What Happens after 14 Days of Cold Showers (Part 2)
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Find out how to make taking cold showers easier so you can take advantage of the benefits!
What Happens After 14 Days of Cold Showers (Part 1): ▶️ • Transform Your Health ...
Why Do You Sleep Better in a Cold Room: ▶️ • Why Do You Sleep Bette...
0:00 Introduction: Why should I take a cold shower?
0:52 The benefits of cold showers
6:30 11 better ways to take cold showers
11:00 Learn more about the benefits of cold showers!
Today I want to give you some tips on how to take a cold shower for the benefits without feeling so uncomfortable.
When we’re too comfortable, our bodies weaken. So, adding a little stress, as long as it’s not overwhelming, can be a positive thing. A few other examples of good stressors are exercise and intermittent fasting.
The potential benefits of taking cold showers:
• Immune support
• Decreased inflammation
• Cognitive support
• Mood support
• Increased energy
• Increased fat-burning
• Improved insulin resistance
• Increased longevity
11 tips to make taking cold showers easier:
1. Start by taking a warm shower and gradually make the water colder
2. Rub the skin while being exposed to the cold water
3. Relax your entire body
4. Slow down your breathing
5. Turn on some music
6. Before your cold shower, do intense exercise
7. Don’t overthink it, just do it
8. Gradually increase intervals
9. End your shower with warm water
10. Gradually do portions of your body in the cold water
11. Do intermittent exposure to the cold water
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Thanks for watching! I hope these tips make it easier for you to start taking advantage of the benefits of cold showers. I’ll see you in the next video.
I have been taking cold showers for about a year and I feel AMAZING! I look forward to taking cold showers. In the winter, I warm my house up and take my shower. I'm 54 years old and I have no inflammation, it's AMAZING! Dr. Berg is the REAL deal!
Same! I warm up the house and even put a heater in the restroom so its super warm in there so that way after I'm showering I don't have that stinging cold air hitting my skin.
Living in uk we can’t put the heating on!
I’m 54 have awful arthritis pain! I’m gonna go on your success and try it!
@Love Big how long are you in the shower. I take showers at nite. Never taken them in the morning..
I've noticed the opposite. I was doing alternating hot bath 10 min/ cold shower 5 min repeat. When I started, my adjoining bedroom was colder than usual, and I was shivering before getting into bath. After I finished up with cold shower, I noticed that the ambient temp in the room was now quite comfortable. Cold showers may be a way to deal with rising heating costs?
I am 18 years old. Since I was 16 I take a cold shower every day, even in WINTER! It gives me a lot of energy and my skin is clearer than ever. It's hard to go back to hot showers when you're experiencing the benefits of cold temperature
That's very nice. Keep up the good work!
Squeeze a whole lemon and dip the peel on your cold bathing water tub. See the changes..
@@arjunanand664 What happens
Keep going
I've tried cold showers but we live in a northeastern state with VERY cold well water. I will definitely try these tips since I feel better using 16/8 fasting and weight lifting along with hiit exercises. I'm 62,female at 115 lbs at 5" in height. Im in better shape than most of my peers,but continue on this path of improvement due to caregiving for 25 years and now helping my 87 year old mother. We can improve so many things about our quality of life, and the journey is worth it!
I live in Canada with a well as well. 65. It took time, but I must have the cold shower now.
@@dawnelder9046 I feel like I'm cheating if I don't take a cold shower now.
Then you should be superman and cancer immune. Get thag extra cold north eaat watwr my brother.
I actually envy you. I am angry our water is not colder. The colder, the more health benefits. Don't know but If I had to guess ours is like 14 C°?
Well done!❤
I've been having only cold showers for over 10 years, all year, and it's the best thing I ever did for my health. Even living in an area where winter temps are -14C at night I couldn't give them up. I tried alternating hot and cold therapy but I couldn't handle the heat. I get straight under the cold water and have no shock reaction any more.
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How its so hard for me too get used too :(?
@@32987 It's a mental game. Just keep at it
@@32987 It's like anything else... especially super athletes... they just use mental toughness to overcome the obstacle
@@32987 You gotta develop your discipline and mental resilience through other areas in your life like exercise, diet, and mindfulness.
I ve been taking cold showers for over 2 years now..66 , unvaxed, no inflammation, healthy!
it has to be this stupid 66 number which i see everywhere . they try to mess with me, they try
How does being unvaxed help? Honestly.
@@craigme2583 it's just basically "look at me im unvax and alive, covid cant kill me"
@@semekiizuio thats your perception but basically yes it hasn't killed me nor made me seriously ill
@@GalacticWoman lucky you. I was fully vaxxed and was nearly hospitalised, wish I had been. It was a matter if trying to keep the hospitals free of cases, being unvaxxed isnt helping anyone...
