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(02-19-2019 01:48 AM)RatInTheWoods Wrote:  

Uncle Rattie is all the way with team cold showers.

Also, cold water swimming and wearing less clothes in very cold weather.

Makes a man of you, and expands your comfort zone.

JUST DO IT

I did cold showers for a couple weeks last year. Might try again. I'm not hating the idea, but I didn't feel like I got nearly the benefits of jumping in a freezing cold lake.

This from a Drudge-linked Guardian article the other day...

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Cold-water swimming has enjoyed a huge surge in popularity in recent years, with the Outdoor Swimming Society growing from 300 followers in 2006 to 27,000 members this year.
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I swam in Lake Michigan a couple times last year when the temp was in the 40s. I recall getting out and walking back to the beach, standing there thinking, "this must be what heroine feels like". It was cold outside, I was soaking wet, and I couldn't feel a thing. Zen-like, as others have suggested and said.

As above, I went coat-less this winter at far lower temperatures. There's something manly about tolerating cold weather.

Sheesh I need to get back out to the lake.

Edit: I did buy a 7lb bag of ice and take an ice bath last week. BJJ soreness needs to be addressed. Next time I have to go 22lb bag. Still though, like cold showers, there's just nothing like jumping in a big lake of cold-ass water. Something brutally primal.