A Comprehensive Guide to Maximizing Your Ice Bath Routine
Tue Aug 13 2024 Ice baths are an essential part of the high performance lifestyle. But simply getting in the ice does not ensure you get the most out of it. By following these steps, you can take y...
The Cold Hard Facts: 5 Sauna and Ice Bath Myths
Wed May 15 2024 We swear by the power of contrast therapy at XPT its a cornerstone of the XPT Studio experience because its a proven science. The true physiological benefits of sauna and ice bath ...
Hot Take: Traditional Saunas Are the Gold Standard
Wed May 08 2024 The world of wellness is flooded with fleeting trends that promise major results. But more often than not, the most effective practices are those that stand the test of time. While ...
Cold Immersion: The Ultimate Resilience Building Tool
Thu Jul 14 2022 Extreme cold exposure is a unique tool for building resilience. Our preferred method of cold immersion, the ice bath, prevents future injury, improves your ability to cope with stre...
Sun Oct 20 2019 Recently, weve written extensively about the physiological advantages that contrast therapy provides such as stimulating a shift from a sympathetic to parasympathetic state, boosti...
How Extreme Exposures Equip You with Coping Tools & Strategies for a Resilient Life
Thu May 09 2019 Recently, weve written extensively about the physiological advantages that contrast therapy providessuch as stimulating a shift from a sympathetic to parasympathetic state, boosting...
Thu Mar 21 2019 Many people are familiar with the concept of sweating it out in the sauna. At XPT, we turn things up a notch. As part of contrast therapy, we advocate spending time in a high-heat e...
"I'm Freezing!" Overcoming Resistance to Ice Baths and Cold-Water Immersion
Tue Jan 29 2019 At XPT Experiences, the thing people are most fascinated by (and apprehensive) about is the ice bath. Sure, the novelty of our pool training is intriguing and, once they actually ge...
Home Ice Bath Setup with Chuck Glynn
Sun Jan 20 2019 Do you know how to take an ice bath? At XPT, we get a lot of questions about ice therapy, including, how long do you stay in an ice bath? and, how cold does it need to be? Although ...
Getting to the Heat (and the Cold) of the Matter: Contrast Therapy 101
Thu Dec 27 2018 If youre familiar with our XPT lifestyle, youll know that one of our three main pillars is Recover (the other two being Breathe and Move). We typically divide our recovery approach ...
Recovery Training: Sleep Your Way to Optimal Performance
Wed Apr 04 2018 Sleep is the ultimate performance enhancer, and sleep and training recovery go hand-in-hand. When considering factors of optimal performance, we often list off nutritional tips, wor...
6 Research-Backed Benefits to Sauna Post Workout
Fri Mar 30 2018 While many of us instinctively gravitate to the sauna after a workout as a way to relax, recover from hard work or simply indulge ourselves in something that feels good, we may be w...