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I’ve been ropstraining in cold baths and showers for a few months now and really enjoying it... sort of.
Nice one. I’ve carried on cold showering into winter this year (always do in summer when I get properly overheated, start shower warm then very incrementally reduce temp)...
But what I haven’t experienced is what I call ‘the burn’, when after a minute or two of the shock of cold water you get this fiery sensation on your skin - suddenly I feel utterly amazing and can then stay in swimming for some time. If I can’t take the level of cold before that sets in, I chicken out.Maybe with the showers I just need to stay in longer ... brrrr
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I’ve been swimming in a lake in skins two or three times a week since the summer. That burn comes a moment after getting in, it is quite something, water was 8 degrees on Wednesday morning so it was fairly profound. Anything below about 15 triggers it in me.
If I’m in for more than 10 minutes at the moment the after drop when I get out is pretty profound too, and I take ages to warm up. It’s ok though, I just dress nice and warm and sit and drink soup and coffee and let the shivering subside.
The lake is a nice place to sit quietly contemplating life.
Once the shivering has passed and I start to walk home my limbs thaw out and even my notoriously cold feet have got feeling in them. And I feel euphoric for most of the day. Highly recommended. -
Im genuinely absolutely loving it, I usually run during lunch at work then hot -> cold shower which resets me mentally for the afternoon. I’m finding it great for my mental health, first few seconds are always breath taking though. On Weekends I do a longer run then cold bath for between 5 and 10 minutes, they tend to keep me cold for a while after but I quite like the feeling of being cold when wrapped up in a blanket with a cuppa.
Really looking forward to Sunday, I imagine it’s going to be a nice little buzz. I’m doing a course for an hour where they take you through the basics which will hopefully give me some confidence to get out more.
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Don't you only get the effect when you're really warm inside from exercise? That's what I do when I go wild swimming, e.g. at Dunwich, just get in the water as quickly as you can. If you're not warm enough, or only superficially warm, it won't be as amazing.
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Oliver Schick
I have my first winter swim booked in for Sunday at a lake near me. I’ve been training in cold baths and showers for a few months now and really enjoying it... sort of. Think I’ll wear a summer wetsuit this time but hoping to do some skins sessions over the winter.