Seager on Luke Storey's Life Stylist pod
On the origins of Morozko Forge
Several months ago I did a rambling, two-hour podcast with Luke Storey, host of The Life Stylist podcast in which I explained the origins of my ice bath practice and how I came to co-found the Morozko Forge ice bath company.
For me, ice baths were part of my recovery from separation and divorce. I got serious about my practice because I was afraid that I was going to die impotent and alone.
Full the full podcast, click through the thumbnail above, or any of the time stamps below.
00:00:00 How Cold Therapy Can Support You Through Dark Times
00:13:40 Four Psychological Benefits of Ice Baths
00:31:54 Cold Therapy for Metabolism, Ketosis, & Brain Health
00:49:39 Revolutionizing Cancer Care: Ketogenic Diet & Tumor Suppression
01:00:41 Mitochondrial Health, Ketosis Myths, & Health Care Advocacy
01:32:57 Optimizing Ice Baths with Structured & Ozonated Water
01:43:51 Creating Your Regimen: Temperature, Duration, & Biohacking Stacks 02:14:54 Exploring Brain Benefits & Comparing Cryotherapy
02:29:34 Debunking Cold Therapy Myths
To learn more about how to use ice baths to boost your testosterone, reduce your risk of prostate cancer, and improve your sexcual performance, read my book Uncommon Testosterone https://amzn.to/4iJtgY9
The Accidental Beginning
I started cold showers because my wife said she wanted a divorce. It was about the tenth time she’d threatened divorce, but the first time I took her up on it.
So we separated when I was in my early 50’s and that menat I wanted to figure out how to date.
I was reading everything in male self-help that I could find, including Glover’s No More Mr Nice Guy and Kay’s Married Man Sex Life. One of the books suggested I take cold showers to toughen me up… so I did.
I hated every minute of every cold shower I ever took.
Whole Body vs. Partial Exposure
What I didn’t know back then is that whole-body cold immersion and cold showers are fundamentally different in how they affect the nervous system. Cold showers activate your sympathetic nervous system. That’s fight-or-flight. You’re bracing, breathing hard, swearing.
But full immersion — up to the neck — triggers the mammalian dive reflex. Heart rate drops. Oxygen conservation kicks in. Fat metabolism ramps up.
This has been shown in research from Finland, Poland, and the Czech Republic, where cold-water immersion isn’t just a novelty — it’s a tradition. The science coming from these regions has given us a roadmap for understanding what our ancestors already practiced.
A Wake-Up Call From My Labs
When I decided to get more serious about my health, I finally got blood labs done. I discovered that my testosterone was okay, but my prostate specific antigen (PSA) was too high at 7.0 — flagged red.
I didn’t know what PSA was, so I went online to figure it out. It took about twenty minutes for me to become convinced I was going to die of prostate cancer.
The sequence of medical interventions that result from an elevated PSA typically results in a painful biopsy that leads to a prostatectomy and lifetime of erectile dysfunction.
What woman was ever going to love me when my penis doesn’t work?
I resolved to avoid allopathic medical interventions, at all costs. Even at the risk to my life.
When I was faced with the choice between my life or my penis, I would choose my penis.
Instead of visiting the urologist, I doubled down on ketosis anbd ice baths. I got in my ice bath every day. Not because it was fun, but because I was scared.
Three months later, I’d dropped my PSA drop down to 1.4, and my testosterone was up to 1180 ng/dL.
My urologist didn’t believe it. He ordered a luteinizing hormone (LH), because he was convinced I was taking steroids. But when LH came back sky-high, proving I wasn’t on the juice. My sky-high total testosterone levels were all natural.
That’s why I wrote Uncommon Testosterone, so that other men who might be feeling Zeroed Out can learn about how to regain their own metabolic and hormonal health, recover their sense of competiveness, and boost their sex function.