The Effect of Cold Showering on Health and Work (2016)

Re:The Effect of Cold Showering on Health and Work (2016) by joncrane on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @04:57AM (#22178971)

The takeaway I get is that it increases perseverance. So basically, "doing something physically unpleasant every day increases ability to push through/withstand other physically unpleasant events" is my big takeaway. Seems pretty straightforward. Not necessarily novel, especially when you add in the exercise portion.

I think there's some value to pushing yourself harder than the minimum to be comfortable and survive. But I don't think that's a eureka.

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Re:The Effect of Cold Showering on Health and Work (2016) by viceroyalbean on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @05:51AM (#22179223)

There are some parallels to Stoic philosophy there. Ancient stoics would exercise regularly but state the health effect as a secondary benefit, the primary benefit being the virtuous exercise of discipline.

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Re:The Effect of Cold Showering on Health and Work (2016) by gambiting on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @06:47AM (#22179524)

Anyone who had to do military draft will confirm it. Even after 9-12 months of mandatory service you don't come back buffed like a body builder - but the daily exercise and regime puts you in a different state of mind.

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Re:The Effect of Cold Showering on Health and Work (2016) by imglorp on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @06:47AM (#22179525)

Navy SEAL training involves extended cold water exercise specifically designed to build perseverance. The ones that succeed are experts at not quitting anything

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Re:The Effect of Cold Showering on Health and Work (2016) by gwd on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @05:31AM (#22179113)

> The takeaway I get is that it increases perseverance. So basically, "doing something physically unpleasant every day increases ability to push through/withstand other physically unpleasant events" is my big takeaway.

Yeah, that's the hypothesis I need to see falsified before I start taking cold showers. I reckon my 'perserverance' muscles get enough of a workout from fasting.

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Re:The Effect of Cold Showering on Health and Work (2016) by watwut on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @07:59AM (#22179974)

So basically, "doing something physically unpleasant every day increases ability to push through/withstand other physically unpleasant events" is my big takeaway.

Meh, that would require an independent confirmation too. It is harder for me to believe that doing one somewhat uncomfortable thing a day will make you more likely to push through multiple other more uncomfortable things.

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Re:The Effect of Cold Showering on Health and Work (2016) by chongli on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @06:14AM (#22179355)

Does it increase perseverance or merely select for it? This study does not distinguish the two and to me the latter is more likely.

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Re:The Effect of Cold Showering on Health and Work (2016) by iandanforth on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @06:19AM (#22179385)

That's what the randomization protocol is for?

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Re:The Effect of Cold Showering on Health and Work (2016) by caleb-allen on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @12:05PM (#22182898)

I wonder if mouthwash is similar, if to a lesser degree? Every morning I use mouthwash until I've "felt" all the pain of it, which is when I am done. And I always hate it, and it never gets easier, but I always feel better afterwards because I accepted the pain.

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