From my experiences with cold showers, number 7 is the most important here. Especially when you first start out, every fibre of your body will be screaming at you “DONT DO THIS”. The more you think about it, the more chance you’ll talk yourself out of it. JUST DO IT!!
I started out taking the advice of number 1 but found it just prolonged the anticipation of the misery that was to come, for me I quickly realised the best way was to just go straight to cold, starting with the head and face. It took me about three weeks to gain total control of my breathing, before that there was lots of shouting and swearing lol.
Start today and in four weeks from now you will be so glad you did. It’s great for developing stronger discipline too. DO IT!
Start from put some water on foot and leg. So that your body temperature adjust itself . Then start with right side from shoulder to foot then left and then centre from head to toe. You will feel amazing and everlasting benefits
I have heat sensitivity due to multiple sclerosis. Now that I know there is real benefit to cold showers, I will do it every time I shower. 🎉🎉Thank you Dr. Berg.
I was just thinking to myself... NO WAY JOSE!
@@aprilvannewkirk8761 Maybe some of the Dr Berg’s videos on sclerosis will help?
Number 7 is the best way to go. After the 2nd time i did it, it became really easy for me.
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I take alternating hot and cold showers, and what helped me the most is, before turning the water colder, thinking "Yay, here comes the awesome cold water" instead of thinking "oh, no, it's going to feel horrible in a sec." Makes all the difference in the world, expectation has a huge influence on experience.
A good attitude can overcome a lot!
One of the guys I watch, Jesse Coomer, says "remember to smile". When I go into an ice bath, which is now every single day, I remember to smile and think about the increase in dopamine ect. I often find myself actually giddy thinking the whole thing silly! What a great way to start the day!
I just hit day 30 on cold showers. I wish I had started this way earlier in life. Personally I wouldn't go hot at the end though, as suggested in #9, because the feeling of your body doing the work to warm itself up afterward is great. Makes you feel on top of the world.
I just started cold showers 4 days ago and I agree 100%! Just finished mine and sitting on bed under my warm blankets and I feel AMAZING!
Do you wrap yourself in towels.. or under blankets.. or just wait for your body to warm-up naturally?
@@danettelawson I just warm up naturally. I don't feel cold at all after drying off, though my skin is still cool to the touch for some time. The cold shower triggers your core temp to boost, which combined with the cool skin is part of what feels great afterwards.
@@johnnybravo1717 ..ty!!
@@gabrielavilla871Right i was just thinking that.
I am 28 yrs old and I bathe cold showers. it helps in meditation and also gives peace and energy at the same time.
I actually showered with cold water everyday for 7 months ,it definitely does improves mood, like day and night difference in mood ,it gets rid of any kind of laziness
Wow ❤
I had been dismissing cold showers as a gimmick, despite all the hype, but since Dr Berg is endorsing it, I think I’m ready to dive in- literally and figuratively
lmao
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Female, age 59. I get enormous lasting pain & fatigue relief from cold showers. Same in the summer from an unheated pool - the only time I feel full energy & joy. It’s so worth the effort of getting acclimated. Sometimes I now crave the relief it gives me. Clears the brain fog & anxiety as well. Go for it - it will become easier and easier.
Wow, thanks for the data ❤
What I do is put my arm into the cold shower without stepping inside. It prepares my body for the coldness. Once I step into the cold shower, I rotate myself (turning my body around 360 degrees). I rotate about three times.
This way, the cold water is evenly coating me. Cold showers are so much easier when I do this even during cold weather.
exactly the same, like to train the stream on back too
My husband and I began taking 5 to 10 minute cold showers first thing every morning after watching videos by Wim Hoff. We are into the 6th month of this and love it! I can’t imagine starting my days without this and we both are amazed at the changes we’ve noticed. Some of which are increased energy and an overall feeling of alertness/better focus as well as a happy euphoric feeling throughout the day. Even our skin is different…softer, smoother and luminous. We just go with straight cold, no hot water. I don’t even take hot showers anymore as I find this more enjoyable. We sometimes laugh about it as we never thought we’d be into this. If you can get through the first few days of it and stay in long enough to relax your body and breathing, you can begin to appreciate it. Truly amazing and we are converts! ⛄️⛄️
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So you wash your hair with cold water?
Yes, I was my hair in the cold shower too. It feels great and actually feels thicker and has increased shine as well. I’m into my 6th month of daily cold showers first thing every morning and love it. The benefits are quite remarkable! If I need to shower again later in the day due to getting sweaty, etc. from activities, then I’ll take a warm shower. They key is to start the day with cold.✅⛄️I find that an ice cold shower at night is too energizing and can disrupt my sleep.
