Winter is coming

[Fernando Almaguer]

Cold showers really spike dopamine. I did one today when it was about 40 degrees out. Felt amazing to do something really hard and then get the benefits of lowering blood sugar, increasing immunity and some fat metabolism early in the day.

I turn on the warm after and start laughing, not sure why but smiling in the morning... why not.

Who all is going to get cold adapted this winter, if any?

 

[FunkOdyssey]

I tried to get into the habit of cold showers for awhile but I found that I was starting to despise myself for subjecting myself to unnecessary punishment. Suffering that is required to reach a worthy goal is different and I find it easier to bear. Cold showers started to feel like a form of self-flagellation and the experience became increasingly negative.

 

[tareload]

Cold showers really spike dopamine. I did one today when it was about 40 degrees out. Felt amazing to do something really hard and then get the benefits of lowering blood sugar, increasing immunity and some fat metabolism early in the day.

I turn on the warm after and start laughing, not sure why but smiling in the morning... why not.

Who all is going to get cold adapted this winter, if any?

Try 25 to 30 below F for 20 winters and get back to me. 40 deg F is nice spring day in some parts. Enjoy all that cold crap while you are young!!

 

[FunkOdyssey]

Try 25 to 30 below F for 20 winters and get back to me. 40 deg F is nice spring day in some parts. Enjoy all that cold crap while you are young!!

Where was this? Upper midwest? Canada?

 

[tareload]

Where was this? Upper midwest? Canada?

"Parts Unknown"

 

[Fernando Almaguer]

Try 25 to 30 below F for 20 winters and get back to me. 40 deg F is nice spring day in some parts. Enjoy all that cold crap while you are young!!

Well now that's dangerously cold. I've done 30-35 ... the idea is to.get all the benefits of the cold with out dying lol

 

[Fernando Almaguer]

I tried to get into the habit of cold showers for awhile but I found that I was starting to despise myself for subjecting myself to unnecessary punishment. Suffering that is required to reach a worthy goal is different and I find it easier to bear. Cold showers started to feel like a form of self-flagellation and the experience became increasingly negative.

I agree it's not necessary. I've found the opposite that glory is found on the other end of suffering. At least a 250% spike in dopamine and a slow increase throughout the day mind you is quite a positive for me. But I respect your pov Funk.

 

[Fernando Almaguer]

"Parts Unknown"

Rey mysterio over here hehehe

 

[tareload]

Rey mysterio over here hehehe

Rey Mysterio billed from San Diego.

Parts Unknown: Exposing the myth

A satellite sect just south of Roswell in New Mexico. An icy tundra on the periphery of the Antarctic. Perhaps some antimatter-rich, abstract isle not even within the physical orbit of the good, green Earth. Like its name suggests, the region referred to as Parts Unknown along with its...

www.wwe.com

 

[Fortunate]

Try 25 to 30 below F for 20 winters and get back to me. 40 deg F is nice spring day in some parts. Enjoy all that cold crap while you are young!!

Sounds like a recipe for Seasonal Affective Disorder!

 

[MDavidW76]

"Parts Unknown"

Playing under the ice with NATO?

 

[Sly]

Nothing like a “polar plunge!”