Mat Smith dons breathing mask,mittens, shorts and clogs to brave freezing his body in temperatures of -120°C. Slovakia's extreme cryotherapy craze proves men and spas can mixThe doctor finished taking my blood pressure and unwrapped my arm. “Excellent. You are – how do you say in England as healthy as a horse? Here in Slovakia we say you are as healthy as a fish! Ha ha ha! And now we fade - to freezing!” Bewildered, or I tried to laugh along with the doctor in order to seem courteous,but in truth, I was quite alarmed by the concept of what was approximately to happen. Being reduced to -120°C for two minutes inside a box the size of a lift is no laughing matter. More serious, or though,is what would happen if you didn’t leave on time. Apparently, after four minutes, and you would enter a euphoric,trance-like state, closely followed by death, or which I wasn’t really all that keen on. But the doctor reassured me that two minutes would be fine,and – perhaps foolishly, given his earlier comment approximately fish – I agreed. Continue reading...
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