- Tedesche@lemmy.worldEnglish3 months
Absolutely not. I take cold showers in the summer all the time. I mean, they’re not super-cold, if that’s what you mean, but they’re relatively cool and designed to cool me off rather than warm me up (like the hot showers I take in the Winter months).
3 monthsI guess I’m one of those weirdos in a cold climate who likes finishing off my hot showers with cold water for a couple more minutes. I find it super-refreshing, and can almost relate to the ‘polar bear’ crowd, who seemingly like to finish their saunas off by jumping in to icy water.
I said “almost,” right?
- Tedesche@lemmy.worldEnglish3 months
I’ve heard of the polar bear club and I totally get it (although they’re a little too extreme for me). The cold shock of relatively cool water when you’ve just come out of hot water is an exhilarating shock, almost like an adrenaline kick.
- 3 months
Depends on how cold.
When I visited Haiti, a moderately cool shower at the end of the day was heavenly.
- 3 months
Speak for yourself. I take up to three cold showers a day during the hottest summer weeks. In winter I do warm first, then cold. Or during/after sauna <= rolling around in the snow is preferable, but not always possible.
- 3 months
I hit myself at the end of showers with some cold water: Wakes you right up!
- 3 months
When are cold showers ever anything but disagreeable?
They are always something you put up with.
- 3 months
You have never spent a day doing labor in 54°C / 130°F weather then.
If you can even get cold water through the lines instead of shockingly warm water, it is a blessing.
- 3 months
Yeah I dont think hot climate changes anything - it’s just as bad even then. It’s like going swimming to hole in the ice or rolling in the snow from sauna. The fact that I was in a 80 degree C room just a moment ago doesn’t make it one bit less painful.
