On Cold Showers

AColdChill · 2017-01-04T04:15:43+00:00

Took cold showers for a whole month straight as an experiment. The first two weeks had the most results. Had more energy and my hair looked fuller due to the fact I used to take hot showers which are known to dry out your hair. I had more focus in getting things done. Near the end of the month I wasnt getting as much of the effects it had in the beginning. My hair and skin looked a littler nicer but my mind and body grew accustomed to the cold. First week was the hardest when it came to convincing myself to just jump in. Near the end my mentality changed and I would tell myself "stop being a bitch and get it over with." Try it for a month and see how you feel. Its a good way to add a bit of confidence to yourself knowing you have the discipline to follow through it.

II_Pand3mic_II · 2017-01-04T00:13:40+00:00

Interesting. What are the physical benefits when you have a cold shower?

2comment · 2017-01-04T00:35:28+00:00

When I started, the easiest way to begin cold showering was to have it normal temperature and after X amount of minutes turn it down some notches, then after a while, some more. The short warm intro period absolutely killed off the step-in hesitation I experienced.

Like a 10 minute shower, I gave myself a 3 minute introductory period. At first, lukewarm even felt cold. I think it took me 4 days to even get to the coldest point at the very end of the shower. By the end of week 2, I'd just take 90 second intros and then snap it all the way to cold for the rest.

frog_boss_gamaru · 2017-01-04T01:33:12+00:00

This cold showers nonsense is very reflective of the attitude on trp where things are either rp or BP in every aspect of life

canadian_wakenbacon · 2017-01-04T01:57:21+00:00

This sub has gone to the shitters.

A post about cold showers.

Fucking homeopath blue pill shit.

Edit: just read the rest of the post. You are "a man" because your inner warmth is being felt throughout your entire body.

You sound like my divorced, feminist mother who quotes garbage she read on FB to help her get through her miserable existence.

And the rest of you, chipping into this BS...WTF.

Do you have any FUCKING BALLS.

First and last post ever on TRP. This sub has done a lot for me, but as of late, lots of blue pill sheep posting beta garbage.

Unsubscribed.

NakedAndBehindYou · 2017-01-04T05:58:03+00:00

This is the dumbest thing I've read all day.

Elfclan30 · 2017-01-04T02:03:52+00:00

I dont own a heater(not by choice)...so I guess this is easy.

RelentlessGrind · 2017-01-04T08:30:02+00:00

When visiting relatives in Colombia all the showers in their houses were cold, I did not feel better one iota. After working out and taking a five mile run in the cold/rain nothing feels better than taking a hot shower, we're supposed to deprive ourselves to some of life's little luxuries?

Fedor_Gavnyukov · 2017-01-04T07:14:14+00:00

every comment in this thread is garbage including this one

UncleLover · 2017-01-04T10:54:33+00:00

This post is fedora as fuck.

Versacedave · 2017-01-04T05:26:46+00:00

It's also nice to take cold showers when it's cold outside because you're body will adjust to the cold within like thirty seconds, then when you get out you don't freeze adjusting to the air temperature, it's actually warmer than you are haha. But yeah cold showers build character I'd agree

JFMX1996 · 2017-01-04T00:42:58+00:00

I went a full year without any hot water in my senior year of high school back before the whole cold shower hype. There weren't a lot of resources so I sort of had to figure out my own way at the time.

Well, the way I'd start off was that I'd get in, start with a normal shower, and then turn it off to pure cold water when I'd be in. I did this for a few weeks, and then started just getting into the shower and starting the water that way as opposed to waiting outside the tub and stepping into the falling water. It was a simple change but a lot more efficient and badass in a way for me. I had to just get in and wait for the extreme cold to wake me up.

Where I live it gets really cold, snows like crazy at times and the water pipes get frozen. While most guys are out bitching that the waters not warming up, it's you whose saying "Fuck it, more fun" and jumping in and taking an awesome cold shower.

This carried over into developing grit and discipline, always doing what I have to even when I don't feel like it. I also enjoyed the euphoria of the cold rush. Getting yourself to just let the water fall and not start breathing all weird and prancing around is a good goal, just staying in for a full minute and letting the water really get your head, face, and back is good.

I've been back into it for around 2 months now and it's awesome.

plymouthSundance · 2017-01-04T03:54:11+00:00

This is dumb. Really dude? I can be RP without taking cold showers like a caveman.

BoogersAreTasty · 2017-01-04T04:48:51+00:00

I would love to benefit from cold showers. Unfortunately, I am cursed with ingrown hairs. Take a hot shower at least twice a day that opens my pores and then scrubbing any dirt off me is imperative.

If I don't do that then ingrown hairs can become a real problem.

No beta whining. Just my reality.

I wonder if there are options for people like me?

PM_ME_UR_NIPS_GURL · 2017-01-04T09:33:44+00:00

What if cold showers are my guilty pleasure? Do I take hot showers?

