What are the benefits of a cold shower?
Nothing you dumb shit, stop looking for shortcuts in life
>>36642629
It wakes you up i guess.
>>36642629
Much less than you seem to think.
Boner killer?
>>36642629
it makes you cold
>>36642629
-Conditioning you to be a badass
-Better looking skin and hair
-Test Gains
Fucking Google it. There is a shit-ton of articles on it
>>36642629
once I get past the initial shock of the cold it helps me to relax my muscles and it wakes me up inside.
also >>36642637 is a phaggot
>>36642629
I think the real question is what are the benefits of hot showers?
It's cool as fuck and the all the lone wolf alpha as fuck protagonists always do it in the movies and shit.
Other than that no valid reason to take a cold shower instead of a hot one.
its good for your blood flow. Literatlly the only thing, everything else is broscience
>>36642671
>wakes me up inside
>>36642671
>WAKE ME UP
>WAKE ME UP INSIDE
>>36642673
I think the real question is what difference does it make?
.>>36642671
But I can't wake up. Can a cold shower save me from the nothing I've become?
>>36642673
Hot water's better at dislodging dirt.
It helps with joint inflammation if you're a sportster
>>36642704
Nah b. Nervous system gainz and potential anti-depressives. Here's a pubmed for the anti-depressives, the nervous system gainz is common knowledge desu.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17993252
Pls post sources or at least explain why the said benefits happen.
cheaper fuel bill
>>36642760
>potential
>could
>suck a dick
>>36642629
Who
>gradually turning water cooler and cooler until it's comfy and refreshing at the end of your shower
masterrace here?
>>36642760
This, plus the cold water causes blood to rush to your skin. This equates to healthy skin.
>>36642671
I hope you realize the ebin pic you posted is from an ad campaign and not an actual picture from the late 60s you fucking fedora
>>36642794
>thinking you need to have huge sample size in studies in order to consider it evidence
that's a rich rofl senpai.
> Practical testing by a statistically insignificant number of people, who did not have sufficient symptoms to be diagnosed with depression, showed that the cold hydrotherapy can relieve depressive symptoms rather effectively.
The point from that above statement is that depressive symptoms can be relieved based on the sample of people without a full-blown diagnosis.
>>36642806
+1
Also hard nipples
>>36642806
I used to. But it's better to have mostly cold showers and a couple of hot showers per week. That way you get the full cold shock, going through the pain builds Character™
>>36642814
I fucking love cold showers, but isn't it heat that makes your blood rush to the surface so that it can cool down?
>>36642823
>statistically insignificant
Taking the cold showers could be purely placebo you mong
>statistically insignificant
>statistically insignificant
>statistically insignificant
>statistically insignificant
>>36642872
famalama, it's still evidence to something which is anecdotally claimed by many people.
>>36642823
are you retarded?
>people who did not have sufficient symptoms to be diagnosed with depression
that could be literally everyone you monkey
>gee lets try to put out this nonexisting fire with cold water. Because there is no fire left after throwing cold water on the selected area, this clearly shows that you can put out a fire with cold water
Amazing!
>>36642815
wat
>>36642815
>>36642892
Yeah, it could be anyone. Should they develop depressive symptoms, it can be used as a remedy :^)
>>36642739
God damnit...I kek'd
>mfw passed out at the shower last year while trying out "cold shocking"
>mfw wake up at the hospital 3 days later
>mfw doc told me I had a stroke and can't lift weights anymore until I slowly build up strength on my left side again
>mfw 6 months of PT and my 1/2/3/4 is less than the average 16 year old noob, thinking of quitting and canceling my gym membership due to lack of gains
>mfw falling for the cold shower meme
>>36642994
hahahahahahahahahahahaah
hahahahahahahahaha
what sort of shit tier genetics do you have that a cold shower gave you a stroke?
>>36642806
>>36642831
These guys get it.
>>36642629
shrinks your dick for maximum portability
>>36642806
>>36643068
Mein kameraden
>take a warm shower
>finish washing everything
>turn water cold
>rinse off with cold water
So, I live in SoCal, and we have warm ground temperature, how cold is cold in a cold shower?
