Cold showers and why you should do it.

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Cold showers are the best. Sure it might give you the heebiejeebies straight off the bat, but you walk out of it like Superman.
 
Increases testosterone.

During the 19th century, many doctors and ministers recommended that young men take baths in cold water to reduce the sin of “self-pollution,” i.e. whacking off. Cold water was thought to extinguish a man’s flaming carnal desires. There was even a ghastly device invented on this principle.
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Really curious as to what this could be?
 
Meier said:
Hot showers every time for me.
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Same, but not only hot.. I take scalding showers and steam the shit out of the bathroom. I just sit there and sooth my stress away sometimes. I'm too tall to sit in a bath tub, haven't had a bath i probably 20 years. So a hot, steamy shower is magical to an oaf like me.
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cold showers? get the fuck out of here.

I take hot showers and then when I step out into the cool air I get all of that good cold stuff. I get the benefits of all. I am God.
 
I look like a lobster after my showers, so naw. Though I do take cold showers after an epic bike ride. Feelsgoodman.
 
alphaNoid said:
Same, but not only hot.. I take scalding showers and steam the shit out of the bathroom. I just sit there and sooth my stress away sometimes. I'm too tall to sit in a bath tub, haven't had a bath i probably 20 years. So a hot, steamy shower is magical to an oaf like me.
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I'm looking at plans to build a house and I'm considering getting a whirlpool bathtub for just this reason. I'm 6'4" and haven't fit in a regular bathtub in years. Feels bad man. :(
 
God that list of benefits from showering in cold water is bullshit. I want all those things but FUCK cold water. Shit sucks. Hot showers for me.
 
Last time I did this, I ended up in bed the next few days.

Probably because I was just beginning to feel sick, but it wasn't noticeable until after the fact.

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R2D4 said:
This might be weird but does any one else turn the water almost as hot as it will go and shoot it on their head and then scratch as hard as you can with your fingers on your scalp? For some reason it's orgasmic.
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Yeah i do that, but i'm worried that i am slowly cooking my brain, still a fucking wonderful feeling though.
 
Beardz said:
You guys should try sauna first and then a cold shower, you can actually feel your pores closing.
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Shower? Pfft that's for wimps, do some good ol' ice swimming.

From a 120 °C (that's 248 °F for the celsius-challenged) sauna, into this:
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That'll show those pores!
 
Kapura said:
This? (pretty nsfw)
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What. the fuck.

*shudders*

Anyway, I just tried the cold shower. I'm a stand outside, turn on the water, and then get in kind of guy, and I couldn't so much as get my toes under the water before chickening out. Tried adjusting the water to cold once I was in, but at that point my spirit was already broken.

I've done the ice bath after a run one time, but that was back when I was running, and also back when I had the balls to jump into an ice bath.
 
Tralfamadore64 said:
What. the fuck.

*shudders*

Anyway, I just tried the cold shower. I'm a stand outside, turn on the water, and then get in kind of guy, and I couldn't so much as get my toes under the water before chickening out. Tried adjusting the water to cold once I was in, but at that point my spirit was already broken.

I've done the ice bath after a run one time, but that was back when I was running, and also back when I had the balls to jump into an ice bath.
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Keep reading, it's part of a story arc. Granted it has similarly shudder-inducing scenes, but it's funny because Oglaf is fucking awesome.
 
Well, I take surface-of-the-sun temperature hot showers, so maybe I am due for a change. I’ll give you one week, OP. One week of cold showers. We’ll see how it goes.
 
I've only taken warm baths/showers all my life, and I can't stand cold water, not even to wash my hands - but I'm willing to give the cold shower a shot just for the hell of it when I get home though.
 
I take my showers warm all year round, but if it's really hot in the summer then I'll tone it down to a middling temperature. I never take them too hot or cold.

Occasionally I'll turn it down to cold when I rinse my hair. Maybe I'll do that on a more consistent basis.

I'm not worried about the water bill. I don't take full showers every day and when I do, I don't keep the shower on at all times. I just use it to wet and rinse. I can't believe some people shower every day, sometimes twice, and keep the water on the entire time. Seems like such an unnecessary waste.
 
I take short hot showers and then I rinse my face with ice cold water for 30 seconds afterwards. It's refreshing and you don't freeze your balls off.

e: that said, a "cold" shower on a 40 degree celsius day when the humidity is near 100 is godly. A cold shower in northern Canada when the temperature is -40 celsius and the water in the pipes is barely above freezing is torture.
 
Do people really take long hot showers that much? I don't really feel bad about taking ice baths then. 30 minute hot shower probably wastes more water and energy.
 
I usually rinse myself with cold water after a hot shower. I would never be able to stand a completely cold shower. Feels bad, man.
 
parrotbeak said:
Do people really take long hot showers that much? I don't really feel bad about taking ice baths then. 30 minute hot shower probably wastes more water and energy.
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I'll save energy other ways, but fuck warm or cold showers.
 
I like hot showers because my muscles can be pretty stiff in the morning (old lady time!) it helps work out those pains and I always feel amazing afterward.
 
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