Do you shower as cold as the shower can go? 😅
@danielpaulsen Yes, I shower at full cold water temperature. I became adapted to it pretty quickly and now look forward to it every morning. It’s really an amazing way to start the day!
After my warm shower I always end with 3 minutes cold shower. Everyday for over a year now, summer and winter. Once a month I do 10 minutes. After exiting the shower I get warm instantly, like if I just turned on an internal heater in my body. The cold always gives a little stress when you are in the shower, but the adrenaline rush drops immediately after the shower and I live my life without any other stress that way. Good tips in this video to get you started!! Thanks dr Berg
After watching this video I literally went to have a cold shower and followed his advice what to do . OMG! First day of cold shower I feel great already ! I always have hot shower almost everyday as I work in the hospital it makes my skin so dry and scalp dry too , from now on cold shower here we go ! Thank you Doctor you’re awesome
Totally agree! I shower and wash my hair with warm water first and then I wrinse off with cold water and relax in it a couple minutes before exiting. My skin and hair have never been more moisturized and healthy than now. Feels great for healing too 🙌🏾👏🏾
This makes a lot of sense. It feels good and not as shocking as an entire cold shower.
Cold water doesn’t moisturize and different than hot water dude. Water is water
@@Nick_865 Naah not completely true dude... It's not about the water moisturizing the skinsurface. Everyone has a kind of oily layer on the skin on the surface that keeps it protected and moisturized. And if I shower too hot, the hot water takes too much of it off and my skin gets all itchy and dry afterwards...
I love to take cold showers. I feel awake and my skin feels so much softer. I don’t waste so much water and energy. It’s so beneficial for the health and the environment. I don’t need any coffee to be awake and I’m not freezing so fast in winter. For me it’s the best morning routine 😃
I can't take cold showers, but I recently found out that I have no problem with cold BATHS. I love them, and to my own surprise, even look forward to them. What makes it different for me is that I can control the speed of immersion. I live in Montreal and the water's cold here now, but a 15 minute cold bath feels easy to do. I don't feel the need for warmth after. My body feels alive, the skin more toned, and it's a balm for sore muscles. I never thought I could do this, let alone like it.
wow, thats incredible, its the opposite for me nearly went hypo when I tried a cold bath
Yes!
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I know you hear this everyday but you have helped me and literally millions of others with real, true, honest advice!
If only every Health care professional was like you.
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I love to sleep in the winter months w/ my balcony door opened at night, people think that is crazy but I sleep comfortably being cold. Thanks Dr Berg for basically confirming that this is actually a good thing for the body 🙏
i genuinely find sleep harder if its warm
This amazes me. I need my electric blanket and wrap a blanket around my head (just keep my face out) because I can't sleep if I'm cold. Cold showers would kill me.
@@thetaekwondoe3887 Actually you feel warmer in winter and cooler in summer after cold showers. It helps with sleep contrary to what most people think.
I wake up in the morning and sometimes my bedside water is froze this is been like that since I was 15 years old. Raised in North Idaho now live in Colorado. You sleep so much better in a cold bedroom it's just a bitch getting up😂😂😂
i do the saem with my window open
Being Hopi & Laguna cold bathing in natural spring water is a natural everyday routine, as a child I remember when environment was healthier we wash our hair with rain water too - now I live in city & still take only cold showers, rewards are very healthy thank you Dr. Eric for sharing.
Thank you for the reference to Lake Michigan, Dr. Berg. I'm a fifteen-year veteran cold plunger from Chicago. To this day, I remember my first cold winter shower being almost traumatic at the onset, but now, I don't bat an eyelash before my morning ritual. We have several groups here in Chicago, polar bears, who meet and oftentimes cut through the ice and wade into the icy water for the thrill of the marvelous feeling afterward. Being an endorphin junkie, I take two or three cold rinses a day to reset the lethargy that sets in following a long day of work. I cannot identify the benefits, having practiced this ritual for over a decade, yet I do know that I haven't had as much as a cold since I began. Anecdotally, having tested positive for Covid twice in the past year, I'm happy to say that I never suffered a sniffle, cough, or any of the other symptoms of the infection. I highly recommend cold water showering to everyone. Buck up, step in, enjoy, repeat!
I began taking cold showers about 8 years ago after watching some Wim Hof videos. I haven't taken daily showers since I retired 10 years ago but twice a week I take cold showers for 5 to 10 minutes. My asthma, inflamation and arthritis have all improved.
So interesting. Thanks for sharing ❤
Good to hear you have imporoved. I wanted to let you know that raw milk helps asthma patients too just check if it’s legal to consume in your state. Also take black seed oil daily it’s a strong medicine for everything.
