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How 90 Days of Cold Showers Transformed My Life
00:00 what would happen if you took a cold what would happen if you took a cold shower every single day for 90 days well shower every single day for 90 days well shower every single day for 90 days well let's find out shall we all right bro I let's find out shall we all right bro I let's find out shall we all right bro I don't know if you can tell but I am don't know if you can tell but I am don't know if you can tell but I am freezing as [__] it is the middle of freezing as [__] it is the middle of freezing as [__] it is the middle of winter here in Australia but we're in winter here in Australia but we're in winter here in Australia but we're in the shower no excuses we're taking my the shower no excuses we're taking my the shower no excuses we're taking my second cold shower of the day and that second cold shower of the day and that second cold shower of the day and that is the first thing you see after 90 days is the first thing you see after 90 days is the first thing you see after 90 days in cold showers you become addicted to in cold showers you become addicted to in cold showers you become addicted to them now I'm going to share with you why them now I'm going to share with you why them now I'm going to share with you why you become addicted to them and the you become addicted to them and the you become addicted to them and the benefits you will see after we take this benefits you will see after we take this benefits you will see after we take this cold plunge together now of course I cold plunge together now of course I cold plunge together now of course I can't really keep these in my hands can't really keep these in my hands can't really keep these in my hands while the water's running so let's while the water's running so let's while the water's running so let's switch to voiceover mode and bro before switch to voiceover mode and bro before switch to voiceover mode and bro before we jump into the benefits don't start we jump into the benefits don't start we jump into the benefits don't start off just cold if you're a beginner start off just cold if you're a beginner start off just cold if you're a beginner start off warm and move your way down to cold off warm and move your way down to cold off warm and move your way down to cold slowly so you get used to it back to the slowly so you get used to it back to the slowly so you get used to it back to the video all right so we just got out of video all right so we just got out of video all right so we just got out of our second cold plunge of the day I our second cold plunge of the day I our second cold plunge of the day I always take them in the morning but I'd always take them in the morning but I'd always take them in the morning but I'd take another one for this video of take another one for this video of take another one for this video of course to showcase the first benefit and course to showcase the first benefit and course to showcase the first benefit and that is you being addicted to them but that is you being addicted to them but that is you being addicted to them but let's get on to the actual first benefit
01:00 let's get on to the actual first benefit let's get on to the actual first benefit you will most likely see after 90 days you will most likely see after 90 days you will most likely see after 90 days first of all let's make little easier first of all let's make little easier first of all let's make little easier for me to talk so I have my hands free for me to talk so I have my hands free for me to talk so I have my hands free but the first benefit that you will see but the first benefit that you will see but the first benefit that you will see is that you will be so much more is that you will be so much more is that you will be so much more motivated now that's a broad term but if motivated now that's a broad term but if motivated now that's a broad term but if you have goals you have Ambitions if you you have goals you have Ambitions if you you have goals you have Ambitions if you take a cold shower before you do the take a cold shower before you do the take a cold shower before you do the work towards those goals let's say it's work towards those goals let's say it's work towards those goals let's say it's a gym for example right you want to a gym for example right you want to a gym for example right you want to improve your physique if you start improve your physique if you start improve your physique if you start taking a cold shower every day before taking a cold shower every day before taking a cold shower every day before the gym you're going to be much more the gym you're going to be much more the gym you're going to be much more motivated because what is responsible motivated because what is responsible motivated because what is responsible for motivation of course having a strong for motivation of course having a strong for motivation of course having a strong why for doing a certain thing is why for doing a certain thing is why for doing a certain thing is responsible but dopamine is also responsible but dopamine is also responsible but dopamine is also responsible as well and when you take a responsible as well and when you take a responsible as well and when you take a cold shower I think it's about your cold shower I think it's about your cold shower I think it's about your dopamine levels up by about 250 percent dopamine levels up by about 250 percent dopamine levels up by about 250 percent this is an ultimate cheat code yeah when this is an ultimate cheat code yeah when this is an ultimate cheat code yeah when we watch porn our dopamine depending on we watch porn our dopamine depending on we watch porn our dopamine depending on the video of course but on average it the video of course but on average it the video of course but on average it outs by about 200 so really you're outs by about 200 so really you're outs by about 200 so really you're getting more benefit you're getting a getting more benefit you're getting a getting more benefit you're getting a better dope mid hit from having a cold
