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The Effect of Cold Showering on Health and Work (2016)

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Re: The Effect of Cold Showering on Health and Work (2016)

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Post by hi5eyes »

michalu wrote: post #17

I've been taking cold showers exclusively for 11 years now. It doesn't get much easier but you'll get addicted to the great feeling after. It's similar to running or exercise, it sucks to do but you do it anyway because the benefits far outweigh the temporary discomfort. The trick for me was to never use warm shower again and never compromise ... only coldest water available counts. First thing in the morning. It mak…

i live in canada and exclusively take cold showers after workouts so its a good motivator to gym hard

Re: The Effect of Cold Showering on Health and Work (2016)

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Post by hi5eyes »

bregma wrote: post #97
michalu wrote: post #17

I've been taking cold showers exclusively for 11 years now. It doesn't get much easier but you'll get addicted to the great feeling after. It's similar to running or exercise, it sucks to do but you do it anyway because the benefits far outweigh the temporary discomfort. The trick for me was to never use warm shower again and never compromise ... only coldest water available counts. First thing in the morning. It mak…

If you lived where I live and did this you would be dead. In winter the temperature of my water at the well-head is about 4 C, but if it's sitting in the pipes over night it can hit 0 C (which means no shower until it thaws, of course). The ambient air temperature in my bathroom is often below 10 C in the morning before I rouse the fire when it's -20 C or below outside, and that happens for weeks at a time. A 4 C sho…

i live in the gta/ontario and take cold showers 🧐

Re: The Effect of Cold Showering on Health and Work (2016)

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Post by darkFunction »

DBYCZ wrote: post #120
smileypete wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is a world of difference between 4°C and say 14-18°C, at 4°C you just don't get used to it really! A good method may be to use a fine spray and start with legs, then arms then working up from the bottom to top of the torso. That way the blood gets more time to withdraw from the limbs into the torso to maintain the core temperature.

The best way I've found (cold showering only for muscle recovery) is to get your face/head wet first. Every other way seems less comfortable to me. It's similar to jumping into a pool versus stepping in slowly.

That's called the mammalian diving response!

Re: The Effect of Cold Showering on Health and Work (2016)

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Post by florin0x01 »

I swam in the jokulsarlon glacier lagoon, Iceland, for 3 minutes. When I re-emerged, I could not stop shivering for about 10 minutes.

Before this event, I took cold showers for about 1 year (including in winter), then I stopped. Thinking of resuming, but not sure.

Would I go and swim again in the glacier lagoon or similar? Probably. It has this refrigerator serene like feeling.

So, cold shower is one thing, swimming in near freezing temperature is another thing.

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Post by stronglikedan »

michalu wrote: post #17

I've been taking cold showers exclusively for 11 years now. It doesn't get much easier but you'll get addicted to the great feeling after. It's similar to running or exercise, it sucks to do but you do it anyway because the benefits far outweigh the temporary discomfort. The trick for me was to never use warm shower again and never compromise ... only coldest water available counts. First thing in the morning. It mak…

> get in and out beating 5 min

I can't even rinse the soap off with cold water in 5 minutes.

Re: The Effect of Cold Showering on Health and Work (2016)

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Post by MockObject »

m23khan wrote: post #113

Back in 1994, my Grandfather started off his day as always with taking a shower. Now, he suffered from high blood pressure and was in his 60s and he liked cold showers. Anyways, he ended up getting stroke/brain hemorrhage and died. Whether it was a co-relationship or not, as kids we were told from that point on not to take pure cold showers (at least let it be lukewarm). I personally want to take cold shower but this…

n=1.

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Post by yonaguska »

michalu wrote: post #94
OnACoffeeBreak wrote: post #77

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Obviously you don't feel that using cold water negatively impacts how effectively you can clean yourself otherwise you wouldn't do this, but I was interested to know because I assumed hot water is better. So, I did some searching, and results appear inconclusive [1]: > The impact of handwashing techniques on infectious diseases among the general public in community settings has not been extensively studied.Hot water…

Yes, good to know as it's quite a usual counter-point I get. The differences are trivial in my opinion. I take about two showers a day, mainly because I do sports, so I think I make up with the volume ... even training in sometimes dodgy gyms around the world or doing jiu-jitsu for a long time basically rolling on the ground with sweaty dudes, I was able to keep myself clean of any infections, fungal or viral ... I'm…

Cold showers after jiu jitsu on a hot day are like being in heaven for a moment.
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