I'm addicted to cold showers

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>>42529381
>taking one in 5 minutes after taking one
>overdosing on cold showers

>>42529381
How cold? Wim Hof seems to be doing fine

in a recent interview on joe rogan, a guy named dr. galpin said that it's typically better to wait 4-6 hours after a workout before taking ice baths. from what i recall, it has to do with maintaining the "healthy" inflammation that occurs after a workout, and giving it the time necessary to provoke your body into the beneficial changes it experiences after working out.

whether or not this correlates to cold showers, i don't know.

>>42529560
I was worried about that as I'm /coldshowers/ too. But it's a habit at this point. And I've been happy with my results so I'm not too worried. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Cold water releases cold shock proteins which drastically reduce inflammation - inflammation which is crucial in building muscle.

Best to take a cold shower an hour after you work out, or don't take cold showers at all. It will kill your gains.

>>42529560

Anything a person does to affect "inflammation" without medication is pure broscience

The body can adapt to massive damage and starvation. A short cold shower in clean water isn't even a blip on the radar as far as an adaptive redponse is concerned

>>42529580
my guess is that if you're getting satisfactory results and you enjoy the process, then it's fine. without any data, i'll spout some bullshit about how the temperature of your showers is probably a diminishing returns type situation, wherein limiting your cold showers may potentially inhibit your motivation and satisfaction from working out, and somehow hamper your general approach to fitness. i'm also guessing that the actual benefit/detriment ratio is not super dramatic as what other anon described in talking about "shock proteins". based on my totally personal experience with the human body, it isn't as black and white as "you'll kill all your gains", and i would say that if you have a goal to reach with your fitness, and you're unable to reach that goal, then you should isolate your approach to fitness for potential causes. if you're doing everything else right, then (and only then), would i recommend waiting 4-6 hours for the cold shower, and only then to isolate whether or not the cold shower is really a bottleneck.

there is a huge difference between an ice bath and cold water. i doubt a cold shower is causing much trouble.