Essentials: Increase Strength & Endurance with Cooling Protocols | Dr. Craig Heller

Welcome to Huberman Lab Essentials, where we revisit past episodes for the most potent and actionable science-based tools for mental health, physical health, and performance. I'm Andrew Huberman and I'm a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine. Today I have the pleasure of introducing Dr. Craig Heller as my guest on the Huberman Lab podcast. And now for my discussion with Dr.

Craig Heller. Great to have you here. It's good to be here. Yeah. I know that I and many people have a lot of questions about the use of cold.

So one of the things that's happened in recent years is that for many reasons, people have become interested in things like taking cold showers and taking ice baths. for many different purposes. Could you just tell me a little bit about what happens when I get into a cold shower or an ice bath? Well, first of all, you get a tremendous shock. And what that's going to translate into is a bit of a shot of adrenaline.

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