Brrrr-illiant challenge alert! 🥶 This CrossFit cold plunge initiative sounds like the ultimate test of mental and physical resilience. Time to embrace the chill and challenge my inner Wim Hof! Who's joining me in turning discomfort into a growth opportunity?

Such a great initiative with the Cold Plunge Challenge! I recently read an article on https://arcticplungegear.com/ about the physical and mental benefits of cold plunging, including faster recovery and improved focus. It’s awesome to see challenges like this encouraging more people to give it a try. 

Do you have any tips for beginners taking on this challenge, especially for handling the initial shock of the cold? Would love to hear your thoughts

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This ice bath look really cool ! 
Unfortunately, they didn't deliver at my place (france^^)
If there is French peoples in the community, you can found your ice bath here

when is the best time to do this? in the morning? post-workout? pre-workout?

Man this sounds kind of odd to be honest. Especially the "determine your purpose" part. And there's a big difference between two and ten minutes. Also, what specifically about the water is it that makes it beneficial? What if it's just exposure to the cold, in general, that provides a benefit? We spend so much time in heated buildings with cozy blankets it makes sense that our bodies need to be cold sometimes as a stimulus to drive good adaptations. I'd be curious to see what would results would come from a group that did this challenge vs. a group that did a 10-minute walk in the cold every day for a month, or do their daily WODs outside, or something like that.

Reading all the Magic of CrossFit stuff lately has me looking at this through a lens of measurable, observable, and repeatable. And there seems to be a lot of variables here that would make this difficult to draw conclusions from. Unless the goal is to promote cold therapy products.

This is great. I really think you need to post more safety guidelines around cold plunging though. 

I too am a ICU nurse. I truly understand. I get up before my shift to go to CrossFit and it is my drug of choice. I am energized and ready for the day.  I have noticed that CrossFit has helped with my mental health and my performance at work. I also can do many rounds of CPR. Continue up with the great work the patients depend on you. 

Yes! It’s great, I’ve been doing ice bath for well over a year now, cold showers every morning! My body and my mind are craving both! I have to challenge my self in the ice bath tho, haven’t dunk my head under yet…

Crossfit is feeding your spirit.

Crossfit Pyro is 100% in. I personally been doing it for a year almost daily and it changed my life. Got diagnosed with advanced arthritis in my left hip, I was stuck with only one option, hip replacement. I could barely walk and was limping around. 15yrs of firefighting in a busy downtown hall does that to you. The ice bath got my inflammation low enough so I could start stretching again and regain some mobility. Now, Im almost back to normal but still a long way to go. Ill be sharing this challenge with our community and go all in. This is awesome!!

I just got done coming up with a make shift cold tub. Perfect timing!