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« on: February 03, 2010, 04:28:19 AM »



Here's an article on cold-water therapy which is very palaeo :-
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/43477/cold_water_therapy_cold_showers_arent.html
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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2010, 08:05:22 AM »

Yeah!
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« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2010, 03:30:16 PM »

interesting article
however i am so paleo i cannot imagine showering daily, or more then once a week
do you think those that spend time being cold, or exposed to the elements each day reap the same benefits besides circulatory?
also it suggested to have the cold water run over the top of the head...thats probably the only thing i dont agree with, i think the face, neck, back etc is fine but for whatever reason feel the top of the head should have minimal exposure(brain freeze?)
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« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2010, 11:20:34 AM »

interesting article
however i am so paleo i cannot imagine showering daily, or more then once a week
do you think those that spend time being cold, or exposed to the elements each day reap the same benefits besides circulatory?
also it suggested to have the cold water run over the top of the head...thats probably the only thing i dont agree with, i think the face, neck, back etc is fine but for whatever reason feel the top of the head should have minimal exposure(brain freeze?)

Interesting. However, not all things paleo are good, any more than all things natural are good (remember that poison berries, uranium, and man-eating beasts are natural, too).

Also remember that humans originate from warm, water rich climes. Getting wet a lot is part of our human heritage.
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« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2010, 06:53:21 PM »

Did this today.

Exercised hardcore for 90 minutes. Endorphine high right there. Then I took a steam and meditated inside the steam for 15 minutes. Then an icy shower afterwards.

It was so cold that I could feel my hair was super stiff like it was frozen.

Once I got outside it was like I had taken an ecstasy pill, felt great.
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« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2010, 10:24:26 AM »

I spent two months in Norway and loved the sauna then freezing shower repeat. Felt stoned!
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« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2010, 04:30:13 PM »

interesting article
however i am so paleo i cannot imagine showering daily, or more then once a week
do you think those that spend time being cold, or exposed to the elements each day reap the same benefits besides circulatory?
also it suggested to have the cold water run over the top of the head...thats probably the only thing i dont agree with, i think the face, neck, back etc is fine but for whatever reason feel the top of the head should have minimal exposure(brain freeze?)

On a warm summer day in the Yukon, I thought to wash my head in the Tatsenshini river within sight of the glacier whence it comes.
You might duplicate this experiment by dunking your head in a bucket of ice water. Not recommended.

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« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2010, 05:03:58 PM »

yeah i probably wont be trying that experiment...i even renig what i said about the neck..just to keep these from being as submerged not totally out but just not as intense.

i do think hot and cold water therapy is super powerful though, when i used to have access to a sauna at the gym i would do 30 minutes hot then a two minute cold shower and then repeat a few times after exercising....totally intoxicating just as wogdina and forthehunt experienced!  it made me feel imperviously warm even in freezing temps and made my skin extremely smooth and free of blemishes
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« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2010, 05:13:55 PM »

Those showers were seriously freezing and I would stay in the sauna until it was unbearable.
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« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2010, 03:44:58 AM »

Yes, I've done that sauna-then-cold shower thing. Unfortunately, I got so addicted to the sauna that I didn't do as much exercise as I should have done at the gym.
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