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Cold exposure is a hot topic again. Like most health topics, a predictable pattern has emerged. Some people experiment with an idea. They experience benefits. They share the benefits. Others join in...
Read more →In my previous post, I mentioned with a positive tone that I was able to increase my body temperature from 97.0°F to 98.4°F. This post will explore whether an increased body temperature is...
Read more →A thing I hear repeated often on health podcasts is that cold showers don't get easier. That is just not true. Of course, they get easier. The trick to making them easier is to remove the decision....
Read more →Several years ago on this blog, I posted a little bit about cold showers. It was one of many health experiments that caught my attention. My interest was building resiliency, strengthening the immune...
Read more →I'm putting this post together for myself. It is a collection of ideas that I found to be the most compelling related to the Coronavirus and personal health. It doesn't mean they are right. This post...
Read more →Another December, another cold. The genesis of this blog ever discussing health-related topics goes back to June of 2007. I was still in San Diego and I had 2 brutal colds back to back. I wanted to...
Read more →This winter I did an experiment. I started supplementing with ginger root capsules. Every day I would take a 550 mg dose. Sometimes 2 a day. People around me were getting sick, yet I seemed immune....
Read more →Now that I have enough experience with gaining and losing a few pounds over the years, I wanted to assemble all the ideas that have worked and those that haven't. This list is my experience, which...
Read more →I have a question for my readers that I can't answer. As many of you know, I have several articles on the topic of cold exposure. This is something I began experimenting with almost a decade ago. I...
Read more →Today I learned a wonderful word. From 10 Spanish Words That Have No English Translation: > 7. Friolento/Friolero > > Someone who is very sensitive to cold. > > Él es muy friolento y siempre pide...
Read more →Another story about how cool temperatures can help adults regain brown adipose tissue for metabolic advantage was published in July, but I just saw it this morning. From Let’s Cool It in the Bedroom:...
Read more →Probably the thing that annoys me most when I read health information is how articles fail to define their audience. What is good for some must be good for all. The classic example is coffee. Yes my...
Read more →For the past six years, I have been fascinated by cold temperature exposure. When I left the perfect temperatures of San Diego in 2007 for Seattle, I became uncomfortable at temperatures as high as...
Read more →I got a really interesting comment yesterday on my 2011 post A High Intensity Approach to Cold Weather Training. From Rick D: > My first exposure to thermogenics was from a french physician who wrote...
Read more →Head on over to Getting Stronger and read What cold showers and exercise have in common. This post covers the what we know so far about cold exposure and how it could help us lean out. In addition to...
Read more →It has now been just over five years since I began exploring cold temperature exposure. When I first started doing this, I didn't use the term thermogenesis. My goal was not to lose fat, but to widen...
Read more →At the start of this year, I stopped doing daily cold temperature exposure, which is something I have been practicing since 2008. No more cold showers and I could even be spotted walking around...
Read more →This is the 5th and final part of my series of posts on the role of exercise and fat loss. For the most part, I strongly believe that you lean out in the kitchen and not the gym. I think the role of...
Read more →There are some contradictory opinions on whether cold temperature exposure leads to fat loss or fat gain. Before I share my thoughts, I want to say that regardless of fat loss, I find cold weather...
Read more →Today was another wonderful day in Seattle. I took some photos as I urban hiked from Upper Queen Anne to Downtown. !seattle-view Upper Queen Anne looking west to Magnolia !sculpture-park-tree...
Read more →Today was a beautiful day in Seattle. It was mostly sunny in the upper 60s with no noticeable wind. In other words, it was a perfect day. Yet I looked around and I saw people wearing sweaters and...
Read more →It has been a while since I last posted on Cold Weather Training. For those new to the site, I began experimenting with cold temperature exposure back in 2008 as way to "toughen up" after living in...
Read more →My nutritional mentors all have variations on what they believe is the optimal diet. This leads to endless debates among people smarter than me. I have no desire to jump into those nutritional...
Read more →In December 2008, I did a post titled No Jacket Required. It detailed my experiment with cold weather exposure. At the end of that winter I shared my results in the post Still No Jacket Required....
Read more →Last winter I did a cold weather exposure project that I named No Jacket Required. It involved going without a coat the vast majority of the winter. From the post Still No Jacket Required: > Other...
Read more →I admit that when it comes to cold weather, I am a nut. I went last winter without wearing a coat for all but the 2 week snowstorm. Everyday I take a 2-3 minute ice cold rinse at the end of my...
Read more →Back in October, I shared my 8 Tips For Avoiding Sickness. Then in January, I narrowed it down to what I felt were the three most important in the post Fighting Sickness Ninja Style. After years of...
Read more →Yesterday the media discovered brown fat. How much of a role cold weather exposure plays in fat loss is still unknown, but there is one thing I'm confident about. This story will disappear and you...
Read more →I want to thank Mike D and The TailGunner for sending me links to the recent brown fat stories. Looks like my cold weather exposure project, which I called No Jacket Required, has some medical merit....
Read more →It appears that winter is over, so I'm ready to file my report on project No Jacket Required. To bring the new readers up to speed, this past winter I tested aggressive cold weather exposure on...
Read more →Last April in the post Shivering My Way to Leanness, I discussed how I was inspired by evolutionary fitness guru Arthur De Vany to try cold weather exposure. In a nutshell, throughout thousands of...
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