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I read once that Navy Seals take cold showers after going to "work." Basically the cold reduces inflammation of the joints, ligaments and muscles.
So I tried it out after I started exercising. I lasted 3 showers before I said, "Fuck that."
Maybe it works... I'm not brave enough to find out.
We bought a portable.
Fairly inexpensive for what it is.
Don’t just start at the coldest temp, work your way down to it.
First of the year, we cut out bread and dairy from the store. I make what we eat from Einkorn flour. I bought a mill to grind the berries here, so much better. We buy fresh milk from a local farm and make our own butter now. No more seed oils in the house, period. No more stealth sugars like maltodextrin or modified corn starch in our foods either. No more HFCS, period.
Cell phones are charged in another room now, away from the bed and the Wi-Fi router is turned off at night. I sleep like an old dog now, 7-8 hours straight.
I’m also doing the 30-30-30 method. 30 grams of protein and 30 minutes of cardio within 30 minutes of walking. Clothes are loose fitting, May break out the old stuff soon.
Bought something to go with our treadmill called a CLIMBR. Best I could do initially was 2 minutes 15 seconds on it. Up to 15 minutes now.
All of this began when the doctor told me I had non alcoholic fatty liver, stage 1, and it could easily be reversed through diet and exercise. That was all the motivation I needed.
You know, I could start a thread and post the stuff I’ve learned so far, if anyone else is interested.
And you people call ME a hipster??
The ice bath. People in motorcross, fighting, etc, been doing it for decades. The hipster version is cryotherapy, 3 minutes in a liquid nitrogen chilled chamber.
Take and increasingly hot shower until you're used to the water almost as hot as it'll go. And then stand there for a while and get your whole body hot and then crank it to cold. It feels great!
How long at 55?
I’ve been ending showers with a couple minutes of cold water
Wife has an outdoor hot tub that she uses in the summer (costs me $100 a month to keep it at 104 degrees)
She does 5 minutes, THEN she jumps into an adjacent mini-pool with cold-ass creek water.
FUCK. THAT.
Take and increasingly hot shower until you're used to the water almost as hot as it'll go. And then stand there for a while and get your whole body hot and then crank it to cold. It feels great!
This is how we started out. I did let a few obscenities slip out the first couple of times but now I’m ok. Wife outright hollered.
60 is the new 40. 
I always thought the best thing to do with a hysterical woman is dump a glass of ice water over her head. Calms them down right away.
I always thought the best thing to do with a hysterical woman is dump a glass of ice water over her head. Calms them down right away.
almost the same thing as calming a cat - just dunk it in the bath water until it calms down.
We have a winter festival here (dumbest idea ever) and one of the "features" is the Polar Dip. They cut a 15ish foot hole in the ice and people stand in line to jump in. A former boss of mine decided it would be good business to participate and tried to get me to join him. "Fuck that" was my reply. Let's say his attitude and enthusiasm were markedly different on his return compared to when he left. He had the thousand yard stare of someone who had witnessed something horrific. He never talked about it.
Just jumping in cold water or ice water isn't how it's supposed to work. You're supposed to get your body really hot first. Like in a sauna and then go dunk yourself in the ice water.
That way it actually feels great.
Take and increasingly hot shower until you're used to the water almost as hot as it'll go. And then stand there for a while and get your whole body hot and then crank it to cold. It feels great!
Ha! I sauna until I'm throbbing hot and then take either an ice cold bath or shower until I'm cold. It feels great. I've been doing that for about 40 years.
I’m not doing that nitrogen shit, ice water is cold enough. I’m down to 55 degrees at the moment, may stop there.
It's not bad. -230F for 3 minutes. My brain starts to panic and want out around minute 2 but if you banter with the attendant the last minute goes by quick.
almost the same thing as calming a cat - just dunk it in the bath water until it calms down.
Absolutely - it stops them dead in their tracks, and they go :
"Why... what was I thinking... Thank you. Darling would you like a sandwich ?"
