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Almost certainly not. There's been more recent studies on cold water immersion that basically say it's useless for something but I can't recall the specifics of what in particular they were studying. You'll have to google it. Also, a shower isn't going to have the cooling effect an ice bath will so any effect of ice baths is likely to be much less for a cold shower. Basically, worry about your gym work, not the temp of your shower.
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Cold shower immediately after heavy leg workouts. Am I undoing gains? Doing this and rolling the day after (in addition to riding of course) seems to be avoiding DOMS but I read somewhere that the cold aspect hampered growth, or something.