If you are submerged up to the neck, sit there for about ten, 30 seconds and be very, very still of body. Even thoug it might sound a little bit silly, you are really training up your ability to keep your brain working when the reflex is to shut down the parts of your brain that are involved in deliberate planning and thinking. So if you're one of those people that likes to look tough or really relaxed while you're in the ice bath or cold water immersion, just realize that you're actually cheating yourself out of part of the stimulus. If they, or you were to move around in that water, what would happen is you'd break up the thermal layer, and

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