Frozen: Ice Bath Medellin

Ice Bath Medellin is part of the Birthday Bash Trip Report.

After a hectic week in Medellin (see The Almost Perfect Sane Asylum Getaway), I needed to chill out. What better way of doing so than by sitting in an ice bath? After witnessing a tourist shivering and having a meltdown after trying it, I was a bit nervous about giving it a go.

After diving in, I was surprised why the tourist was so traumatized. To be fair, the ice had melted so maybe it wasn’t as cold as when he went in.

The next day after my yoga session (see Yoga Medellin: Another Side of This City), I scheduled another ice bath. This time the ice was freshly packed and ready to go.

I went in and, once again, could not understand why the tourist made it seem like an ice bath is a dare-devil activity.

On the contrary, it is a refreshing rehab after intense sport (see Muay Thai Medellin: Chapter 3 of My Combat Journey). In fact, I prefer it was more comfortable when it was packed with ice versus when it was only freezing cold water. The ice cubes felt like I was wearing a full-body compression suit. Between this and my fat-freezing session (see Medical Tourism in Colombia), I was iced out.

TPOL’s Tip: Ice Bath and Yoga are available at Flow Wellbeing: Cl. 12 #43D-105, El Poblado, Medellín, El Poblado, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia. Here is the IG page.