By Mike Tarrolly – Co-Host, Crushing Iron Podcast
Since I started plunging I’ve realized how often my brain goes into “excuse mode.” The weather was around 50 degrees in the afternoon and I’d just finished a run. Seems like the perfect time to jump in a cold lake, right? Evidently not.
I cooked up a thousand excuses for not plunging before looking out at the beautiful sunset and saying to myself, “You just lost another day.”
There’s something really powerful about telling yourself you have wasted a day of your life.
Yeah, I know, it wasn’t technically wasted, but I have been on a string of plunging that was going to end on one of the most welcoming days of the month. Somehow I convinced myself that it had to be done.
That’s might be the biggest return I’m getting from the cold plunge. Slowly overpowering that part of my brain that wants to quit or give in. Plunging is always hard and every time I follow through it gives me, not only an energy boost, but a confidence that I can do other hard things.
After finally getting in the 37 degree water, I stayed for 7 minutes without a problem. It’s really pretty wild how something that used to have me running for the exits is now my magnet.
And of course it’s always nice to have your dog waiting for you.
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