostate health, enhance mitochondrial function, and address issues like infertility and metabolic dysfunction.
Whether you're curious or committed to cold plunges, this episode will give you practical tools to take your health to the next level!
Full show notes: https://bengreenfieldlife.com/uncommon
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| 0:00.0 | My name is Ben Greenfield and on this episode of the Boundless Life podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | And you still see this nonsense on social media where people are like, ice baths don't work. |
| 0:10.5 | If a man is doing his ice bath after his exercise to reduce delayed onset muscle soreness or something like that, |
| 0:18.1 | it will suppress his testosterone. But if you reverse it, |
| 0:23.0 | if a man does the ice bath before the exercise to pre-cool, it will boost the lutenizing hormone. |
| 0:29.8 | And it will boost the testosterone. We did four documented case studies. And then we added women. |
| 0:36.5 | It turns out women also get a big boost in |
| 0:39.1 | testosterone. Most women don't know how beneficial that is for them. Welcome to the boundless |
| 0:45.5 | life with me, your host, Ben Greenfield. I'm a personal trainer, exercise physiologist, and |
| 0:51.2 | nutritionist, and I'm passionate about helping you discover unparalleled levels of health, fitness, longevity, and beyond. |
| 1:04.9 | A lot of kids' multivitamins are gummy junk. We're talking like five grams of sugar and all the other |
| 1:11.7 | artificial crap they throw into kids multis. Not high yet. It's a superpowered chewable |
| 1:16.7 | multibitamin formulated with the help of pediatricians and nutrition experts with 12 organic |
| 1:22.7 | fruits and veggies, supercharged with 15 essential vitamins and minerals, including |
| 1:26.3 | vitamin D, B12, zinc, folate, |
| 1:28.8 | and many others to support the immune system, energy, brain function, mood, concentration, teeth, |
| 1:33.5 | bones, and more to help your kid grow up well with all the bases covered, which is nice for a parent |
| 1:40.1 | who is wondering if their kid is getting enough of the right stuff every day. |
| 1:43.6 | It's non-GMO, vegan, dairy-free, allergy-free, |
| 1:45.9 | gelatin-free, nut-free, and everything else free you can imagine except the good stuff. |
| 1:50.0 | They even third-party test it for heavy metals and microbials. |
| 1:53.3 | So your kids don't get metals in their brain from their multivitamin. |
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