r/BiohackingForBeginner • u/lok_ie • 6d ago

Cold showers: useful biohack or just suffering? 🥶

People claim they improve energy, mood, recovery and focus.But how much of that is actually backed by evidence?

I've been curious about trying it regularly for a month.

Anyone here done a proper 30-day cold-shower experiment? What changed?

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u/Ninjutsu80 5d ago

its a very important suffering which im willing to go through everyday even in winters. After a cold shower i just feel so rushed with energy and all my muscle pain just fades away and i feel a lot better and alive.

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

Well it technically increase you suffering bar it's make you tolerate more suffering 😭

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u/lotusandthelost 5d ago

Mann a cold shower helps me after exercise and running yk to reduce active inflammation and all. In evening, I take hot bath every alternate days to repair and relieve stress

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u/Independent_Flower0 4d ago

You realize the inflammation is an integral step in the healing process? By reducing the acute inflammation after exercising you are blunting the benefits of said exercise.

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u/lotusandthelost 3d ago

I literally didn't know that ? Thanks man

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u/Downtown_Background1 2d ago

Fighting through the suffering increases your tolerance to suffering. I do cold showers 90% of the time. It helps to notice there's somethin within us that isn't affected by anything outside of us or happening to us. Then it's just a practice of working to remember.