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Are cold showers worth incorporating?

Absolutely. I recommend doing the Wim Hof breathing technique right before turning it cold, it gives you a little boost of adrenaline that just tips the emotional valence of the experience from, "this is terrible why would anyone do this on purpose" to "wow this is exhilirating".

I think a cold shower in the morning, when I do make it happen, gives me a can-do and energetic emotional state for the rest of the day. Force your body to start moving, and the mind follows.

Wim Hof, a man who learned one of the most advanced spiritual practices (Tummo), and uses it to teach people to stay warm. It's like studying with a Michelin chef then working in McDonald's.

Unnecessary put-down I think, the guy is also an author, coach, TV personality, etc. If you want to make a McD's analogy, he'd be the engineer that fabricates and optimizes their meals.

i think Hof is the michelin chef in this scenario, not McD…

That may be, but my point is he's learnt an amazing technique and doesn't teach its true purpose. It's wasted on him it seems, as he's just trivialised it.

<You're all monsters!>

This is a plot, a trick, a ploy. You're all some sort of environmental mega zealots, trying to trick me into cold showers to save hot water power costs. I won't have it, I won't.

</You're all monsters!>

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