icebaths - tech

[H2O]

I am thinking about taking ice paths and for these need ice cubes.
My first idea is to freeze water in the freezer in thin walled stainless steel bottles, then throw
these into the water. Is this a valid approach?
Is it worth investing in an ice cube maker?

How do you do it?

[Gammmmo]

Can I ask why firstly? Was under the impression they reduce any training response. If you simply want to make your legs feel better more quickly then fair enough. Not sure where u live and what is near but what about a lake or river nearby? I know Craig Alexnder the ex World Champion Ironman used to do this. Not sure the water has to be quite so cold(??)

[H2O]

I first heard about it on the sprint thread where Shawn Baker talked about it.
Then I found Wim Hof on the net. I simply want to give it a try. No particular reason.

Mostly I live in Frankfurt, Germany, no cold water in the summer. Sometimes dwell in Austria
where we do have a glacier fed river. Will try this one for sure.

[Carl Watts]

I found localised cold when treating a sore elbow worked well, but I'm not getting in an ice bath !

[Allan Olesen]

I think you will find that the amount of heat energy your freezer can remove per hour will set the limit for how fast you can freeze a large amount of ice. So don't think too much about the type of container you use - it will take approximately the same time in any type of container, no matter if it has good or bad heat transfer.

I would probably just use some plastic bags, filled with water and closed with a knot. If you use large bags and only fill them partly with water, you can store them "flat" in the freezer so you end up with large ice sheets which will have good heat transfer to the water when you later put them in your bath.

I am so lucky to live in a place where I just jump into the ocean during winter when I go ice bathing. Not for the purpose of any muscular training, but more as a safety exercise to train my reflexes in cold water.

[Gammmmo]

I first heard about it on the sprint thread where Shawn Baker talked about it.
Then I found Wim Hof on the net. I simply want to give it a try. No particular reason.

Mostly I live in Frankfurt, Germany, no cold water in the summer. Sometimes dwell in Austria
where we do have a glacier fed river. Will try this one for sure.

Fair enough. You might get something out of this thread, as an aside:
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=155401

[H2O]

I would probably just use some plastic bags, filled with water and closed with a knot. If you use large bags and only fill them partly with water, you can store them "flat" in the freezer so you end up with large ice sheets which will have good heat transfer to the water when you later put them in your bath.

Thanks, this is an excellent suggestion.