Thought I would send some helpful info for more benefit :)
I’m 34 and been taking 6min cold showers and I’m honestly loving it. The first day was the worst but got better as the days went by. Are used to have really bad sinus issues and after the first few days I started hacking all of it out and now I’m breathing better. It gives me a good euphoric, almost high, like feeling after. I highly recommend it
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. Isaiah 42:18
I've started building up my time in the cold shower since you started talking about how great the benefits are. Thank you
Been having them since Spring this year after I developed chronic fatigue and depression after the flu - not going back!! They’re helping to regrow my hair and my skin is so much better too
And I would just like to give Dr. Berg a big thanks for all the knowledge and work in blood sweat and tears that he’s put in to these videos thank you sir you help me out greatly and I appreciate you
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Hi Dr. Berg! Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it very much.
If you start with a hot bath or a sauna until you feel uncomfortable, then the cold will be a relief, and over time, you will develop positive feelings when thinking about the cold. Your body's response to the cold will also change over time; it adapts, so don't think that you will always feel the cold the same way you do when first starting out-your body will adapt and it won't be such a big deal to take a cold shower after you've done it for a few years. Self-hypnosis also helps; if you tell yourself enough times that you love cold showers, you will start to believe it. I no longer believe cold showers are uncomfortable, but rather full of sensations that make me feel completely alive. I find the cold has a calming effect after a few minutes, so I always look forward to that feeling. I find it also helps to quit thinking, and to just focus on the sensations you are feeling while experiencing the cold. If you can do this, a cold shower is a wonderful experience full of marvelous sensations that improves your health tremendously. What's not to love about that?
Taking cold showers doesn't feel uncomfortable to me!
It rather feels like smoking crack or something like that. 😄
I feel instantly happier!
I feel a cheerful kind of high after!!!
I used to do a dry brush followed by hot/cold alternating shower. Dr. Berg inspired me to start again. Have been doing cold showers for three weeks now. I start super hot and warm my body, then switch to as cold as it will go. After the third day my body loves it!! Actually can stay in the cold shower and enjoy it. It’s really just the idea of it. I’m 77 years old. I have been the first to get sick last few years. This last week everyone BUT me got sick!! Now that’s a testimony. Thank you Dr. Berg!! We call you our health guru!
Hey Dr. B! Back to report that today is day 14 of cold showers and I'm so proud of myself🤩 I followed all your instructions and it works. I have lots of energy and now body does not like hot water😃Thanks for pushing me out of the comfort zone.
I started taking cold showers, only four days in, and really love them! It really helps my focus and depression. I have been doing three to five minutes. I just start super hot, then work down to freezing. I breathe slowly and dance. Somehow it's easier to endure while dancing lol.
Good job. Keep it up. Thanks for the dancing tip.
Hi, Dr Berg, I live in Alaska. This year I’ve started cold water swimming for 5 minutes in our lake. The benefits have been amazing for my digestion, sleep, arthritis (I’m 60 and have feet discomfort) and mental well-being. When I don’t swim, I take cold showers., but will try to keep dipping into the ice water all winter. Thank you so much for this information! 🙏🏻
Many in Scandinavia swim in the ocean daily, year round.
Dear Dr. Berg, I've been doing keto + I.F since 2020, just last evening, I detected a lump on my right brest, I quickly searched "Dr Berg Brest cancer" I found some good info, but only very briefly, I also just re-watched the cancer interviews and what to eat etc.., however I would like a "special request", or a in-depth research or important info for breast cancer please...
🥲 one striving to avoid any form of cancers...
YES PLEASE~ ☀☀☀
His videos on breast and iodine may help as well.
Damn, 3 yrs into keto + I.F and still develop a lump on right breast, feel sorry hope you heal.
I remember taking cold showers for a few weeks. I did straight cold setting in the summer (which I finally got a temp check of it being 60°) and it always sucked. I would tell myself, “it’s gonna suck. Get over it, and embrace it.” What helped me immensely was to warm my body by doing a workout that got my core to heat up.
The next option was to do look warm, and incrementally start making it colder. That actually helped me out a lot better than cold all at once.
Ironically I did find it helped me with stress at work, so that I could think clearer. It made me a lot more “chill” and not so uptight. I shall resume this henceforth.
No need to heat your house before taking cold showers. If the water temperature is e.g. 10 degress C in winter (=50 Fahrenheits), and once you get out of the shower, you feel warm, because the environment around you is warm enough without excess heating. 20 degrees C (68 F) in your house is enough to feel warm. Once you turn off the cold water tap, you will start to feal warm, just try it! After a couple of months of cold showering you will be able to stay out of doors in winter wearing just a T-shirt without feeling cold.
if, keto, cold showers, breathing exercise, fitness, makes my life amazing thnx dr berg and wim hof
I bought a kitchen timer and I set it up in my bathroom, I take a two minute Cold shower every single morning now, cold showers have so many great benefits, I never want to get in the cold shower, but I’m always thankful after I get out and I feel great
There was a point I was taking cold showers everyday for like a week or two and then I stopped. I need to get back into it for sure. Because I definitely need it for inflammation, better sleep and cognitive functions. The best thing about cold showers is you can dry yourself really fast and easy.
