About twice a year I have to remind myself that I will feel much better after overexertion (eg, sweaty chores) if I shower and then finish by turning the water about as cold as I can take it.
Not to do it at all, or not to do it as a path to the type of habit changes the linked author was trying to accomplish? Turning the water cold at the end of your shower because it feels good and you like it is fine
Where the article describes an entirely different scenario and protocol is that what you mean by 'literally'?
I'm not doing this to become big and strong. I'm doing it so I don't feel overheated for the next couple hours, sweating into my clean clothes and feeling like this was a mistake and I shouldn't do it again.
Technically correct but demotivating strategies are a Pyrrhic victory.
>"For me, that was all I needed. Understanding that the
ability to do things you don’t want to do is “the biggest generator of long term results”.
[...]
"I think the biggest factor in long term success is the ability to follow your plan, do the next thing you have to do today and overcome the inevitable feeling of not wanting to do certain things.
So I decided to
consider the ability to do things I don’t want to do but have to do as a skill I could improve
, and to me, a morning cold shower was the single best way to train it."
My water heater was out of service for a few weeks (long story) and so I was taking cold showers every day and/or night for the better part of a month.
They were refreshing. I'm not sure I'm willing to bet the farm on their medicinal properties, but they jolted me awake and I felt good afterwords.
The cold shower itself pretty much sucked, and so I would do everything I could to minimize the amount of time in there. Which probably isn't great hygiene-wise.
Nowadays I'll take a cold shower here and there, but most of the time I go with lukewarm-to-warm temp showers.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 24.3 ms ] threadI'm not doing this to become big and strong. I'm doing it so I don't feel overheated for the next couple hours, sweating into my clean clothes and feeling like this was a mistake and I shouldn't do it again.
Technically correct but demotivating strategies are a Pyrrhic victory.
ability to do things you don’t want to do is “the biggest generator of long term results”.
[...]
"I think the biggest factor in long term success is the ability to follow your plan, do the next thing you have to do today and overcome the inevitable feeling of not wanting to do certain things.
So I decided to
consider the ability to do things I don’t want to do but have to do as a skill I could improve
, and to me, a morning cold shower was the single best way to train it."
They were refreshing. I'm not sure I'm willing to bet the farm on their medicinal properties, but they jolted me awake and I felt good afterwords.
The cold shower itself pretty much sucked, and so I would do everything I could to minimize the amount of time in there. Which probably isn't great hygiene-wise.
Nowadays I'll take a cold shower here and there, but most of the time I go with lukewarm-to-warm temp showers.