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06-13-2013, 05:23 PM
Quote: (06-12-2013 03:39 PM)hoops330 Wrote:
Forgot to mention... A cold shower is my number one hangover cure. Anyone else try this?
A cold shower is great for hangovers. Right up there with coconut water.
Quote: (06-13-2013 04:17 PM)RichieP Wrote:
I think the trick in winter is have a warm bedroom to come back into. Like even a fan heater so your skin instantly gets warm air on it.
Also, you want to warm up again before you go outside. Dont cold shower then be out the door in 3 mins into the freezing cold. That said cold showers = awesome though.
Walking out of a cold shower to a cold bathroom sucks. I won't do it.
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06-13-2013, 07:37 PM
I tried cold showers for awhile, didn't really notice much of a benefit. Maybe the water wasn't cold enough.
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06-13-2013, 09:37 PM
Cold water is better for your skin than warm water. I've never washed my face with hot or warm water for this reason. When I shave, I use warm water to soften the hairs and to shave, but finish with cold water and some ice.
I'm gonna try cold showers out. If not for waking you up and giving you a bit of energy, boosting your immune system is always good.
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06-16-2014, 03:43 AM
I've been doing cold showers for about a month now. They're awesome. I put on some heavy metal or Skrillex to get myself psyched to do it. I shower for at least 5 minutes. Afterwards I feel amazing. I'm pumped for the day. Can't go back to normal showers.
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06-16-2014, 10:52 PM
I'm gonna do the thirty day cold shower challenge starting today.
30 Days, 5 minute cold showers.
Who's with me?
If nothing else it will be a great exercise in self discipline.
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06-16-2014, 11:31 PM
I'm in. I usually just do a cold blast but the 5 minute rule will help me to be more disciplined.
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06-17-2014, 03:44 AM
I'm already a few days in. I'm on a island in Thailand where I only have access to cold water.
Oh well, doesn't matter. It's a great refreshener from the constant humid heat.
But the first seconds sucks. My body goes into some kind of a shock and and I start to breathe fast and heavily for 10 seconds before I get used to the cold water.
Feel awesome afterwards.
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06-17-2014, 04:55 AM
I've been showering cold for 10 months now. At the beginning it was brutal but you get used to it quickly. Never got a cold ever since.
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06-17-2014, 05:19 AM
Where I live sometimes its impossible to get a cold shower in the summer. Bummer.
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06-17-2014, 10:31 PM
I'll start taking cold showers in the morning.
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06-18-2014, 08:02 PM
A couple of days into doing it properly again. It's winter here and that water is nice and cold.
Tip: if you don't do it for 3-5 minutes until you feel your body get accustomed to it, you're not getting the full benefit. And to be honest I don't feel that normal cold water temperature in summer or tropical climates is cold enough, but there's not much you can do about that.
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06-19-2014, 09:28 AM
Took two yesterday. When I first jump in the cold water its pretty intense. I find myself exhaling all loud and long and shaking my body around like I am Micheal J Fox. Then I get adjusted and go on about my normal shower routine.
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06-19-2014, 09:33 AM
I find it extremely hard to take a cold shower first thing in the morning when I just wake up. I don't mind taking them when I have been up for at least 30 minutes or just coming back from my morning Basketball session but other than that it's rough. I'll do a thirty day challenge.
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06-19-2014, 12:00 PM
Call me a pussy, but I took a cold shower this morning and almost passed out... Never again.
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06-19-2014, 12:07 PM
Any day now they'll be shutting off my hot water here in Moscow. The cold water here is COLD. Not looking forward to forced cold showers...especially when we're wearing coats in June.
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06-19-2014, 10:05 PM
Can't begin to mention how good this feels once the initial shock wears off.
My muscles aren't as sore post-workout and my boners are rock hard.
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06-20-2014, 01:23 AM
I'm trying it now. It feels very good and yes, the boners excel.
Come the winter, perhaps the trick will be to wake up and immediately turn on a mini-heater in the shower room, so that that room is toasty by the time that you get around to taking a shower. In the meantime, pushups and sit-ups, etc.