What's up Hive! ❤️
Working out, specially weightlifting, has become a inseparable segment of my daily life. I'm so addicted to it that if I don't workout for a few weeks, my mental health goes out of the window...
Though, the soreness and tiredness of the body after that much of pressure can sometimes can stop you form doing the rest of things needed to be done.
Stretching and good warm-ups can to some extent improve the situation, but generally they are not gonna give your body everything it needs.
Something that has had a very promising effect to my body, is cold showering, or the ice-bath I had been hearing about the good effects of this method, not only on body, but the power of the mind as well.
Dr. Andrew D. Huberman, has been talking about this extensively on his podcast and I'm encouraging you all to check out his program. He has many insightful information related to mind and body which could really help out average joes like me.
Anyways, I had had the experience of cold showering for many years actually, but the ice-bath had been something that would scare me.
After listening to many podcasts about the benefits of this plunge, I finally gathered the
courage to buy a big water tank to give this experience a shot. Buying the ice can be feeling like a chore, but it's worth it for sure.
Since this tank needs a big amount water, small pieces of ice wouldn't be effective. So I had to buy big chunks of ice form the factory.
After filling the tank in half, I chopped the big chunk of ice into fairly smaller ones to be able to fit them in a way So I could sit in the water comfortably.
If you give this a shot, remember this tip: Do not flirt around the water. It only gets harder for you to get in if you just hesitate or try to enter the water bit by bit.
Just get it, fully! Trust me after only a minute of shock, your body stabilizes and you'd get somehow comfortable in the water. A little patience here can go a very far way.
Many people have different styles and times of staying in the ice plunge. For starters getting yourself to 1min or even 2 can be already huge.
After coming out, You really are going to feel a lot better mentally and physically. I personally can train better and without the killing soreness now.
Let me know if you've already tired this, or if you are going to...
Thank you for reading this. 🖤
Peace! ✌️🙂
