Essentials: Supercharge Exercise Performance & Recovery with Cooling
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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I discuss the critical role of temperature regulation in optimizing athletic and physical performance.
I explain why overheating can hinder performance and endurance and how techniques like palmar cooling can help extend physical effort by aiding temperature regulation. I also highlight how specific body areas, such as the palms and face, are key targets for regulating temperature, allowing heat to dissipate efficiently. Lastly, I discuss how temperature can support training recovery while cautioning that extreme cold, such as ice baths immediately after training, can block adaptations.
Huberman Lab Essentials are short episodes—approximately 30 minutes—focused on essential science and protocol takeaways from past Huberman Lab episodes. Essentials will be released every Thursday, and our full-length episodes will still be released every Monday.
Articles
- Work Volume and Strength Training Responses to Resistive Exercise Improve with Periodic Heat Extraction from the Palm (Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research)
- Heat extraction through the palm of one hand improves aerobic exercise endurance in a hot environment (Journal of Applied Physiology)
People Mentioned
- Craig Heller: professor of biology, Stanford University
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