Quote History Originally Posted By Traderjac:
After Viet Nam, I swore to my self I would NEVER take a cold shower again, here 50 years later I never lied to my self. A cold bath is beyond my comprehension.
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I tried the cold shower thing a few years ago because everyone was hyping it up.
After working in below freezing weather all day, and then later standing in an ice cold shower I thought to myself "This is stupid, and something for office workers to do" and then turned the hot water on.
Not for me, I get plenty of cold every spring and fall.
There's cold shock benefits, but I'm guessing like most things the fitness community latches onto that they are highly overblown in most cases.
We used to ice our legs sometimes during pre-season, but that was mostly just to keep injuries at bay, not because we thought it was helpful on a day to day basis.