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Cold Showers

In the middle of summer when it is 45deg c I love getting in the icy cold shower and washing all the sweat off. Only 10 seconds out of the shower though and I'm hot and sweating again.

Another thing I love to do is in the middle of winter I run down to the beach (20 meters or so) and jump in the water for a minute or two till my body is numb and I'm shaking then I run up to the spa at my house and jump in (at 37.5 deg c) the feeling is AMAZING! And so exhilerating. Makes my body tingle for awhile and it feels so good. Must try if you have the chance, to simplify it you could go from a cold shower to warm bath to save needing a beach and spa.
 
Oxycondone said:
In the middle of summer when it is 45deg c I love getting in the icy cold shower and washing all the sweat off. Only 10 seconds out of the shower though and I'm hot and sweating again.

Another thing I love to do is in the middle of winter I run down to the beach (20 meters or so) and jump in the water for a minute or two till my body is numb and I'm shaking then I run up to the spa at my house and jump in (at 37.5 deg c) the feeling is AMAZING! And so exhilerating. Makes my body tingle for awhile and it feels so good. Must try if you have the chance, to simplify it you could go from a cold shower to warm bath to save needing a beach and spa.
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Fucking hell man, 45 degrees C....20m from a beach...home spa...


Where do you live? UTOPIA?! And here's me sitting looking at grey rainy skies, 10 degrees out there in whats meant to be summer with my balls retracting into my godamn stomach!
 
GOOD MORNING VIETNAM!! =D

I just stepped out of an icy shower, and as usual it feels GR-R-R-REAT!
 
It sure as hell does man!

Though lately i'm becoming a right pussy about the thought of it. I have been starting my cold showers with a comfortable lukewarm and gradually going down, though admittedly I have been going down to EXTREME coldness....the coldest it can go is what I end on now! Believe me, that is fucking cold.I can't feel my hands/legs/head at all after 5 seconds, if that.

Tomorrow, whether I like it or not, i'm just jumping straight into cold and getting colder from there like when I started.
 
attempt4 said:
It sure as hell does man!

Though lately i'm becoming a right pussy about the thought of it. I have been starting my cold showers with a comfortable lukewarm and gradually going down, though admittedly I have been going down to EXTREME coldness....the coldest it can go is what I end on now! Believe me, that is fucking cold.I can't feel my hands/legs/head at all after 5 seconds, if that.

Tomorrow, whether I like it or not, i'm just jumping straight into cold and getting colder from there like when I started.
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I have two separate lines in my shower, a hot and a cold. I start with some hot in there to motivate me to get in the shower, soap up, and then I turn the hot 100% off so its as cold as it will get for the rest of the shower.

Thats the true definition of a 'cold shower' to me, if ya leave the hot on to any degree, well... then its a warm, or lukewarm shower. I find truly cold showers to be much more rewarding than half-way cold showers.
:D
 
ektamine said:
I have two separate lines in my shower, a hot and a cold. I start with some hot in there to motivate me to get in the shower, soap up, and then I turn the hot 100% off so its as cold as it will get for the rest of the shower.

Thats the true definition of a 'cold shower' to me, if ya leave the hot on to any degree, well... then its a warm, or lukewarm shower. I find truly cold showers to be much more rewarding than half-way cold showers.
:D
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Yeah exactly. The past couple days I've done the "start with warm" thing and it just doesn't feel quite as rewarding. Tomorrow it's back to STARTING COLD AND MANNING THE FUCK UP, BITCH.


I might have another one tonight as im currently in Kratom withdrawals and man do cold showers really help. Thats something to note for the opiate addicts who find themselves in W/D btw. It's w/d that brought me to the art of cold showers.
 
^ Interesting. Good to know, if I ever find myself in that situation agian ;)
 
Just heard on the radio today that a calorie restricted diet prolongs life because it lowers body temperature in the long-run; perhaps cold showers can have the same impact?
 
Does anyone get a slight headache after a cold shower? Maybe it's the blood flowing round my head but I always get an uncomfortable headache for about 5 - 15min after stepping out.
 
attempt4 said:
Fucking hell man, 45 degrees C....20m from a beach...home spa...


Where do you live? UTOPIA?! And here's me sitting looking at grey rainy skies, 10 degrees out there in whats meant to be summer with my balls retracting into my godamn stomach!
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Australia mate =D

I see rain and 10 deg weather for prob 20 days of the year. Rest is sunny.
 
I only have cold showers on hot days, nothing better than doing something physical in the heat and then jump in a cold shower.
Love it :)
 
^ Bro cold showers make your dick shrink.. You got it backwards...

In this thread, the one with the SMALLEST dick is the most hardcore ;)
 
Wow, let's not turn this into a "who's dick's the smallest" discussion. 8)

Seriously: Any more talk like that and this thread will be closed. That's for the Lounge, not HL.

In other news, I took a luke warm shower yesterday. The shower wouldn't stay hot, so rather than get hot then cold, I turned it down and dealt with it. I did feel much more awake than normal. Twas weird. I'll be trying another luke warm shower tomorrow morning, for at least half of it. :P
 
(It's "ma'am." :P)

Back on thread: How long did it take you guys to transition from a "normal temperature" shower to a "luke warm" shower for the entire time?
 
I started by turning the shower on hot like a normal shower, then as soon as I'm fully wet, I gradually turn it down to 50% hot 50% cold, and then after about 30 seconds, I throw it on 100% cold (0% hot) for the rest of the shower.

The only reason I don't just start with 100% cold and finish with it, is because its just (psychologically) easier for me to step in the shower if its hot. Once I'm in, I just wanna get it down to cold as fast as I can.
 
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