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Thismonth, our columnist hits the big freeze in a bid to
soothe her tired bones − and reverse the signs of ageingI’vebeen meaning to try Cryo ever since pictures of random
women wearing snow boots and joyous smiles started
popping up all over Insta. So, when a fabulously flamboyant
boy pal told me he was dodging the gym and hitting the cooler
boxto ‘incinerate calories’ before his big day, it reminded me
thatit’s still a thing. Cryotherapy is a three- to five-minute
treatment (you’ve got to work up to five so your heart doesn’t
stop!)that involves standing in a deep-freeze chamber while
temperatures plummet as low as -160 ̊C. Apparently, it can
torchup to 800 calories, punches a sluggish metabolism, and
unleashes happy hormones, as well as soothing sore muscles,
improving sleep, calming inflammation and even reversing
the signs of ageing. Oh sweet, slightly terrifying chamber,
where have you been all my adult life?
But while reverse ageing is a ‘buzzy’ bonus, the real reason
I eventually pop my Cryo cherry is due to a dodgy knee, which
becomesswollen, creaky and goddamn sore after a 4km run
(myosteopath has informed me my kneecap is too big for
running − and, frankly, I’ll take any excuse to get out of it).
LondonCryo in Spitalfields is aimed mostly at those heavy-
duty gym types who use Cryo to cheat rest (and probably
death). So, if it’s good enough for Hank, who’s jaded from all
thoserepetitive muscle-ups, it’s good enough for moi. They
giveme socks, gloves and shoes that are awfully like Crocs,
but without the holes. I’m then given a robe, told to take
off my jewellery (and clothes) and guided in by a friendly
woman called Julie who talks me through the tech. It’s all
a bit sci-fi; I’m anxious. We watch as the temperature drops
on the screen and I feel like a ‘Trekkie’, boldly going where
nomoderately well-known TV personality has gone before.
Julieopens the door, I jump up on the platform and turn
around as instructed. She’s shouting, ‘Hand me the rope.’
I panic. I can’t find it. It’s freezing. I can’t see it or feel it, but
it sounds important and, for a split second, I worry about myfuture. Then she shouts again, and I wonder why a rope would
bein here and what she is going to do with it. ‘I can’t see it,
whereis it?’ I find myself shouting with fright. I’m conscious
that I’m wearing rubber slippers that look like Crocs, but
withoutthe holes. ‘I cannot die in these shoes,’ I hear myself
saying a little too loudly. She opens the door and patiently
points to my robe.Robe, not a rope.
So I get back in and strip off quick. A three-minute blast
of nitrogen ice proves enough. As soon as the snow hits me,
my elbows start to sting. In prayer pose, I’m told to rotate
every20 seconds, like a rotisserie chicken − except I’m cold,
see-throughand wearing thick white sports socks. My shins
andknees kill. Generally, the bones shout first because there’s
lesspadding. At the end of three minutes, I hop on a steamy
tubefeeling FRESH, to say the least. I’m not sure if it’s pure
reliefor the fact I’m still focusing on my elbows, but suddenly
mygammy knee feels a whole lot better.
Whole body cryotherapy at LondonCryo (londoncryo.com)
startsat £90 per session, or £76.50 for first timers.
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