Hot & Cold: 5 Celebrities Who Love Both Saunas and Ice Baths

Some like it hot. Others prefer it freezing.

But why choose?

From Hollywood entertainers to football superstars and music legends, some famous faces have discovered the joy of switching between a steaming sauna and an icy dip.

One minute you’re sweating. The next you’re wondering why you voluntarily got into freezing water.

Welcome to the hot-and-cold club.

1. Cristiano Ronaldo — Too Hot to Handle. Too Cold to Stop.

The 2 AM Sauna Club

Most footballers finish a late match and head home to bed.

Not necessarily Cristiano Ronaldo.

According to former Portugal teammate José Fonte, Ronaldo once had the squad enjoying saunas and ice baths at two in the morning.

Yes, 2 AM.

While the rest of the world was sleeping, one of football’s biggest stars was encouraging his teammates to join him for a hot-and-cold session.

And here’s the best part: the whole squad did it together.

Team bonding. Ronaldo style.

2. Julianne Hough — Dancing With the Hot and Cold

From Dancing With the Stars to Dipping With the Stars

Julianne Hough is no stranger to working up a sweat.

But the Dancing With the Stars personality doesn’t always need a dance floor.

During a 2024 holiday in Ibiza, she shared a video of herself stretching inside a sauna before enjoying an ice bath.

She’s also spoken about using both heat and cold as part of her personal wellness routine.

From the dance studio to the sauna bench, Julianne certainly knows how to keep things moving.

Hot moves. Cold water.

3. Jack Dorsey — From Twitter to Temperature Swings

The Tech Billionaire Who Likes to Switch Things Up

Jack Dorsey helped change the way the world communicates.

But when it comes to relaxing, the Twitter co-founder has a decidedly old-fashioned approach.

Get hot. Get cold. Repeat.

In a 2019 podcast interview, Dorsey described using a traditional barrel sauna for around 15 minutes before spending three minutes in an ice bath.

He would sometimes repeat the sequence three times.

That’s quite a lot of temperature changes for one evening.

Forget refreshing your feed. Jack was refreshing himself.

4. Rick Rubin — Red Hot Chili Peppers. Ice Cold Water.

The Music Producer Who Found His Rhythm in the Sauna

Legendary music producer Rick Rubin has worked with everyone from Johnny Cash to the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

But one of his most unusual experiences began at the home of ice hockey star Chris Chelios.

Rubin recalled being invited to enjoy a sauna before jumping into the ocean in the middle of winter.

He wasn’t particularly excited about the idea.

Then he tried it.

And loved it.

Later, he began enjoying sauna and ice bath sessions with big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton.

From producing hot records to taking cold dips. That’s range.

5. Chris Chelios — The Ice Hockey Legend Who Brought the Heat

Ice on the Rink. Heat in the Sauna.

When your professional life involves skating across ice, perhaps it’s only natural to develop an appreciation for the opposite temperature.

Hockey legend Chris Chelios was an enthusiastic sauna user.

So enthusiastic, in fact, that he introduced music producer Rick Rubin to the experience.

The invitation?

Enjoy the sauna, then head into the freezing winter ocean.

Not exactly your average invitation to catch up with a friend.

But it helped introduce Rubin to a hot-and-cold routine he would continue exploring.

Some friends invite you for coffee. Chris Chelios invites you into the freezing ocean.

Hot. Cold. Good Company.

From Ronaldo’s late-night team sessions to Rick Rubin’s introduction to winter swimming, there’s something wonderfully social about these celebrity stories.

And you don’t need a football contract, a recording studio or a tech empire to experience the contrast.

At The Ice Bath Club, you can enjoy social saunas, ice baths, hot baths and good company — all in one place.