Re:What cold showers and exercise have in common (2014)
by cauterized on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @07:06AM
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Tried it for two weeks once and promptly came down with the worst cold I'd had in a decade. causation? Maybe, maybe not -- but that doesn't incline me to try it again.
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Re:What cold showers and exercise have in common (2014)
by bitL on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @07:59AM
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Likely causation. Try rather adding 10-15s a day to the duration of your cold shower. Some research shows cold showers after 2-2.5 minutes aren't giving you any benefits and over 10 minutes are outright dangerous (unless you are a pro-athlete in recovery).
Even if you do it for longer time, you can still catch horrible cold - I got deep sinusitis knocking me out for a month and am still have some mild symptoms (it was a combination of a bacterial infection, another virus and cold showers prior to catching it). Be careful!