Engaging in difficult physical activity may provide a greater sense of accomplishment and gratitude compared to less intense activities like cold plunges.

“but also there is now more and more research accumulating that doing difficult things physically is good for your mental health uh there's a lot of publicity lately to cold plunges uh you know huberman and and all that stuff and a cold plunge because it's so annoying kind of makes you um more grateful for the knot pain you're engaging in the rest of the day and it's really good for you I have one better you do a 30 minute session of back to backto back compound free motion or dumbbell or barbell or even machine work and sweat your balls off and huff and puff the rest of the day seems like like a breeze and the Endorphin kick is massive it's like surviving a traumatic episode”