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I never really gave much thought to what happens after my cold shower, first time I tried, I got instant warming after, but 8 days later, I just cannot get warm, I enjoy the cold shower, I find that strange to say, the concept is worse than the actual activity. Though I cannot get warm today. It is 13'c outside at 1.10pm. Am I supposed to be cold many hours after the cold shower? On a warmer day, its not as cold after the cold shower. My hands were aching with pain as well, they were freezing, this was an hour later of the said very cold shower.
Thanks for reading.

I noticed the same thing, when I started I took only three minutes, and felt this warmth afterwards. When I've increased to 10 minutes it can take an hour or two to feel warm again. Don't know if that's a good or bad thing. How long do you shower, what temperature?

I hot shower for about 4 minutes and 90% cold shower for 2 minutes and 100% cold for about 40secs. Too painful on the skin.

Shortly after i posted last, I went down with a couple of colds, one after another - so I put cold showers to one side.

I've just started again, and I've found it amazingly easy to get back into. I began with 20 seconds a week ago, and this morning I managed 3 minutes! Of course, by this stage I could have kept going, but then it becomes a question of how long do you need to keep going for.

I'll have to go back and look at the research!

How's everyone else going?

omg cold showers thread again.

it sends shivers up and down my spine even the thought of it. even in the middle of a heat wave in sydney!

I never really gave much thought to what happens after my cold shower, first time I tried, I got instant warming after, but 8 days later, I just cannot get warm, I enjoy the cold shower, I find that strange to say, the concept is worse than the actual activity. Though I cannot get warm today. It is 13'c outside at 1.10pm. Am I supposed to be cold many hours after the cold shower? On a warmer day, its not as cold after the cold shower. My hands were aching with pain as well, they were freezing, this was an hour later of the said very cold shower.
Thanks for reading.

I noticed the same thing, when I started I took only three minutes, and felt this warmth afterwards. When I've increased to 10 minutes it can take an hour or two to feel warm again. Don't know if that's a good or bad thing. How long do you shower, what temperature
?

a as long as I want

b the temp I want.


Forgive me washing in cold water strikes me as being a certain type of madness.

If ou fall in a cold river you can anticipate your heart packing up after a few minutes. Showering in cold water????

Not the whole shower, soap does not want to come of as easy with cold water.

I turn the hot tap completely off for about 3/4 minutes, do not know the temperature , eternity it feels like, its not so bad in this supposed summer we are having, when its colder the skin hurts. But I am strangely addicted to it. weird or what? I'm not there long enough to die from hypothermia

I never really gave much thought to what happens after my cold shower, first time I tried, I got instant warming after, but 8 days later, I just cannot get warm, I enjoy the cold shower, I find that strange to say, the concept is worse than the actual activity. Though I cannot get warm today. It is 13'c outside at 1.10pm. Am I supposed to be cold many hours after the cold shower? On a warmer day, its not as cold after the cold shower. My hands were aching with pain as well, they were freezing, this was an hour later of the said very cold shower.
Thanks for reading.

I noticed the same thing, when I started I took only three minutes, and felt this warmth afterwards. When I've increased to 10 minutes it can take an hour or two to feel warm again. Don't know if that's a good or bad thing. How long do you shower, what temperature
?

a as long as I want

b the temp I want.


Forgive me washing in cold water strikes me as being a certain type of madness.

If ou fall in a cold river you can anticipate your heart packing up after a few minutes. Showering in cold water????

agreed.