Hung_Chad · 2017-01-04T16:29:51+00:00

You can give me a cold shower when I'm dead. Until then, fuck right off with this bullshit "benefits of self-torture".

iamneptuno · 2017-01-04T18:01:35+00:00

Just for the record -- if anyone needs a cold shower to properly wake up, that means your sleep is fucked.

thechugganautbitch · 2017-01-04T01:55:32+00:00

How cold is it where you live? Where I live some mornings it can be around -12 to -15 degrees celsius and it seems like that would be too cold.

Not trying to make excuses for myself, just curious what people who live in cold areas find it like.

Is it really cold when you get out?

ghee99 · 2017-01-04T04:56:28+00:00

sounds like a good way to catch a cold

BlackRifleCoffee · 2017-01-04T00:28:13+00:00

I fill a 5 gallon paint bucket with water each night and leave it outside to get cold. In the morning I get up, knock the ice off the top and slowly pour it over my head, neck & chest. I also shower with cold water (warm when I'm washing my hair). The cold bucket allows me start off the day by accomplishing something I really don't want to do.

Dookiestain_LaFlair · 2017-01-04T08:20:59+00:00

Unless you are training to be a Navy SEAL or to escape Alcatraz Island, there is no need for a cold shower.

HRpuffystuff · 2017-01-04T06:08:59+00:00

Yeah this is some cultist bullshit

notcarl · 2017-01-04T04:31:14+00:00

Not sure I buy all the health benefits. But it wakes you the fuck up. It's uncomfortable. And like anything hard, you feel better afterwards.

Burrito_Capital · 2017-01-04T15:50:55+00:00

Wim Hof "Iceman" has a good view on why cold is good for you....

dammit_redskins · 2017-01-04T15:54:51+00:00

People here act like cold showers are the fucking messiah.

ArkAngelEV · 2017-01-04T16:24:15+00:00

Don't let cold shower gain an inch. It'll take a mile. #notonmywatchcoldshower

Ozymanberg · 2017-01-04T17:31:41+00:00

Ime, cold showers do pretty good to kickstart me into the day. The shock helps and the cold water takes away the stuffiness in my face. So I would recommend it. Though contrast showers are good to help you relax yet keep you sharp, so you guys might want to check that out, too.

That being said, the fact that you put TRP imagery so seriously into something as perfunctory as a shower makes it look like a cartoon parody of a post. Really? Resorting to Blue Beta Billy shaming in order to make a shower RP amd manly?

Whatever really. To each their own.

redpillnexus · 2017-01-04T18:08:32+00:00

Cold showers are ridiculously uncomfortable though. If you can provide real scientific studies proving that they're beneficial, I might start doing them, but right now I don't care how blue pill they are, I like warm showers.

TrumpRules2016 · 2017-01-04T19:19:58+00:00

I started doing cold showers about a few weeks ago and haven't looked back. Once you get used to them, it feels soothing on the skin. It's also a lot easier to leave a cold shower, than a hot shower. I feel like I have noticed some other physical benefits as well.

TheBrokenRuler · 2017-01-04T19:53:45+00:00

Anyone here ever heard of the Wim Hof method? Just curious... he makes some interesting claims, and seems to have the goods to back it up.

Govedo13 · 2017-01-04T19:57:42+00:00

Cold is not bad thing. It is unexplored, uncharted territory. Our bodies can do a lot more. We just need to learn how to do it.

I really recommend checking Wim Hoff. His book is badly written but full of interesting stuff.

GoingTheHardWay · 2017-01-04T20:48:19+00:00

ITT: People who haven't even fucking tried scottish or cold showers on a regular basis (more than a few times) and find it easier to be divisive than appreciate another viewpoint.

I do it because it wakes me up and it's a challenge I get to face every morning. I don't give a shit if people think its' RP or blue pill or whatever the fuck they want to say.

The fact is that it's about discipline and challenging yourself. How far can you take it?

I spent 95 seconds submerged in a freezing lake yesterday just to see if I could. And I did it with a clam, collected control. Not just women, but everyone respects that and it carries over to other challenges in your life.

Fuck all the haters who don't have the balls to try or to challenge themselves.

empatheticapathetic · 2017-01-04T01:50:56+00:00

I have freezing cold showers. I spent about 40 mins in the shower as well as I have long hair and I just can't do it any quicker. Honestly what is the big fucking deal? What am I supposedly achieving? Will power? Once I'm in there it's not a big deal after 3 minutes.

iamzeuss · 2017-01-04T04:06:48+00:00

Before when I was taking cold showers I had no approach anxiety. After I stopped, it camr back.

Magic = cold showers.

Insydeinformation · 2017-01-04T06:37:03+00:00

To me cold showers are literally unbearable, like real torture or something. I cannot do it for more than 3 seconds

LidlKwark · 2017-01-04T13:43:42+00:00

"You see that sweet apple lying there? That sweet apple represent Blue Beta Billy. If you want to be real man, take that sour ass Granny Smith. You will feel resentment in your mouth. Your body is saying "NO, NO!" But you're a man, and you bite through the sour apple. As your mouth hurts, you start taking pleasure in this pain. You can feel yourself... becoming a man."

This is the type of cancer that needs to be banned on this sub.

Title	On Cold Showers
Author	panties_
Upvotes	72
Comments	126
Date	January 3, 2017 11:42 PM UTC (9 years ago)
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