{"id":218982,"date":"2021-02-02T11:47:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T16:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synergyfitnessteam.com\/?p=218982"},"modified":"2021-02-02T11:47:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T16:47:12","slug":"cold-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/synergyfitnessteam.com\/cold-water\/","title":{"rendered":"I Dare You To Take A Cold Water Shower"},"content":{"rendered":"
Something about going from still groggy and half asleep to wide awake and ice cold everywhere is almost electrifying.<\/p>\n
I’ve been incorporating cold water into my routine for about 5 years now.<\/p>\n
It may be a cold water shower or a polar plunge into my backyard pond.<\/p>\n
There are a large number of supposed health benefits from cold water, and while most may be true, I want to share with you my experience and results.<\/p>\n
Calms itchy skin?<\/strong><\/p>\n I find this to be very true in my experience.<\/p>\n My skin feels so much better after cold water.<\/p>\n Hot waters pulls oils and begins to dry out your skin.<\/p>\n After a cold water shower my skin isn’t dry, isn’t oily. It is just right.<\/p>\n Wakes you up?<\/strong><\/p>\n 100%!<\/p>\n Your body gets an initial shock response and makes you very aware of your environment.<\/p>\n Maybe you can substitute your morning coffee for a cold shower.<\/p>\n Increases circulation?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n I would say that this is partially true.<\/p>\n When you get into cold water, it is going to slow down your circulation to your extremities, keeping your core temperature up.<\/p>\n When you get out and your body begins to pump more blood back to your extremities, the recovery process will increase your circulation.<\/p>\n Temporarily your circulation is restricted but is increased as a result.<\/p>\n Reduces post workout muscle soreness?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Physical therapy uses ice baths often to calm inflammation.<\/p>\n You’re probably not working out to the point of inflammation.<\/p>\n This is partially true in my opinion for treating just soreness.<\/p>\n Boosts weight loss?<\/strong><\/p>\n When your body is experiencing extreme cold, your metabolic activity increases to help heat your body.<\/p>\n But this is not an effective solution to see weight loss.<\/p>\n Jumping into a cold shower should not be your tactic to lose weight.<\/p>\n Reduces stress?<\/strong><\/p>\n Cold water creates a stressor which your body is forced to respond to.<\/p>\n This is very short term stress.<\/p>\n But can give you some perspective when responding to other stressful situations.<\/p>\n