Extreme Ice Bath Challenge

- Today we take a

bath

... in ice. - Let's talk about it. ♪ (theme song) ♪ Good morning mythical-g-g-g! (shivers, gasps) Today we are going to do something we do occasionally, which is subject ourselves to something unpleasant for your entertainment. So get ready for that. - It's happening again. Ice

bath

s. - I'm just... Ugh, ice baths. I... - Man, I didn't sleep well last night. - Actually? - Thinking about this. - Are you thinking about this? - Yeah! - Well, I feel sorry for you. But I'm also doing it, so not really. - I mean, aren't you wondering if we can do this? - I do not want to think about that.

I'm positive. I am a positive thinker. -He questioned just a few seconds ago-if we could even do this. - Don't tell them that! This is what I want to tell you. I want to tell you that ice baths are something that people have done... humans have been doing this for years! In cold places, people like to run and jump into arctic pools and make holes in the ice and they run and take a little ice bath. -Boop! It encourages you! It is a way to experience everything on the human spectrum: experience! Hot and cold! - Oh!

People do that. They get really cold and then they go into a sauna and then... they come back out, you know? -Are we going to get very hot? - It makes you live forever, I don't know. - No. But, curiously, one of the things that has happened in the more recent past is that athletics has been incorporated... - Athletics has existed for a long time. Athletics has happened in the recent past, no. So athletes are now doing this as a treatment. Apparently, ice baths help reduce inflammation, so many people who exercise very hard and then go into the ice bath have a faster recovery time.

There are marathon runners who really swear by this. And also when people get injured, it's a great way to treat inflammation. And you live longer because everything is slowing down. - Slows down. Oh yeah. - But your quality of life also slows down, to the point of slowing down. - Is that how it works. An ice bath is usually taken for 6 to 8 minutes, and when athletes do this, they do it for their extremities, so they sometimes wear a rubber cover over their abdomen so as not to cool their core temperature. too much. But anyway, they do it for about 6-8 minutes. - Are we going to do that?

No. So we're going to do this today, but there's no rubber cover. In fact, we're making it a little more interesting. - Yes. We have gotten some huge metal tubs in which we are going to take ice baths. This is no nonsense, just dipping your toe. We're putting our whole bodies in these ice baths. And then we'll try to last eight minutes. - Yes. - And every two minutes, we've come up with something to up the ante and make it even colder. Who are we and why do we exist? - For this kind of thing. - This is gonna be great!

People do this and now we join their ranks. (both) Off to the ice baths! ♪ (dramatic music) ♪ (splash) - Ahh, look at these ice cubes! - Hey, nice robe! Do you want to take a bath together? Oh, we have our own bathroom. (Link) Ah, these are frigid. I put my hand here a second ago, and the pain... Oh, you cheated. I'm not... I'm not prepared for this at all. I'm not used to this. - (sighs) It's okay. - Let's get naked on the count of three. - Three, two, one, get naked. - (Rhett and the team laugh) Wow.

You probably weren't prepared for that when you clicked on this video today. - (everyone laughs) - Okay! - Oh, gaaaa! - Without hesitation. Get in there! - That? That? That? That? - Put your foot there! - Eight minutes?! Yes, eight minutes. Put your left foot first. Three, two, left foot... (high-pitched) Ohhhhhh! Put your right foot in. - (Link, breathless) Oooh kay. Hoooo! - (Rhett) Okay, okay. - Ohhhh! Every time... ohhh! - (Rhett) Three-- - Nooooo! - Two, one... - (the crew laughs) - Nooooo! - Drop. Drop! - No no! - No no no! - Drop! Drop!

Drop! - Okay, let go! - (Rhett) (fast, high-pitched noises) - (high-pitched) Ah! Ahhh! - (screams) Oh! It's taking my breath away! - Oh! Bbbrh! - Oh! Ohhh! Oh! (screams) You have to bring your arms closer! Bring your arms! - No! - Be a man! - No! - Bring your arms now! - (Link) Ohhhhhhh! - Three, two, one! - (sputters) - (pants) - (Noah) We're starting the timer now! - The stopwatch hadn't started?! You're crazy?! I've been here for a minute, monsters! - (crew laughs) - (Link) Ah, ah... Ah! Put your arms in, Neal! Oh! Rrgh. (pants) - I can't, I can't, I-- Ah!

Ah! Ah! - Mmmgh, my whole life flashes before my eyes. - Ay ay ay! It is very cold! - I'm going to go to my safe place. - Oh my God! I can not move! Oh! Oh... (speeded up the audio) - Ohh! - It's a nice thing. Cross your eyes a little. (laughs) Cross your eyes a little, it helps. - Oh really. - I can't keep my arms inside. (screams) No, come on! Put your arms back in, Neal! What do you think this is? - I'm going to be the ice king! - Ahhh! I can't keep them... ohh. (speed up audio) Ohh, I'm going to try to pee to warm something up. - (Rhett and the team laugh) - No!

