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Ice Ice Barrel Find comfort in the uncomfortable by plunging into frigid water By Jim Schultz
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urning the dial, I sent my body into shock and changed my life forever. My immersion in cold water and even colder air began in January 2016 when I moved to Chicago. That’s where I began taking ice-cold showers as part of the hustle and bustle of my new early morning routine as I scurried from the gym to the tastytrade TV studio. And when you match the city’s sub-freezing weather with what feels like sub-freezing showers, it changes you from the inside. Fast forward to the present and I’ve moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, where the climate’s nearly the exact opposite of what Chicagoans face. How could I maintain my connection with the cold? Drawing up an ice-cold shower on demand during the eight-month winters in the Windy City never presented a problem, but mustering anything cooler than a lukewarm shower stream seemed nearly impossible in the Sunshine State without completely gutting the bathroom, hiring an electrician and obtaining building permits from the city. Still, the boundless energy and acute alertness I cultivated with years of cryogenic showers in Chicago left me eager to find a way to continue the tradition. So, 14 hours down the YouTube rabbit hole, I discovered Cold Therapy (didn’t know that was a thing), learned about Wim Hof (the Iceman himself) and knew I had to become part of the worldwide cold-plunger community. Soon, I secured a chest freezer for immersion purposes only and began plunging daily. But that seemed inconvenient in too many ways. Then I found a product that revolutionized my search for the freeze. I was sent an Ice Barrel, a device that makes it easy to plunge into the cold. The Ice Barrel The Ice Barrel’s black color helps set the dark mood that enables the ice to seep through the cracks of your soul and penetrate your innermost
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