According to mortality & longevity expert, Gary Brecka, "there is nothing on the surface of the earth that will remove calories from your body or burn fat at the rate of getting in cold water will."
It may seem too good to be true, like the ultimate cheat code to stripping fat off your body, trimming your waistline, tightening your figure, and conquering calories…
If it seems that way, it's because… it is.
When you immerse yourself in cold water, your body is forced to self-regulate your internal temperature (in order to keep your organs functioning and ultimately, to keep you alive).
Since calories are a measure of heat (a unit of energy equivalent to the heat energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 °C), your body has no choice but to burn calories in exchange for the required increase in temperature from being in cold water.
What's better than just torching through calories however, is the kind of calories your body uses for temperature regulation.
Since cold water immersion turns on the system of lipolysis in your body, better known as the conversion of white fat (stored, visceral fat) to brown fat (fat that is ready to be burned), you're not just burning "cheap" calories…
You're burning anywhere from 100-300 calories of stubborn, visceral fat every time you cold plunge (depending on time and temperature).
Here's the real fat burning hack to cold plunging…
Shiver.
That's right, reaching the point of shivering is well-documented as the climactic point where your body is:
1) Converting white fat to brown fat for utilization
2) Burning brown fat calories in exchange for increased temperature regulation
3) Igniting your body's metabolism for the remainder of the day
If you want to get the most out of fat burning from cold plunging, aim for 3-5 minutes of cold exposure, to the point of shivering, first thing in the morning (before you've eaten).
This way, your body is using nothing but stored fat as its fuel source to keep you warm.
Cold showers of course are a great way to get started with cold plunging…
But they won't give you the cold required to turn on the ultimate cheat code to torching fat (and calories).
Ready to start torching calories in as little as 3 minutes a day?
In our blog, you'll unlock the secret to maximizing fat burn with cold plunging.
You'll learn about the Søeberg Principle, top cold plunge protocols, the science behind calorie burning, and get answers to frequently asked questions.
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