Does anyone here do the HOF/Rogan cold plunge ?

No but I need to. I hear it’s mind over matter.

I've read what I would call a 'moderate' amount of information relating to cold plunges and heat therapy, so it goes without saying I haven't read 'everything' or probably even most of the information available, but 2 dozen or so abstracts seemed like enough to me. I can only read so many abstracts or papers that all seem to say the same thing before I start to tune out and say, "Well, that's that, I'm done here."

What I read passed my smell test for reliability and nothing I reviewed said there is any hard science behind any claimed health benefits of cold plunges. But people who like doing it, seem to really like doing it, and they "report" that it's beneficial. Which isn't proof, but that's what I read, like I said.....over. and. over. and. over. I came away feeling as if the cold plungers have become somewhat cultish in their thinking and behavior.

However, I do see a potential in cold plunges as a way to train yourself to overcome fears and charge head long into adversity, and that can be useful in many areas of life. As long as a person knows the basics of how to prevent suffering a cold injury or otherwise hurting themselves while doing this, it could be beneficial, but it's hard to read about because there's so many people who aren't objective at all. They can barely conceal their excitement in trying to indoctrinate you into the cold plunge crew, and that repels me because I know I'm gonna be fed a line of BS.

Yer probably right.

But I doubt he's wrong, either.

To anyone who cold plunges or takes ice baths, whatever you want to call it, if you like it and feel it helps you, do it. Just don't be bothered by people like me not wanting to join you because I need evidence it does good before I'm jumping in an ice cold tub. I don't care if it's only 2 minutes.
I'll be in my hot bath with some incense, some Creedence playing, and the ice will be in my root beer.

I’m trying to grow muscle mass.
Cold plunges stunt hypertrophy so it’s a no for me.

Reds has a cold plunge I use that .
I think the water is around 55

I'll be honest it sounds stupid

It's good to get out of your comfort zone but it seems like there would be ways to do that that offer actual benefit

Screw that. I don’t even like a cold shower.

I work hard and secure an income for a few core reasons…two of which are to afford cold AC and hot water.

I’d fight somebody that tried to throw me in an ice bath.

Same here in regards to running related recovery. In college I would follow up any track workout/long run with rolling out and stretching, then 8-10 min cold plunge that got below 40 degrees. I saw performance benefits and it was the only way I was able to get through two a day workouts/80+ mile weeks.

It worked for me. I know it's not beneficial for gaining muscle mass but I'm not focused on that.

he is a hack

all evidence points to cold therapy being detrimental to all things fitness