If jumping straight into an icy shower feels overwhelming, start with warm water and gradually decrease the temperature.

Cold-water exposure is hot right now. From influencers touting the mental-health benefits of cold showers to professional athletes swearing by ice baths for recovery, it's become a bonafide wellness ...

Soothing sore muscles. Improving mood and sleep. Accelerating weight loss. Vagus nerve stimulation. Wellness enthusiasts, athletes, and maybe even your gym buddy are regularly praising ice baths for a ...

Ice baths have become a trend in health and fitness, especially among elite athletes and some celebrities. It’s impossible to scroll through social media without encountering someone “taking the ...

Co-authored by Lauren Rudolph and Robert T. Muller, Ph.D. The growing trend of “cold water immersion”—immersing yourself in ice baths or taking cold showers—is promoted as providing physical and ...

Co-authored by Lauren Rudolph and Robert T. Muller, Ph.D. The growing trend of “cold water immersion” — immersing yourself in ice baths or taking cold showers — is promoted as providing physical and ...

I’ve always been afraid of ice baths. But facing the fear seems unavoidable, especially if your FYP is anything like mine, you’ve likely seen people dipping in buckets of water at sub-zero temperature ...

Below we’ve picked some of the top at-home ice baths to use for post-workout recovery. But the truth is that you don’t have to be signed to a multimillion-dollar contract to get the benefits of cold ...

Anson Whitmer had a bracing solution to a flagging afternoon meeting at his company’s recent employee retreat. “We need to shake things up,” he said, clapping his hands to wake one dozing attendee.

Walk through any trendy suburb and you might find a new “wellness” studio offering ice baths or “contrast therapy” (a sauna and ice bath combo). Scroll social media, and you’re likely to come across ...

For the uninitiated, ice baths (also sometimes called cold plunge pools) have become a growing recovery method trend that touring musicians and professional athletes alike have tried, from Usain Bolt ...