7 BENEFITS OF COLD SHOWERS

hey guys so today we're going to be taking a look at the seven benefits of having cold showers so let's jump in the dreaded cold shower although we had to enjoy us at some point in our life maybe you're the last one in the shower and all the hot water was gone or maybe you were even enjoying a nice hot shower but then someone run the hot tap in the kitchen and he got a chilly surprise either way although I'm sure that these experience sucked at the time they're actually doing you a favor because cold showers have numerous great benefits for the body and the mind so let's take a look at what they are number one increases alertness hot showers are nice but the drop in body temperature when you finish your shower puts you in a sleepy mood cold showers on the other hand increase your alertness try standing under an ice cold shower and feeling sleepy as soon as that cold water hits you you'll probably take a huge deep breath and continue with this deep breathing as your body's in shock so why does your body force you to breathe like this your body is increasing its oxygen intake to help keep warm our heart rates will also shoot up which perks us up and gives us an energy boost not a bad way to start the day right number two healthy hair and skin hot shower strip your hair and your skin of there healthy natural oils which can leave us feeling dry and itchy cold showers make your skin look healthier because they tighten your pores which prevents them from getting clocked cold showers are also great for your hair they make your hair shinier stronger and healthier because the coldness flattens your hair follicles and improves their hairs ability to grip to the scalp so if you're on great skin and healthy hair which doesn't fall out turn your shower from hot to cold number three increases testosterone in men studies have shown that cold showers increased testosterone in men boost their sperm count increase fertility think about it for a second why do men have their testicles dangling down it outside of their body is to keep them cool because I need to have an average temperature which is lower than that of your body this is also why your nuts tighten up when they're too cold they're trying to get closer to the warmth of your body so having hot showers heats up the old testes which reduces testosterone but cold showers call them off and boost your testosterone so be brave for your balls and take the plunge number four stimulates weight loss okay are you ready for some oversimplified science great we have two types of fat in our body brown fats and white fat white fat is bad we gain white fats when we eat more calories that our body needs to get by so we don't end up burning this fat for energy this type of fat usually piles up in certain areas of our body for guys it usually results in a pot-bellied brown fat on the other hand is good fat it generates heat to keep our bodies warm the cold temperature of a cold shower activates brown fat to keep your body warm which uses energy and stimulates weight loss not too badly number-5 speeds up muscle recovery we hear about professional athletes taking ice baths to speed up recovery but cold showers can have a similar benefit to ever had a killer workout and he go to bed feeling like a champion because you don't ache one bit but in the next morning you're a broken man this is called delayed onset muscle soreness do EMS it is the pain and stiffness that you feel in your muscles 24 to 48 hours after workout having a cold shower relieves delayed onset muscle soreness so you back up and running in no time number 6 reduces stress and relieves depression jumping into a cold shower isn't easy it's stressful but if you consistently have culture' hours you build up a tolerance to the stress the tolerance distress will overflow into other areas of your life as your body becomes accustomed to dealing with stressful stimuli cold showers have also shown to increase your levels of glutathione which is an important antioxidant this antioxidant reduces oxidative stress an oxidative stress is a known precursor to diseases such as diabetes and cancer cold showers also relieve depression if you've taken a cold shower you'll know that your body has this huge rush this is because your skin has receptors and when the cold water touches your skin these receptors go ballistic and your brain is flooded with an overwhelming amount of electrical impulses and this has an anti-depressive effect if you hadn't heard of dr. Rhonda Patrick then advisory check her out she's brilliant and she wrote a report called cold shock in the body in this report dr. Patrick starts by talking about stress most of us think that stress can only be bad like when you are in distress but stress can also be good the term for this is U stress this beneficial stress is usually a short term stress which in the right dose can trigger a response in your body which results in a net gain a good stress in your body is cold shock therapy it increases the release of the hormone norepinephrine also known as noradrenaline the release of this hormone has a positive influence on your focus and your mood and lastly number 7 build strong willpower taking the plunge into a cold shower is no walk in the park it takes willpower but you'll find in life there is often a benefit and doing the things that we least want to do I recently listened to a Tony Robbins talk about this he uses a Coldwater immersion pool every morning and does he wake up every morning and want to jump into that pool no human Tony Robbins is still human but he has trained himself not to negotiate with his mind your mind will always have an excuse but you have the choice whether to listen to it or not so don't think about it don't even make it a choice just get up and do it and you'll start enjoying the benefits of this practice and that's all for me guys I hope you found this interesting I'll put a link below to dr. Rhonda Patrick's website and to the youtube videos of her appearances on the Joe Rogan experience which are thoroughly enjoyed I'll also put a link to the page on tony robbins website which talks about the power of cold water thanks for watching I'll see you next time

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Length: 6min 7sec (367 seconds)

Published: Thu Dec 13 2018

Reddit Comments

[u/[deleted]]

Love it. I enjoyed your accent and pace. Number 7 is my favorite and the reason I do it. The monkey mind screams no no no. And you just go on doing it anyways.

[u/tpmead]

Well done

[u/[deleted]]

Great video ! loved it

[u/InfamousMEEE]

I keep seeing the testosterone benefit. It sounds like complete bs. Yes i bet it would increase testosterone production while you are IN the shower. But afterwards your body returns to normal as it heats up