I think I can probably only get the water to around 60 degrees F
>>36642629
Well apparently it doesn't remove your make up
>>36643138
I'm not a rich liberal califaggot like you, my shower tap is one knob that goes from hot on the left to cold on the right. My shower doesn't have a thermometer or a fancy LED display with buttons to pick specific temperatures for the water, you calicuck
just turn the knob(s) from "warm" to "cool" until it gets 2cold4u, it's not fucking rocket surgery
>>36642739
>>36643175
>Being this mad
Chill out
I am asking at what temperature you get supposed benefits from a cold shower. As the coldest I can get it, isn't really that cold.
>>36643175
Angry eskimo detected
>tfw your current shower isn't cold enough
>>36643214
Well I'd suggest to make it a gradual progression, just like increasing weight on your lifts. Try to make it a little colder than the previous shower each time.
>>36643218
ill fuckin harpoon ya kunt
>>36643238
bitch, let's go clubbin' and see who has more blubber at the end.
>>36643273
alright but it's dangerous out in the tundra
stay frosty
>>36642760
Journal of medical hypotheses
>hypotheses
Dye read bruh
>>36643238
I'll try to rephrase. If I turn on my shower to as cold as it goes, it isn't cold.
Discipline. Needing warmth is showing weakness. Anyone who takes hot showers obviously spent too much time cuddling with mommy when they were younger.
>live in a shitty third world fuckin hot country
theres no cold water here
>>36642806
>not just going full cold and being so used to it it's always comfy
you cant even call yourself a man
>>36642815
>caring when a picture was made
I bet you only eat candy from japan and dildos from Honduras
>>36643394
>Not mixing it up with a hot shower once or twice a week so that cold always hurts
>inb4 masochist
Real recognise real
>>36643544
i feel that
http://www.medicaldaily.com/benefits-cold-showers-7-reasons-why-taking-cool-showers-good-your-health-289524
read
>>36642671
Is that pewdiepie?
>>36642994
>>36643034
thats some next level pussy shit, in the old ages these genes would've vanished really fast.
>>36643175
>rocket surgery
I NEED A VEIN DELUDED ON THIS V2 ROCKET RIGHT NOW
>>36642629
In favour:
>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17993252
>Med Hypotheses. 2008
>Adapted cold shower as a potential treatment for depression.
>Exposure to cold is known to activate the sympathetic nervous system and increase the blood level of beta-endorphin and noradrenaline and to increase synaptic release of noradrenaline in the brain as well. Additionally, due to the high density of cold receptors in the skin, a cold shower is expected to send an overwhelming amount of electrical impulses from peripheral nerve endings to the brain, which could result in an anti-depressive effect.
>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23743793
>Sports Med. 2013
>Both [cold water immersion] and [contrast water therapy] appear likely to assist recovery of exercise performance
Not in favour & not against:
>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1890772
>Nihon Eiseigaku Zasshi. 1991
>These results suggest that physical exercise increases [testosterone] level in serum by increasing [luteinizing hormone] and [noradrenaline] levels, but these tendencies were not found with cold water stimulation.
>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19211945
>Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2008
>[cold water immersion] did not result in hypothermia and can be considered safe following high intensity cycling in the heat
Against:
(not going to link it here directly and can't be bothered to search those again, anyway prolonged cold water immersion have inhibitory effects on the ejaculation/mount of males - pretty obviously - on par with electric shock, despite the blood is not showing a decrease in testosterone and despite some beneficial hormonal responses)
TL;DR having a cold shower in the morning in healthy physically active adults is beneficial, mostly for muscle recovery
Combined with a strong black coffee and a good sleep it makes you feel immense.
Hot water opens up the pores in your skin. You don't want a staph infection do you? Just take a hot shower.
>>36642629
You get bronchitis and maybe something else cause your immune system raises body temperature for a reason (to kill off infections)
>>36642760
Did you actually think to read the study before you posted it?
>>36643175
I'm sorry you're poor
>>36642994
dude, for real? Plz don't have kids, humanity will do just fine without your pussy-ass genes
>>36644484
Or clean yourself with hot water then switch it to cold for a minute to rinse off.
