Cold showers...

Thoughts_Arrive
Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
edited February 2017 in All Encompassing Trip
...are the best. I feel amazing after one. Energized and in a good mood.
I've recently decided to take a 30 day cold shower challenge as it is meant to have many health benefits.
It's summer her so it's refreshing, the first 10-20 seconds suck but after that it is amazing.
I am not sure if I will say that in winter when the water temperature is much cooler.

Anyone else here take cold showers?
Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
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  • ehbacon
    ehbacon Posts: 1,972
    edited February 2017
    I take a 3 minutes cold shower every week day in the morning. Really helps me wake up and is really good for my mental health. I also take a warm shower at night before going to bed which also rocks
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    ehbacon said:

    I take a 3 minutes cold shower every week day in the morning. Really helps me wake up and is really good with my mental health. I also take a warm showeregards at night before going to bed which also rocks

    Yeah from what I have read online cold showers are good for depression.
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  • ehbacon
    ehbacon Posts: 1,972
    edited February 2017
    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    ehbacon said:

    I take a 3 minutes cold shower every week day in the morning. Really helps me wake up and is really good with my mental health. I also take a warm showeregards at night before going to bed which also rocks

    Yeah from what I have read online cold showers are good for depression.
    Indeed, I have struggled with depression and intense stress/anxiety in the past. Got help and went to therapy for it, and this is one of the things they told me to do. Been getting better for awhile and cold showers definitely played a part in that. Definitely would recommend it.
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Hopefully they're not taken at the gym :whistle:


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  • KC138045
    KC138045 Columbus, OH Posts: 2,716
    At first I read this as Gold Showers lol
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    KC138045 said:

    At first I read this as Gold Showers lol

    I'm not Donald J Trump.
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    ...are the best. I feel amazing after one. Energized and in a good mood.
    I've recently decided to take a 30 day cold shower challenge as it is meant to have many health benefits.
    It's summer her so it's refreshing, the first 10-20 seconds suck but after that it is amazing.
    I am not sure if I will say that in winter when the water temperature is much cooler.

    Anyone else here take cold showers?

    I like to start warm and do all my cleaning then finish by getting colder and colder...that way I feel cleaner and don't have that thin film of post-shower sweat from the steam.
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    I normally stick to cold the whole way unless I come home from the beach and cold water won't wash out the sand on my feet lol.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,501
    Only in the summer after some type of active recreation. Otherwise I need warm water.

    Conversely, what is it with women and the scolding hot showers? Any woman I've ever dated and hopped in the shower with, they turn that shit all the way up. I'm talking turn the knob 100% to the left on the red H so that only hot water is coming out. Scolding hot water that actually burns. How do they stand that??
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    HesCalledDyer said:

    Only in the summer after some type of active recreation. Otherwise I need warm water.

    Conversely, what is it with women and the scolding hot showers? Any woman I've ever dated and hopped in the shower with, they turn that shit all the way up. I'm talking turn the knob 100% to the left on the red H so that only hot water is coming out. Scolding hot water that actually burns. How do they stand that??

    Because they always complain about feeling cold.
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    HesCalledDyer said:

    Only in the summer after some type of active recreation. Otherwise I need warm water.

    Conversely, what is it with women and the scolding hot showers? Any woman I've ever dated and hopped in the shower with, they turn that shit all the way up. I'm talking turn the knob 100% to the left on the red H so that only hot water is coming out. Scolding hot water that actually burns. How do they stand that??

    I've never done anything to water, to warrant it scolding me =)

    As to the temp...some like it hot.
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,501
    hedonist said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    Only in the summer after some type of active recreation. Otherwise I need warm water.

    Conversely, what is it with women and the scolding hot showers? Any woman I've ever dated and hopped in the shower with, they turn that shit all the way up. I'm talking turn the knob 100% to the left on the red H so that only hot water is coming out. Scolding hot water that actually burns. How do they stand that??

    I've never done anything to water, to warrant it scolding me =)

    As to the temp...some like it hot.
    Haha, *scalding. I stand corrected.
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,501
    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    Only in the summer after some type of active recreation. Otherwise I need warm water.

    Conversely, what is it with women and the scolding hot showers? Any woman I've ever dated and hopped in the shower with, they turn that shit all the way up. I'm talking turn the knob 100% to the left on the red H so that only hot water is coming out. Scolding hot water that actually burns. How do they stand that??

    Because they always complain about feeling cold.
    There are women I work with that have blankets thrown over their laps during the dead heat of summer.
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    HesCalledDyer said:

    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    Only in the summer after some type of active recreation. Otherwise I need warm water.

    Conversely, what is it with women and the scolding hot showers? Any woman I've ever dated and hopped in the shower with, they turn that shit all the way up. I'm talking turn the knob 100% to the left on the red H so that only hot water is coming out. Scolding hot water that actually burns. How do they stand that??

    Because they always complain about feeling cold.
    There are women I work with that have blankets thrown over their laps during the dead heat of summer.
    I've known men (well, at the time, they were boys), who had to utilize the "towel on lap" maneuver.
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,501
    hedonist said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    Only in the summer after some type of active recreation. Otherwise I need warm water.

    Conversely, what is it with women and the scolding hot showers? Any woman I've ever dated and hopped in the shower with, they turn that shit all the way up. I'm talking turn the knob 100% to the left on the red H so that only hot water is coming out. Scolding hot water that actually burns. How do they stand that??

    Because they always complain about feeling cold.
    There are women I work with that have blankets thrown over their laps during the dead heat of summer.
    I've known men (well, at the time, they were boys), who had to utilize the "towel on lap" maneuver.
    Towel tent! :rofl:
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  • Rival178
    Rival178 Posts: 608
    when you say "cold" how cold do you mean?
  • Malroth
    Malroth broken down chevrolet Posts: 2,566
    Super hot. In touch with my feminine side. And I don't want my masculine side to shrivel to oblivion.
    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Yeah, Mal!
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Rival178 said:

    when you say "cold" how cold do you mean?

    Only the cold tap turned on. I am not sure what the temperature of tap water is here.
    I think it is about 15c.
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  • ehbacon
    ehbacon Posts: 1,972
    Rival178 said:

    when you say "cold" how cold do you mean?

    you know when your in the shower and it gets really cold for a second? A little bit colder than that.
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