Here in Costa Rica it's very warm most of the time. I get up at 5am everyday and take a cold shower first thing. I've been doing this now for over twenty years,and what the doc says in this video is so very true, pura vida...
Dr Berg you are an incredibly teacher. You can teach someone in such a way that they remember everything. It's incredible
Thank you so much!
I am over 3 months of cold showers and I feel so GREAT !!! 👍 Thank you so much for the information you shared months ago. I'm happy to hear from you again, and I'm really happy to her this again. I shared your fist video of this very truthful information to my Uncle recently. Again, Truly thankful and very appreciative of this truth !! Unconditional Love and Light to All ❤️
I JUST DID IT! I bit the bullet and went into it cold turkey. 🥶. I set my timer at two minutes 5 seconds to compensate for the few seconds I lose stepping into the shower and just did it! I ended up going over my initial 2:05 by one minute 20 seconds. I will do this 3 times a week from here on. Thank you!!!
How's it going? I'm on day 2.
Going strong over 1 year am shower cold 🥶. Omad Paleo lost 160lbs and reversed my diseases in under 1 year. Good stuff.
I do a little 5 min warm up workout before to heat up my core and then go right into the shower, this makes it easier and less unpleasant (yet I am looking forward to be fine with the uncomfortable), it’s an instantly energy-mood boost, my skin is flawless, my hair is shining, my muscles are toned and my pain tolerance is way higher, plus this has helped me a lot with my depression and anxiety.
I discovered WimHof on 2020 during lockdown.
Been doing cold showers,
Ice baths, ocean dips year round since then.
And breathwork. Gave me new life.
I have been taking cold showers for the last 6 months not everyday but say 4-5 times a week. What really helped me to get into this wonderful habit and be consistent over time was meditation with its slow breathing technique I could more easily concentrate and get past that uncomfortable threshold. Now I stay in 2 to 4 minutes and when I get out I don't dry up straight away but I wait 5 extra minutes, more or less, before starting to remove that water excess. Biggest improvement I have noticed? A higher sleep quality and better mood. I will definitely stick to it going forward as it's been for me a great game-changer.
3 months now, up to 12 mins on weekdays, started with a minute, really good for maintaining attention and performance at work. Another tip, avoid water to the head and alternate with hot water at the end, back and forth for those benefits. Huberman has an extensive list of tools on the topic, got my ice bath on the way, which I can't wait to finally try, especially now being acclamated to cold showers. The breathing tip is key, and also the mental method is useful to think of each step as a wall you need to climb over. Try physiological sigh or Wim Hoff breathing, and a few controlled hyper ventilating breaths too (3 x cycles) also helps.
Just finished part one, love I found these by you whom I follow fairly close. This helped me to say "Yes" to doing Phase 1 of the live hard program, which includes a 5 min shower daily for 30 days :D. Im currently on day 42 of the 75hard program, which does NOT require a cold shower. Thank you as always, you are a rockstar. Love your on and off...great solution!! I wish my program was just 2 mins...its 5..but so appreciate some of these tips I can use. :)
Been taking a cold shower for the last two years, all year around. Live in PNW, so it does get cold. The energy after the shower, is alone worth it, in addition to the other benefits.
Dr berg, thanks to wonderful service, you have been doing in the last decade plus.
After 2 weeks of taking a cold shower for 15 minutes every morning and it is a game changer ! I feel incredible and actually look forward to it every day now , like I think about it when I get up in the morning
I've been taking cold showers more n more lately thanks to you Dr. Berg 💜 I always appreciate your advice, My fibromyalgia is so bad I definitely need it
Have you checked his data on fibromyalgia already? He made a few videos on this.
Glad to know the video help!
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Wow..thx for info, I had no idea he has info on fibromyalgia. I will check it out. I've been listening to so many of his videos can't believe I've not thought to search for one. It must be the fog I'm in. Thx a million for sharing 💞
@@donzabonza2026 Super 👍 wishing you best recovery.
I've given up a lot of things in order to regain my health. Dedicated to a strict Keto and IF life style, giving up so many of my favorite things to eat. Zero Sugar, processed foods and any seed oils. Birthdays, holidays all those yummy things to eat-out the window! I had the pleasure of many cold showers while I was in the military and let me tell you- out of all the things I have given up in order to get healthy I WILL NOT GIVE UP MY HOT SHOWER!
