Need a little boost in your day?
Don’t have enough energy?
Feeling a little down?
I have a 60 second light switch.
Start
your day with it. Use it after the gym. Use it before a meeting. Use it
if you have a little too much “funk” in you day. It is almost a
universal remedy.
I
use it every day, twice a day. In the morning to start the workday on
the right foot (along with meditation and coffee), and after my
workouts, to reset my system.
What it this magic remedy?
A Cold Shower
That’s it?
Yup.
But that is so easy! I have a shower at home! One at the gym! One at work!
I know! That’s the best part! It’s accessible. It’s cheap. It’s effective!
It’s perfect!
A List Of Benefits
1. It Will Make You Happy:
Cold water activates the sympathetic nervous system and increases the
blood of beta-endorphins. What do endorphins do? They make you happy!
They allow you to feel pleasure and a sense of satisfaction. Want to
know something really crazy? Of course you do!! You know all those drugs
that people take, then they get addicted, then they fall apart and it
ruins their life? Heroin, codeine (sizzurp), morphine, oxy? They are all
basically endorphin releasing agents! Crazy, huh? A cold shower will
allow your body to release endorphins in your body the same way
hardcore, addictive drugs can! Without your life falling apart!! Yipee!!
2. Increases Blood Flow:
When your body is cold (specifically for this article, when you are
standing in a freezing ass shower), your body redirects blood to your
vital organs. Why? It thinks you may be dying (April Fool’s body!! I’m
not really dying! Gotcha!). But you aren’t, obviously. It forces your
heart to pump more efficiently, pushing blood harder through your
vessels to make sure your “guts” are protected. The increase in blood
flow also means you are getting oxygen and nutrients pushed throughout
your body, and more importantly, to vital parts. Increased circulation
means a healthier body. Already workout? Good for you, then this is just
another way to make you even better. An increase in blood flow will
help you with: fatigue, headaches, high blood pressure, and in extreme
cases, heart attacks and strokes.
Are you in the shower yet?
Need more?
Jeez Louise.
3. A Reset Button:
Remember the “reset” buttons on the old Nintendo? Am I dating myself
too much? Dang it. Anyways. If I am being honest, the only time I would
ever use that button is when things were not going very well for me in:
Super Mario Bros (1–3), Contra, Bases Loaded, or Tecmo Bowl. It was a
gutless move, especially when I was playing someone else. They never
appreciated it. Oh well. But if you are in a funk, there is no shame in
hitting the reset button. Forget tomorrow is another day, you can flip
that switch and change everything in the next few minutes. Cold showers
reset your nervous system. Actually, the shock turns on your autonomic
nervous system (fight or flight), then your parasympathetic nervous
system kicks back in afterwards, relaxing your nervous system.
Are you sold now?
Some
other benefits to cold showers, besides recharging your body: tightens
skin, pushes out toxins in the body because your body constricts in cold
water, pushing them out, activates fat burning, increases testosterone
and fertility, improves hair and skin heath, and increases your
immunity!
What else do you need?
Happy showering!
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