Do not do that. - Someone give me a knife. - Do not do that! Someone give me a knife to cut my legs and let the blood warm... my outside. - Is it supposed to burn? - (crew laughs) - It's burning. - It's burning! -He is burning Me! - Did you know? Did you know? You are burning? (teeth chattering) Ugh. Don't tremble because that makes it worse. - Haven't two minutes passed? - Where we are? - We're already in two minutes. - (crew) Gentlemen, two minutes. Okay, the two minute mark. Let's up the ante. Now let's sing... with Frozen. (Link) Yeah, maybe this will get me somewhere... (Rhett) Those earmuffs are cute! (laughs) Those earmuffs... ♪ (both sing "Let it Go" poorly as the crew laughs) ♪ ♪ the cold never bothered me anyway ♪ (speed up audio) It's the chorus, I know this part! ♪ (both badly sing "Let it Go" while the team laughs) ♪ ♪ the cold never bothered... ♪ - (the team laughs) - Musical interlude. (speed up audio) - ♪ (both singing "Let it Go") ♪ - (crew) Four minutes! - That was good.

That made it better. - He improved it. What do we do now? Oh, now we induce brain freeze. - Oh, oh. - (crew) Raspberry. - Do you have your nipples inside? - (crew laughs) Yes, they are... I'm right at nipple level. - My nipples are completely inside. - (Rhett) I think they burned. I could kill... I could put your eye out with my nipples right now. They are a little happy. (laughs) Mine are a little cheerful right now. Ohhh! Okay, so let's give ourselves brain freeze? - (team laughs) - Listen, you really have to try. - You have to really try. - (the team laughs) - I can't feel anything that's... oh. - This is really hot. - Oh!

Frozen brain! - (crew laughs) Oops! Brain freeze, seriously! Aaagh. I can't believe I'm doing this. - Op, here it comes! Gghh-- - (crew laughs) - Frozen lung! Brain freezes again! - (Rhett) Here we go. I have another one, I'm serious! Aaaaaah! - ♪ Let it go, let it go... ♪ - That's over. (speeds up audio) Ouch! There is. There is. Total brain freeze! My brain freeze takes a little longer than yours because my brain is bigger. - (crew) Six minutes. It's six minutes. - We've been there for six minutes. - (Rhett) What do we do now? - This goes for all the Mythical Beasts that exist. - (Noah) Frozen helmet. - Well. - All of you in Mythical Beast - Land, don't try this! - Okay, now we put on the frozen... - the ice helmet. - If you are an athlete... - Ohh! - This is good for you!

Wow! That's not it, that's not it... ooh. Oh! - (shaking) That really... - (Link) It's giving me a body shake! (shivering) Really takes it to the next level! Ah! - (crew laughs) - (shaking) How did that happen? (shaking) Oh man, I never would have thought this would happen but... - (laughs) Wow! - (shivering) But something about putting a thing on my head is really what made it start working. - (shivering noises) - (shivering) Putting the thing on my head is really what made it start working. (sad laughter) (both making shuddering noises) - Put your arms in! - ♪ Let it go, let it go... ♪ - Put your arms in! - (shaking noises) (both making shaking noises) (speeds up audio) - Ohhhh! - Do you feel healthier? - No! - (crew laughs) Ohhh, g-g-g-g-g-God.

Oh my God. - Hey look! There's a Sprite down here! - (everyone laughs) Hey! Hey! I do not have one! - Here you go, man! - I don't want to drink... - It's cold! - (crew laughs) - Not a sponsor. - (crew) Five, four, three, two, one! ♪ (triumphant music) ♪ - Bring on the crane! - (crew laughs) (Link) Oh, I can do this. Oh... (both laughing and shaking) - Gah. Everything is in slow motion. - (laughs) Oh, God... (moans) Ohh... (shivering) Uuuugh... Ugh! Ohhhhhhh. - Wow. Yes, straighten up. - (crew laughs) (teeth chattering) I'm so glad I did this! - (the crew laughs) - Not me. - Thank you... thank you for looking. - (everyone laughs) Thank you for liking and commenting on this video. - Why are we holding hands? - Because I need you right now. (Both laugh) You know what time it is. - Hello, I'm Melanie. - And I'm Ashley, and we're from - Cottage Grove, Minnesota. - And we're at a Minnesota Wild hockey game. (both) It's time to spin the Wheel of Mythology!

If you're cold, you should get a hoodie! How about a Good Mythical Morning hoodie or a Rhett & Link hoodie? Available at RhettandLink.com/store - To warm you up! - Click on Good Mythical More, where we process what happened to us. (shivers) - I don't know if I'll be able to turn around. - Wow, that fell! WinFace crashed, but it didn't happen anyway. (Link) Contemplating... Lit'l Smokies. (talking about thoughtful piano music) (Link) Lit'l Smokies. Smoked and little. (Rhett) I want to... dive into a crock pot full of Lit'l Smokies right now. (Link) I know. It would feel so warm.

I wouldn't even be tempted to eat them, I'd just let them warm me up.