>>36644517
Your body raises it's temperature back up pretty quickly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FApCVOXoweU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np0jGp6442A
get schooled you cucks
>>36644837
I did get sick, just sayin'
>>36642815
You're a fucking faggot, dude.
>>36644931
Probably not connected. Cold weather isn't actually the cause of colds.
>>36643353
then its not a cold shower is it ??
>>36642806
ya got me
>>36642671
>phaggot
miscers gonna misc
>>36642793
Oh yessss
>>36642629
I've noticed my scalp is less irritated, as well as my blemishes on my face, much less red if I at least rinse with cold water.
Try it for yourself and see if it's worth it.
>>36642872
>wim hof
>spends years in ince water
>his body can fight off toxins injected into it by scientists while he is submerged in ice for 2 hours.
>he teaches 11 other random people to do the same as him
how do you explain that?
Maybe taking a cold shower will stop me from showering for so long because they're so fucking cozy
>>36645768
Yep. For further reference see:
>>36644845
>>36642629
It slows down your blood flow, so your muscles don't get nutrients as efficiently and don't grow as fast, also it makes you more prone to injury.
That's it, the rest is just an adrenaline spike.
AM I THE ONLY ONE HERE WHO GETS A BIGGER BULGE WHEN I AM COLD?
My balls hang super low normally (like 6 inches down with a 5 inch flaccid dick) but when I get cold my balls contract and push out my dick a lot (even though it shrinks to like 4 inches).
I work out in my garage where it is cold as fuck and holy shit barbell shrugs always push my dick around.
Also, since I just began SS what can I expect larger legs to do for my bulge? Right now I am a spooky skeleton (6'5" 140 pounds) so my legs are twigs. With larger legs will my bulge become more pronounced?
>>36642629
None, cold showers are placebo.
>>36642673
>hot showers
heat shock proteins stimulating muscle HYPERTROPHY
It wakes you up meanwhile the shower, and it makes you sleep like a baby afterwards. (really, i sometimes do it when I can't sleep)
>cold showers
it's like you want every single part of your life to be a meme
>>36642733
dont ever reply to my comment again
I get super pumped up and energetic after a cold shower, and my skin is way better these days, too.
>>36642671
what if I CAN'T WAKE UP
>>36644931
pussy
>>36642671
SAVE ME
skin and hair.
tony robbin's - the power of cold water article is good
>>36642629
cost less and is environment friendly
>>36642629
its cuzs shower time in more than half, thats about it
>>36642872
>tfw your oc cat gets reposted
>>36644845
Nigger you expect me to listen to over four hours of some faggot chat with cunts for his shack radio station about anything just to pick up some possible information telling me to be less comfy in the morning?
>>36648013
>and is environment friendly
stuipd germakuck
>>36648256
what was the original context
the caption on the box seems lame
>>36648378
recreation
google the caption on images
>>36642629
Must be mildly warm, not cold, OP.
>>36642629
Long ago in the far distant past as the women lay in tubs of hot water heater by flames from below the knights would sit in an ice cold tub.
It was not just for cleansing but a test of endurance. The warm comfortable baths make you to soft but the ice cold baths strengthens you through the physical pain.
>>36642739
lél
>http://www.jci.org/articles/view/68993
>Cold acclimation increased NST(nonshivering thermogenesis) significantly from 10.8% before to 17.8% after
shower cold and your body starts burning up more energy throughout the day
endless pussy
>>36642815
Old Canadian Club ad. But grill is 10/10 would bone.
>>36645768
It's insane what that guy is capable of. Are you doing his technique?
I do cold showers as well as sauna sessions. Do they.. cancel out?
Start with a hot shower, then slowly turn down the temperature to ice cold.
>>36648876
Fuck that I'm bulking.
>>36642629
Saves money on gas/electric bills.
>>36642793
Srsly, I went cold shower start of last summer, gas bill (they average current bill based on last year's usage) has been like 30 bucks less each month
> wife spends the surplus on stupid Shit
I like the water the same temperature as my heart
>>36646066
No. Mine shrinks.
>>36645768
>wim hof
That guy has the stupidest name on the planet holy shit.
>>36646066
>6'5" 140 pounds
jesus christ
>>36643175
Hearty kek
