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| Cold Therapy For Weight Loss |
Hot Trend: Tapping the Power of Cold to Lose Weight
The Berry Quark CPET, $30,000 snorkeling equipment, the analysis of the author Steven Leckart breathing to chart how the cold water affects the metabolism.
Photo: Andrew Tingle
Photo: Adam Voorhes; Illustration: Christoph Neiman
I'm in the fetal position in the bottom of the pool. Water temperature: 60 degrees Fahrenheit. In my lap there is a 20-pound weight anchoring me in place. All I'm wearing is a Speedo, a nose plug, goggles and a snorkel resembling oversize asthma inhaler. The funnel that connects to two 4-foot hoses feeding out of the water and into a PC-sized box next to the laptop.
After 20 minutes in the water, I shivered intensely. But it does not bother me so much as a headache. It feels like the pliers clamp the back of my neck while someone pricks my temples with icy-needle heat.
The suffering I experienced, I told myself. It can even be good for me.
Now a hand from above reaches into the water and slaps the side of the pool. It's my torturer, Ray Cronise, signaling that time is up. A former NASA material scientist who spent 15 years overseeing experiments aboard shuttles at Marshall Space Flight Center, Cronise is putting me through a series of tests at his home in Huntsville, Alabama. The snorkel equipment—$30,000 piece of lab equipment—
Photo: Andrew Tingle
Photo: Adam Voorhes; Illustration: Christoph Neiman
I'm in the fetal position in the bottom of the pool. Water temperature: 60 degrees Fahrenheit. In my lap there is a 20-pound weight anchoring me in place. All I'm wearing is a Speedo, a nose plug, goggles and a snorkel resembling oversize asthma inhaler. The funnel that connects to two 4-foot hoses feeding out of the water and into a PC-sized box next to the laptop.
After 20 minutes in the water, I shivered intensely. But it does not bother me so much as a headache. It feels like the pliers clamp the back of my neck while someone pricks my temples with icy-needle heat.
The suffering I experienced, I told myself. It can even be good for me.
Now a hand from above reaches into the water and slaps the side of the pool. It's my torturer, Ray Cronise, signaling that time is up. A former NASA material scientist who spent 15 years overseeing experiments aboard shuttles at Marshall Space Flight Center, Cronise is putting me through a series of tests at his home in Huntsville, Alabama. The snorkel equipment—$30,000 piece of lab equipment—
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