One Year Of Cold Showers
marquishagetaka
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This was recommended as a way to provide relief for my sore muscles. The first attempt was downright scary, the next week I decided to try it again. Behold it was not bad. One year later I refuse to get into a hot shower, I no longer enjoy the steam. I will note the winter months were tough, but I still wanted the ice shower.
Anyone else tried long term cold showers?
Anyone else tried long term cold showers?
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Hell no. lol0
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Only when I have a sunburn, in which case hell YES.0
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I take cold showers during the summer, because I don't have AC, and it can get a bit warm. The cold feels amazing.0
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Sorry...not me. I'll take your word for it! Closest I've come is cool showers when it's hot and humid or when I have sunburn.0
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Even then it's like noooo I really don't want toOnly when I have a sunburn, in which case hell YES.0 -
I use them after intense workouts to "shock" the muscles and speed healing- it works great. Shortens recovery time and prevents next day soreness.
Just don't take one on a first date- women don't know about shrinkage...0 -
I live in the desert. Cold showers are my life for six months out of the year. Except now, when the desert has completely run out of cold water. I turn on only the cold faucet, no hot at all...but it's still lukewarm. Very sad and no relief.0
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Yep. I started doing that in winter 2005 in upstate New York. Sure is nice after a workout.
Also great for hair growth. My hair and skin are no longer dry. I am hot all the time so maybe
that has something to do with it.0 -
Yep. I started doing that in winter 2005 in upstate New York. Sure is nice after a workout.
Also great for hair growth. My hair and skin are no longer dry. I am hot all the time so maybe
that has something to do with it.
Yes, I have eczema and I can't manage hot water on my skin. It's terrible. And the 'hot all the time' thing...I hear you!0 -
Yep. I started doing that in winter 2005 in upstate New York. Sure is nice after a workout.
Also great for hair growth. My hair and skin are no longer dry. I am hot all the time so maybe
that has something to do with it.
Yes, I have eczema and I can't manage hot water on my skin. It's terrible. And the 'hot all the time' thing...I hear you!
I'm opposite, I'm cold all the time (Due to medical conditions) even living in Florida! I can't IMAGINE taking a COLD shower even ONE day!!! Brrrrrrr!!!!0 -
i so expected this to be about something else
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I use them after intense workouts to "shock" the muscles and speed healing- it works great. Shortens recovery time and prevents next day soreness.
Just don't take one on a first date- women don't know about shrinkage...
Yes we do!0 -
Cold showers are the best, once you get used to it you never wanna go back to hot!0
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This was recommended as a way to provide relief for my sore muscles. The first attempt was downright scary, the next week I decided to try it again. Behold it was not bad. One year later I refuse to get into a hot shower, I no longer enjoy the steam. I will note the winter months were tough, but I still wanted the ice shower.
Anyone else tried long term cold showers?
Yes and a serious yes I have and actually i LOVED THEM. I get cold easy too because of my body weight and um winter was more bearable. It sounds contradictory but the cold outside had nothing on the showers I was taking so yes.
I don't anymore except when I want my skin to glow (pores close) and hair to shine or am in need to rejuvenate. Yes a cold shower will revive your energy and mentality as well! I don't go on the coldest right away so I move the shower knob over by an inch and slowly adjust and with in a minute Im already on the coldest water temperature- I wanted to try the Polar Bear swim where people go swimming in the winter -yeah. I will pass as when I was taking them cold showers it was for a year and I stopped.
I will always love my warm to hot showers. I get really cold easily and hubby doesn't like the place too warm (energy costs:grumble:
) in the winter so yeah the steamiest bath or shower for winter for now please or until we move somewhere warm then I can resume cold showers:) I like that balance of temperature outside vs. inside some times. When I have hot water hitting my forehead it does wonders for my stress and sleep inducing as well:) 0 -
i so expected this to be about something else
Ok mind out of the gutter please:)0 -
One week out of every month my wife stops talking to me and I find myself taking a lot of cold showers. The rest of the time I like them boiling hot though.0
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I've done it. It seriously increases blood flow first thing in the morning. People with high blood pressure should avoid them at all cost due to the sudden elevation in heart rate can cause a stroke. I don't take them all the time now but in the summer I do,0
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Came into thread expecting post about correlation between cold showers and test levels.
Leaving disappointed.0 -
i so expected this to be about something else
Me too!0 -
sunburnt or not. I don't feel clean without a warm/hot shower.. but more power to you!0
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This was recommended as a way to provide relief for my sore muscles. The first attempt was downright scary, the next week I decided to try it again. Behold it was not bad. One year later I refuse to get into a hot shower, I no longer enjoy the steam. I will note the winter months were tough, but I still wanted the ice shower.
Anyone else tried long term cold showers?
Only when I didn`t have a GF..... :laugh:0 -
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Unless you have ruptured your muscles making them cold after a workout will not make the recover sooner than a good cool down and stretch will. If you have trouble after that a HOT shower, warm presses, massages and stretches would help. This sounds like a silly wives tale.0
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Saw the thread title and immediately thought "you need to get laid". Sorry OP.
Me too hahaha0 -
ok looks like the constant cold is not the way to go...0
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4 days of cold showers when I first moved in to my home waiting for services to be turned on, worse 4 days of my life!0
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Yep. I started doing that in winter 2005 in upstate New York. Sure is nice after a workout.
Also great for hair growth. My hair and skin are no longer dry. I am hot all the time so maybe
that has something to do with it.
Yes, I have eczema and I can't manage hot water on my skin. It's terrible. And the 'hot all the time' thing...I hear you!
I'm opposite, I'm cold all the time (Due to medical conditions) even living in Florida! I can't IMAGINE taking a COLD shower even ONE day!!! Brrrrrrr!!!!
I live in Florida now too. It helps so much to stay cool to shower with cold water. At least for me.0 -
I would freeze to death!!!! Hecks no!0
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I only take cold showers in the winter.0
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