Cold Showers !!! - 30 Day Challange

[Mastermind]

Hi, Everyone,

I decided to start doing cold showers. And I commit to do that for 30 consecutive days.
I tried to do cold showers before, but that was not just few showers, for several seconds each and later I just forgot. I just didn't find reason, good enough to keep me consistent with this.

Here Are some videos, which motivated me to start this challenge:

 

 

 

Now it's 4 of March - the first day. And 2 of April will be 30th day.
I'm up to do this for 30 days. Every cold shower will last no less than for 2 min.

I will post soon...

P.S.: Here are some points I want to make:

• I understand, cold shower will not have any negative effect on my health.
• It will be uncomfortable only for 2-5 minutes.
• It is obvious, cold shower is NOT a stupid idea.
• The only negative outcome is just being cold for several minutes.
• The only person, who can stop me from doing this is my self.
• There is NO valid reason not to do this (unless you have REASONABLE heart problems or blood pressure problems).
• There are many valid reasons to do this.

See ya.

Edited March 4, 2016 by Mastermind
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[Mastermind]

Ok, I did it. After doing all hygiene, I realized "Ok, now it's time to have a cold shower". I was hesitating to do it for several minutes, but I understood pretty well, I have no reason not to do it now.

So, I turned off hot water and turned on only cold water. First 10 seconds was like a shock for body, all muscles was in tense, I was breathing very deeply and intensively - ice cold water was flowing through my back, but I understood, I need to keep having that shower for long enough.

Later I kinda got used to it, then I turned to the side and let water to flow through my one shoulder, other shoulder and front.

Now I feel kinda good and I'm not hesitating to continue this challenge.

Let's see, what long term effects this habit will have to my psyche.

[Falk]

haha ^^ well done! I do it every morning, first gel/soap and warm water and then i switch to medium-cold to wash off and then some seconds even colder (it is not as hard as going INSTA ICE!! ^^) also i go to sauna once a week and afterwards i do ice-shower! it is basicly water that is about to freeze, if you never did that TRY! you feel AMAZING after that you feel super awake and in the winter i even went outside after the ice-shower and layed down in the snow naked and i didnt realy care it felt good! 2-3 hours later you still feel awake and present, so it is a perfect complementation to meditation.

[Evilwave Heddy]

2 hours ago, Falk said:

 (it is not as hard as going INSTA ICE!! ^^)

Damn right it's not.  I did this for the first few days and it was torture.  I slep in to avoid waking up to do it.

Now though I shower normally with an ice cold shower at the end.

[Mastermind]

Yesterday, on 5 of March, I had my second cold shower. Feeling was the same. This time I stop, when I started feeling the pain. But the pain went of after about 30 seconds. I'm still motivated to continue this challenge. Today I will try to relax as much as possible (Maybe I'll try mindful meditation during this cold shower).

On 2016-03-04 at 7:26 PM, Falk said:

also i go to sauna once a week and afterwards i do ice-shower! it is basicly water that is about to freeze, if you never did that TRY!

I have experience on (1) being in sauna and (2) later washing my self in cold water. I did this "1-2" cycle several times. Later, at night, I felt like I have caught a cold, So I was sleeping with two blankets. But at the morning everything was ok.

On 2016-03-04 at 10:19 PM, Evilwave Heddy said:

Damn right it's not.  I did this for the first few days and it was torture.  I slep in to avoid waking up to do it.

That's the reason, why I don't do this at morning for first 3 times. I don't have any plans this weekend, so I can't sleep in or somehow avoid cold shower.

Edited March 6, 2016 by Mastermind
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[Veggies]

Props for the videos, I too am going to bathe in cold now. There is no good reason not to.

 

Veggies make me fart