You don't have to! Just end your normal hot shower with all cold water for 2 minutes. Start with just 5 seconds and add 5 seconds each day, easy peasy. I am thinking about buying a hot tub because I like sitting in warm water. But now, I also look forward to getting into an ice bath every day!
Last year i started going for swimming in the winter. It's an amazing feeling, it's a shock at first but later you come to a point where you feel absolutely nothing, neither cold neither hot, I just love it !
I discovered the supreme benefits of cold showers years before TH-cam and wim hof were a thing. At this point some 20 years after learning about it I can’t remember my sources, but I do remember it being stressed not to run the cold water on your head. Your video doesn’t mention it either way, but almost all of the accompanying videos of people showering are exhibiting this practice. Not a good idea. I also remembering the importance of ending on the cold shower, Not a warm one. Indeed the sublime warm feeling you feel inside after a cold shower is heightened if you end with the cold water. Lastly, it becomes extremely easy after only a week of daily practice. I think this is worth mentioning to motivate people.
Any idea why you think it not a good idea? I do ice baths now and only dunk my head at the beginning but I used to run close to freezing water on my head for several minutes every day (when the tap water was that cold in the winter). I never noticed any negative effects.
@@Marshallgill sorry, I can’t remember why it was advised not to do this. But I suspect it’s probably not a problem if you’re not experiencing any negative results from doing it. 👍🏼
@@mikedowd66 No problem, I was just curious, especially since I did it pretty regularly.
Thanks Dr Berg for this information I've been trying to take warm showers recently and just at the very end of it I turn it onto ice cold so that I get a Big chill just before I get out. I noticed I feel much more alert and less dizzy with the ice cold water but I've yet to be able to take a complete shower in cold.
Been following wim hof method for years and each of these advice works. Singing in the cold also works as it tricks your breath into longer exhale and relax.
Gradual move from hot to cold works well, but you have to go all the way to cold every time.
Good luck with it - results are great.
Exercising and doing breathing techniques before the cold shower help a lot to withstand the cold. Alsoooo, slow deep breaths as mentioned! Sooo worth it in time!
I've been taking cold showers for more than 8 months, 2 per day actually, each one after my strong vinyasa yoga sessions at 4 a.m (I wake up at 3 a.m.) and in the late afternoon. It was not so very hard to get used to it, so much so that in the end hot showers became somewhat unpleasant, honest. All this seems to fit very well with the 6/18 intermittent fasting. In the beginning, I used to say to myself: "Hey, it is just water, why worry so much? This sensation will pass away anyway, so just keep on enduring it, we'll reward ourselves with a delicious oatmeal/nuts/kefir bowl for breakfast afterwards". Now it is no more traumatic, but decidedly stimulating.
Fasting 6/18 ? How to do it 🙏 please????
@@elisavetelis7405 Well, basically it is about taking food in a 6 hours intake window, and fasting for the subsequent 18 hours, taking tea at most, if this period of fasting feels too unbearable. Many do this between 1 and 7 pm., but some of us do this between 6 am and noon. I am no one to give advice on this, each one has to start testing what is better fitting for oneself. The only thing which is really needed is an unbreakable will to get through the initial hardship till the body gets used to this new condition, which in time becomes natural.
Wow, Dr Berg. Great video. There is not much information about brown fat and the details of it and do I have enough of it. Can you do more on this topic? Thank you for all your videos. You have helped so many regain their health. God bless you.
Great suggestions and information! I'm going to give it a go! Thanks so much, Dr. Berg!
Really enjoy these practical tips, empowering to start a healthy habit! Thank you!!!! And like hearing what works for everyone else too! We can do this!!!
I’m a Floridian and I’m intolerant to cold. Even my body fat is old. I will, however, step outside into the rain occasionally just for the refreshed feeling. I have gone from hot tub to an unheated pool and back for therapy. It gets your heart pumping and blood moving😊.👍
Well done, keep improving, maybe one day you will tolerate the cold
Im a Floridian and when i take cold showers it starts to feel nice, because it stops feeling cold, and it just feels like.. water.
@@sijenkai3928 that's a great way of putting it! :)
Cool, I took one yesterday and it was so cold after evite body I did one shoulder then the other then from waist down. My arthritis in my hand felt better after that shower alone! I slowed down on the cold showers after summer as cold days make it more difficult and it's only October! Have to get used to the habit before the middle of winter chill! They lessen my depression and give me more energy! I'm working on consistency with everything actually! Good luck to all! It's free and oh so healthy! 😊🌞🙏
Happy to know that you found the information useful. Thanks for watching!
