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Glabrous Skin Cooling for Physical Performance

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Glabrous skin cooling can offset hyperthermia and improve physical performance

  • Cooling should not be too cold to cause vasoconstriction
  • Frozen blueberries, cold drink, or cold metal object
  • Cooled bicycle handles for long rides
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Commercial product: Coolmit

  • Glove that circulates water at a specific temperature
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Effects of glabrous skin cooling on physical performance

  • Increases endurance and volume of strength training
  • Allows for more work over time
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Palmer Cooling

  • Placing palms of hands on a cool surface for 1–2 minutes between sets of exercise
  • Can improve endurance and strength gains
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    Andrew Huberman

    Dr. Andrew Huberman is a tenured Professor of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine. His laboratory studies neural regeneration, neuroplasticity, and brain states such as stress, focus, fear, and optimal performance.
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    Matt Walker

    Dr. Matt Walker is a Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology and the Founder & Director of the Center for Human Sleep Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the author of the international best-​selling book Why We Sleep and the host of “The Matt Walker Podcast.”
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    Rhonda Patrick

    Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D has become one of the leading public health educators on the brain and general health, aging, cancer, and nutrition. She earned her doctoral degree in biomedical science from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
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    David Sinclair

    David Andrew Sinclair AO is an Australian biologist and academic known for his research on aging and epigenetics. Sinclair is a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and is the co-​director of its Paul F. Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research.
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    Peter Attia

    Peter Attia, MD, is the founder of Early Medical, a medical practice that applies the principles of Medicine 3.0 to patients with the goal of lengthening their lifespan and simultaneously improving their healthspan.
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