Will taking cold showers clean you properly?

[killerman]

So I'm thinking of starting cold showers, but my parents are saying I shouldnt do it as it wont clean properly, is this true? Personally I think they just dont want me to change. I want to become this invincible force of a human being and from what I've heard taking cold showers, in addition to doing loads of other things like lifting weights, meditating, eating clean can really boost your testosterone, which is what we need as men on self improvement to really reach our maximum potential. So does it clean you properly or not? Or is it nonsense about you not being clean afterwards?

 

[Skjöldr]

Yeah dude, it definitely cleans you probably. Cold showers are amazing!

 

[trashKENNUT]

Hot water opens your hair follicles.
Cold water closes your hair follicles.
Cold water forces your body to warmth up.

Water in itself by what they mean as "clean", is probably an assumption that it is "more natural"

z@c+

 

[Alpha13SC]

If you want to do cold showers, don t do them after workouts. Go with a hot one then.

 

[Ambiance]

I generally start my showers hot and end them cold. Best of both worlds.

Gotta love dogmatic/conformist parents. Bet they tell you stuff like "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" too. Such societal programming is the antithesis of critical thinking.

 

[Skjöldr]

I generally start my showers hot and end them cold. Best of both worlds.

Gotta love dogmatic/conformist parents. Bet they tell you stuff like "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" too. Such societal programming is the antithesis of critical thinking.

Yes! Me too. I do that sometimes. 2-3 minutes warm shower and clean and then cold or purely cold. Where I live now the water cant get colder than like lukewarm, but when I'm out I definitely do cold showers. And you're right about that, they also say shit like "you need to eat small meals all the time, eat 6 times a day, 3 small ones and 3 big ones blah blah blah" bruh...

OP it doesn't matter, you will get clean either way. Go for the cold showers.

 

[StrayDog]

A warm shower in the morning before going out and being around people. Opens your pores, and you can clean deeper. Cold showers at night before winding down. Clears your head, and puts you in a chill state of mind (pun only mildly intended). That's my daily routine.

 

[trashKENNUT]

"you need to eat small meals all the time, eat 6 times a day, 3 small ones and 3 big ones blah blah blah" bruh...

Important to note that if you have acid reflux, This is ideal. Fasting is ideal as well.

z@c+

To all humanity,

The world we are entering will be a hybrid of Islamic civilization + Western civilization. Whether that is fasting or Pornhub, My Asian religious society will read this and now probably be like "everyone follows Islam", not realizing that everything including all of us, will be destroyed.

because Basically, everyone follows their own set of laws. No muslim likely wants to give up Kpop, Kdrama, Tiktok and Pornhub.

No christian women wants to wear the hijab again despite it is true that ppl did wear it. Fuck that.

So that itself exposes everyone.

 

[Rakkum]

For some hard-nosed science on the matter:

Using Deliberate Cold Exposure for Health and Performance

I describe mechanisms by which deliberate cold exposure can enhance mental health, physical health, and performance.

hubermanlab.com

 

[Lobo]

Cold showers have been shown to improve many things, including lifespan.

I haven't touched warm water in months(not even to wash my hands or my face) and tbh, i feel like my cold water isn't cold anymore, just refreshing.

Edit: Also how clean are you looking to get? I follow chase' advice on minimalistic showers, no deoderant, or even soap, and girls tell me I smell amazing. I just do my shampoo and conditioner to keep the hair at tip top.

Soap and all the other nonsense washes away the testosterone. Girls love the T.
Think of it like being the clean prince versus the bloody barbarian. Who will girls get more wet for?

 

[Bismarck]

I started cold showers in 2018. This was also when I stopped masturbating. Since then I must have masturbated only a handful of times. Keep in mind that I have a chronic injury that I am still healing (low back spinal herniation) which probably reduced T considerably since I haven't done strenuous physical exercise since March 2017 since it hurts my back too much.

I stopped cold showers at some point last winter for a few months but restarted recently and realized I missed them so much! Nothing beats a cold shower in terms of getting you into the right gears to go about your day, as opposed to the laziness induced by hot showers.

I use old-fashioned Syrian soap made with 40% olive oil and Pantene pro V shampoo. My deodorant is talcum powder. A dash of eau de cologne at the back of the neck and hydrating cream to keep the tan on the face.

 

[trashKENNUT]

I started cold showers in 2018. This was also when I stopped masturbating

There's just something about this. I need to get into the bottom of this. The human body is an amazing machine.