Another tip from something I learned from morning Run & Dip at the Outward Bound School on Hurricane Island in Maine. Your mental resistance / desire to avoid is a large part of why it feels bad. If you can go in with the mental attitude of “bring it on,” embracing the cold in your mind, it’s still cold, but it doesn’t feel like a bad experience. Magic!
I presently live in a RV with no hot water so I totally need this positivity.
Cold showering for eight months for at least two minutes everyday, missed one day only, I now go sea swimming once a week also. My hair, skin, weight, joint pain, energy is so much better, if I am feeling low at any point, it doesn’t last as long these days. I’m 62, I love to put music on whilst I’m showering. Enjoy!!
I got to the point of taking cold baths and it did wonders for my fibro inflammation. That paired with the gerson protocol changed my life. Haven't had a bathtub in 4 years and i can tell the difference in my pain levels and everything else.
Can I start off doing cold baths, never done it before, how long to start off with?
@@stevenvitali7404 i started out being in the tub as it filled with slightly warm water, then I slowly turned off the hot as it filled until it was cold. I'd sit in there for 20 to 40 min but just start off with as long as you can handle.
@@soulalchemyfarm8674 thank you for your reply , really helpful, really appreciate it!
I have been doing for 2 years. I won't ever stop!
I’m on 8 1/2 weeks of cold showers!! Dr Berg you explain much better than Wim hof!! ❤
For me cold showers is like fasting. It’s all in your mind. If you see it as no big deal, then it will be something you will look forward in doing. I think that the fact that you have your mind before the body is a big benefit to your life.
My gym is also a natural hot spring, I dip in the cold pool for 90 seconds in between sauna and naturally hot pool. Feels great! Thanks for the tips Doc!
Wim Hof convinced me of this a few years ago. Great stuff!
Took me many months to not be cold the rest of the day…… now its fine! Went from 4 minutes to 3 because after 2 minutes the body relaxes and it feels good. 🥰🥰Water is precious so I trie to use as little as possible in my household!! But my hands are really painful still - even after 3 years😰! Love it!!
I'm doing an ice bath every day now, feeling fantastic! The only trouble is I'm too big to get fully emersed in the water.
Doing about 20 minutes. Also doing cold showers at the gym after workouts. I still have a lot of weight to lose so I'm doing every intervention I can fit in.
Beware scammers, stick with Dr. Berg.
I started eating one meal a day and lost 40 lb in 2 months.. I usually eat a early supper around 6:00 p.m. and I can have anything I want for my one meal a day.. sometimes I get really hungry around lunch time so I will eat a bowl of spinach or cooked cabbage and that will make me hunger pain go away and give me some good nutrition also. Sometimes I add cooked carrots also.. actually any vegetable that has zero calories or less than 30 calories..
Hang in there! You can do this!!
You can do eeeeet
@@cherylw116 "with a Little help from My Friends". Hehe
For anyone having problems with the cold water , you can start with cool instead of cold. Cool showers for a week or a month then slowly lower the temp. Not everyone can go straight to the cold but there are trucks like this to ease into it. Either way your body will thank you.
Wim hoff the ice man has been showing this for 40 years from the Netherlands. He’s spot on . Great info 😊👍
I do the cold shower after a 20 to 30 min steam sauna. Feels amazing and you add the benefits of the heat shock proteins.
I find it helpful to first put my hands under the cold water stream. It tells the body -- get ready, cold is on the way. Then on the face, which is used to being colder when we are outside in winter; and then quickly, finally on the whole body. This procedure enables me to get straight into a cold shower without a warm one first. It saves a lot of time. A 30 second cold shower is all I need. I have been doing this for many years. It works well.
The idea of taking a cold shower in winter is always much worse than the actual reality.
If I feel cold before getting into a cold shower, I don't feel at all cold afterwards. The body is stimulated to generate heat
I think it's reasonable to try a gradual approach of starting warm then getting cold, but at some point, you just have to do it. Tell yourself repeatedly that you can do this, and just train yourself mentally that you're strong enough and can handle this. I've been doing cold showers for about a year now, and it gets easier and easier. Some days I don't feel like doing it, and I don't. Other days I don't feel like it, and I push myself to just do it. The more you do it the more your learn what your body can tolerate and you'll start to tolerate more and more. This ability to mentally overcome obstacles and stresses also translates to other areas of life, like exercise, work, and other stresses etc.
THANKS AGAIN DR BERG YOU ARE THE BEST!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND INFORMATION YOU PASS ON TO US. ALL THE VERY BEST FROM AUSTRALIA.
Up to 5min, basically my shower routine. Every morning. I love doing it.
Been doing the cold showers for about a year. I follow Wim Hof and like what the effects are. I usually start off in the hot tub and after 10 minutes use the garden hose since my well water is 50ish all year long! It does make you feel better by doing this and I haven't been sick since starting this.
