30-Day Cold Shower Challenge
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guinevere96 wrote: »Ive actually done this and its honestly not bad, and I really did feel pretty great all day. Its just the adrenaline rush though, im not sure about any actual health benefits. But my hair never looked better tbh.
Yeah, cold rinses are supposed to get rid of waxy buildup from conditioners, etc. The few times I've tried it (practically doing a backbend so the cold water would hit my head and nothing else) I did notice my hair was shinier.
When I was a kid, I used to rinse my hair with cold water after a shampoo. Definitely did shine! However, this cold rinse was with my head under the sink not in the shower.
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Well it is a little hard to run when your sidewalks looks like this (and streets aren't much better)
We are experiencing one of the worse winters for snow fall in recent memory. It just keeps adding up. We haven't had the freeze/thaw cycle we've had the last few years where we get a big snow fall and then it melts. We got over 20cm (about 8 inches) on Sunday and over 84cm (about 33 inches) on Wednesday.
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The faaaa?
No way in hell would I do this. Only time I EVER take a cold shower is in the summer after a hot run!
Brrrrrrrrrrrr.
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BAH, poor you
Well it is a little hard to run when your sidewalks looks like this (and streets aren't much better)
We are experiencing one of the worse winters for snow fall in recent memory. It just keeps adding up. We haven't had the freeze/thaw cycle we've had the last few years where we get a big snow fall and then it melts. We got over 20cm (about 8 inches) on Sunday and over 84cm (about 33 inches) on Wednesday.
Edmonton here, green grass. We've had an insanely warm winter!
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Then why torture yourself? No one likes poking themselves in the eye with a pen but we're not going to do it because it would be a challenge.Virgiree21 wrote: »
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Then why torture yourself? No one likes poking themselves in the eye with a pen but we're not going to do it because it would be a challenge.Virgiree21 wrote: »
Haha. because I'm curious about the benefits. I read a lot of articles about the benefits so why not? Plus I know my body's going to get use to it so in the end that cold pool won't be so bad after all.
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Bahahahahaaaaa
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Yeah I think I'll skip this one and wait for the 'weight loss by wearing all your clothes in one go to sweat it out challenge'. I do not like the cold....and I live in Ireland so basically my whole life is a 'its freezing' challenge!!0
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Laoch_Cailin wrote: »Yeah I think I'll skip this one and wait for the 'weight loss by wearing all your clothes in one go to sweat it out challenge'. I do not like the cold....and I live in Ireland so basically my whole life is a 'its freezing' challenge!!
Lol! That's very unfortunate. I'm more for the other benefits rather than the weight loss part. Even if it did work.. 9lbs a year? Really?
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Haha whilst this challenge sounds fun/horrifying, I will not be partaking in it. Primarily because I live in a house where hot water is a thing of the gods, and if it is there, IT MUST BE USED. BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. I'm dead serious
The heating system in my home doesn't work either, so I'm more than happy believing that my metabolism has been revved up PLENTY by living daily in an ice-box. No cold showers here thanks.
On a funny note, when I do have to take a cold shower, it's with an unholy amount of swearing. I literally just curse at it the entire time, hopping around with a purplish face. It must look absolutely hilarious.
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Cool shower if I've been out in the sweltering Alabama summer heat doing something physical. Warm every other time in the summer, hot in the winter.0
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I ate a pie the other day that had close to 50 grams of fat.0
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I've been known to soak in a tub of cold water after particularly rigorous training sessions...but that's to help recovery (or at least trick me into thinking it does) and not for weight loss.0
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All this cold shower talk coupled with snow pics just made my scroat as taut as a snare drum...0
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NOT EVEN ONCE!
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Virgiree21 wrote: »A 2009 study found that exposure to extreme cold temperatures activated brown fat in 23 and 24 participants by a 15-fold increase, meaning someone could lose up to nine pounds in a year if they kept this practice up.
What study might that be, deary? Also, I don't believe that many showers are going to have a temperature setting that dips into the extreme cold that would probably be necessary for this to occur. But hey, at least now you can ditch that pesky hot water heater of yours.0 -
So I only read the op.
So 9 pounds a year by having cold shower? 9 pounds over a year is basically nothing. Hot showers or 1/5 of a pound a week? I'm taking hot showers
So brown fat is good fat? Why are you going to focus on removing the good fats? If something is good why aim to remove it.0 -
Didn't read the links but love cold showers. Better for the skin too0
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no thanks0
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nicsflyingcircus wrote: »Cool shower if I've been out in the sweltering Alabama summer heat doing something physical. Warm every other time in the summer, hot in the winter.Mr_Bad_Example wrote: »Virgiree21 wrote: »A 2009 study found that exposure to extreme cold temperatures activated brown fat in 23 and 24 participants by a 15-fold increase, meaning someone could lose up to nine pounds in a year if they kept this practice up.
What study might that be, deary? Also, I don't believe that many showers are going to have a temperature setting that dips into the extreme cold that would probably be necessary for this to occur. But hey, at least now you can ditch that pesky hot water heater of yours.
Have no idea lol. I just put in the weight loss benefit I read about because well.. This is a weight loss thread lol. 9lbs a year isn't much anyways. I'm really more interested in the other benefits. Definitely not giving up hot showers. I actually really like extremely hot showers.( as hot as my body can take) I also turn the shower on really hot few minutes before I get in and when I walk in the bathroom it's like a steam room. I love that shi... But I meant end with a cold shower not take a cold one.
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I've heard this too. I've been taking cold showers as well. It's not exactly comfortable in the shower, but it cuts down on time and water wasted in the shower and you feel wonderful afterwards.0
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I take a cold shower so my red hair won't bleed as much, but I'd rather not.0
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At the end of each shower I always do a cold rinse. It's refreshing but I don't see weight coming off though. Maybe my cold rinse should last more than 5 seconds to see results0
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So is this like the ice bucket challenge? Should I make a video of myself in the shower and then nominate 3 others.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=b4gRka0qq7s
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I did cold showers for about 3 months when my water heater broke. At the end of the 3 months I was still fat. And cold. And being cold meant tense muscles, which resulted in more pain.
But hey good luck with that!0 -
serafinelaveaux wrote: »I did cold showers for about 3 months when my water heater broke. At the end of the 3 months I was still fat. And cold. And being cold meant tense muscles, which resulted in more pain.
But hey good luck with that!
That's very unfortunate.0
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