Andrew Huberman· PhD
if you want to increase your metabolism, end with cold, that's a Søberg principle
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if you want to increase your metabolism, end with cold, that's a Søberg principle
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to achieve the greatest increases in metabolism through deliberate cold exposure, you want to force yourself to reheat on your own after the deliberate cold exposure, meaning you wouldn't want to go from the cold shower to a hot shower or from the cold shower to a sauna.
that's why you should end on the cold
the sober principle says end on cold as I understand it in order to force your body to heat itself back up and thereby increase metabolism further still is that right yes so when you when you end on the cold you you force your body to heat up by itself and that will require that you activate you keep your brown fat activated and also your muscles which is a good thing