Sorry Doc, my body is under enough stress trying to do Keto and IF. I love your videos and follow your advice, so I'll probably give it another go, especially after all the positive comments. Thanks Doc
At the beginning don’t worry about screaming and yelling and breathing like crazy to control pain, after a couple weeks you won’t need to do that anymore, and pain is not near as bad and often non existent.
Rick
Keto shouldn't be stressful
Only need a week or two to adapt
Seems like a nice guy and presents this idea in an affirming way. I’ve read and have heard that cold showers are beneficial, but with all the information in part 1 and part 2 I am going to give this a try. Thank you for posting Doctor! God bless!
Very grateful for your informed and excellent advice🙏
Big thank you. ❤️
I've been doing this on and off for two years, and the only benefit is that I'm more patient with the huskies on those awkward winter nights when they can't fathom how anyone could want to go inside. The only real downside is that I often feel hot at night even when the room is reasonably cool. I haven't notice any other pros or cons.
Cheers, that's enough for me to not try.
I've been doing cold showers and ice baths (via Wim Hof method) for about four years. I can't recommend it enough! One other tip I'd give people when learning to take cold showers; when you finish, spend a few minutes standing still and focus your attention deeply on your body. That will help you to recognize the "buzz" that occurs from the shifts in your body after a cold shower. It's subtle, so it take special attention when you start. After you learn to recognize those sensations, you're usually much happier to experience a little discomfort to get to them. Great motivation!
I have been taking cold showers since living in the Philippines for years. Now, I do the Wim Hof style Ice bucket. It’s has been wonderful and it helped my Multiple Sclerosis. It also helps the Vagus Nerve.
I’m Canadian. LOL ‘nuff said,
Thanks doc! Love your lists, and all your vids are great!
I started taking cold showers last winter. I live in upstate NY and I noticed it helped me tolerate the cold better.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing ❤
I have a severe case of chronic fatigue syndrome. I've been doing cold baths and showers for 17 months now. It was easy to do because I STARTED IT IN THE SUMMER when you naturally want to escape the heat. CFS gets aggravated by heat, and lying down in cold water I immediately felt relief. Then I just continued doing it day by into the winter. Since I do not have cooling or heating devices in my home, in the middle of winter I felt too cold to go into cold water, so would dress warmly and start doing some house chores or preparing food for my meals. After that my body was warmed up so it wasn't a problem to slip into the cold bath and stay there for 10 minutes. I find cold baths much easier to tolerate than cold showers.
The benefits are great. After a cold bath or shower, pain goes away, and I feel much more alive. I used to be in bed for 23 hours a day, but now I can be on my feet for several hours longer, and can also do some mental work, which was impossible before.When I better enough to get a job, I plan on buying ice an doing ice baths, which are known to bring even more health benefits.
Great ❤ thanks for sharing.
Keep up the good work!!how do you feel now?
@@paulanix7561 Just about the same, thank you for asking. Cold showers have been a great help so far. I wish you a beautiful day, Paula!
@@juliette3183 thank you. I hope you feel better!!! Have a wonderful day!!
I've been taking hot shower then cold immediately afterwards for 3x years now, all 4x seasons. I feel great, I truely enjoy the cold! I include this as part of my meditation practice, relaxing is very important.
OMG thank you so much Doctor! I’ve never been felt so good after a cold shower thank you
Grew up really poor in Northern Minnesota near a river that ran so fast it never freezes.
That was our way to bath sometimes for weeks or months if/when our water froze. Think about taking a bath in water that's around 38F when it's -40 outside. You learn to handle it and be pretty quick. Trying to get up the frozen ice and snow covered bank and then run through the snow to the house though SUCKS.
Would take me about 15 minutes to warm up again in front of the fire.
I also slept in the room farthest from the wood stove. I would completely cover up in my blankets at night head included. I many morning would wake up with my breath having froze the blanket to the wall. So today I cannot sleep if I'm cold at all. But sleep much better in an 80°+ room
Wow
That’s insane…
@@wolvenar I know what it feels like to be cold. When I was a teen , I lived behind stores. One had this big fan thing in the back that blew warm air out of the top. I would curl up on top of it. I slept in a few cars and back then the seats were vinyl. So I would curl up on my stomach and use my breath to heat me up. Only thing was ..it made you sweat And I learned the hard way never to turn over until you leave cuz it freezes you. I would say good times but
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@@proanimaluver6487 Man sorry to hear that. I hope life has gotten better for you. Yeah it's amazing how we can adapt when it's necessary.
Cold showers got real easy last year after hurricane Ida. No electricity for 13 days.
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