02:00 better dope mid hit from having a cold better dope mid hit from having a cold shower yeah I feel great right now see shower yeah I feel great right now see shower yeah I feel great right now see that's the first benefit you like that's the first benefit you like that's the first benefit you like motivation bro these will definitely motivation bro these will definitely motivation bro these will definitely help but you're not always going to be help but you're not always going to be help but you're not always going to be motivated so build that discipline motivated so build that discipline motivated so build that discipline necessary now the second benefit I want necessary now the second benefit I want necessary now the second benefit I want to go over is more so like a personal to go over is more so like a personal to go over is more so like a personal benefit and that benefit is clearer skin benefit and that benefit is clearer skin benefit and that benefit is clearer skin now my Skin's not like the best right now my Skin's not like the best right now my Skin's not like the best right now because it's the middle of winter in now because it's the middle of winter in now because it's the middle of winter in Australia and my skin sucks in Winter Australia and my skin sucks in Winter Australia and my skin sucks in Winter and just does it always does but in and just does it always does but in and just does it always does but in summer I'll show you a few pictures in summer I'll show you a few pictures in summer I'll show you a few pictures in prime time summer this is what my skin prime time summer this is what my skin prime time summer this is what my skin looks like and I'm not going to looks like and I'm not going to looks like and I'm not going to attribute the cold shower itself to attribute the cold shower itself to attribute the cold shower itself to clear skin no there's a lot of factors clear skin no there's a lot of factors clear skin no there's a lot of factors that play a role in clear skin cold that play a role in clear skin cold that play a role in clear skin cold showers definitely how they act as a showers definitely how they act as a showers definitely how they act as a natural moisturizer I don't use any skin natural moisturizer I don't use any skin natural moisturizer I don't use any skin care product not saying a skin care is care product not saying a skin care is care product not saying a skin care is bad but I haven't for the last three bad but I haven't for the last three bad but I haven't for the last three years I've used this number one thing years I've used this number one thing years I've used this number one thing here like three times in the winter I've here like three times in the winter I've here like three times in the winter I've used it once this winter because my skin used it once this winter because my skin used it once this winter because my skin gets really dry sometimes but that is it gets really dry sometimes but that is it gets really dry sometimes but that is it that is it bro so it is a great way to
03:00 that is it bro so it is a great way to that is it bro so it is a great way to get your skin clear get your skin clear get your skin clear following now look there's heaps of following now look there's heaps of following now look there's heaps of benefits out there there's heaps the benefits out there there's heaps the benefits out there there's heaps the clearer skin yeah the increased clearer skin yeah the increased clearer skin yeah the increased motivation there's multiple motivation there's multiple motivation there's multiple psychological benefits the increase in psychological benefits the increase in psychological benefits the increase in dope mean yeah the energy level but I dope mean yeah the energy level but I dope mean yeah the energy level but I would say the number one benefit I've would say the number one benefit I've would say the number one benefit I've gone over a thousand days with taking a gone over a thousand days with taking a gone over a thousand days with taking a cold shower every single day but if I cold shower every single day but if I cold shower every single day but if I look back at the time that I took them look back at the time that I took them look back at the time that I took them for 90 days in a row the main benefit I for 90 days in a row the main benefit I for 90 days in a row the main benefit I saw is that I found the harder things in saw is that I found the harder things in saw is that I found the harder things in my life more enjoyable I know that my life more enjoyable I know that my life more enjoyable I know that sounds kind of like weird let me explain sounds kind of like weird let me explain sounds kind of like weird let me explain it to you before you hop in a cold it to you before you hop in a cold it to you before you hop in a cold shower you don't want to hop in it you shower you don't want to hop in it you shower you don't want to hop in it you do not want to do it but you know at the do not want to do it but you know at the do not want to do it but you know at the back of your mind how you feel after you back of your mind how you feel after you back of your mind how you feel after you do it and the benefits responsible now I do it and the benefits responsible now I do it and the benefits responsible now I will say something like the gym the gym will say something like the gym the gym will say something like the gym the gym is something that most people don't is something that most people don't is something that most people don't really want to do in the moment a cold really want to do in the moment a cold really want to do in the moment a cold shower because it's very short it's not shower because it's very short it's not shower because it's very short it's not very long like the gym is maybe 30 to 60 very long like the gym is maybe 30 to 60 very long like the gym is maybe 30 to 60 minutes but a cold shower might only go minutes but a cold shower might only go minutes but a cold shower might only go for one to two minutes so you're more for one to two minutes so you're more for one to two minutes so you're more likely to have a cold shower than work likely to have a cold shower than work likely to have a cold shower than work out if you're a beginner so if you can
04:00 out if you're a beginner so if you can out if you're a beginner so if you can train your mind to do the hard things train your mind to do the hard things train your mind to do the hard things because your brain now knows that doing because your brain now knows that doing because your brain now knows that doing the hard things gives it a reward after the hard things gives it a reward after the hard things gives it a reward after completing it you're more likely to do completing it you're more likely to do completing it you're more likely to do the better habits that you aren't the better habits that you aren't the better habits that you aren't consistent with if you've ever read the consistent with if you've ever read the consistent with if you've ever read the book Atomic habits you'll get what I book Atomic habits you'll get what I book Atomic habits you'll get what I mean by this one of the best ways to mean by this one of the best ways to mean by this one of the best ways to stay consistent with your good habits is stay consistent with your good habits is stay consistent with your good habits is by setting a reward after and that's by setting a reward after and that's by setting a reward after and that's what the cold shower teaches us so if I what the cold shower teaches us so if I what the cold shower teaches us so if I have not motivated you to take a cold have not motivated you to take a cold have not motivated you to take a cold plunge well my job isn't done I hope I plunge well my job isn't done I hope I plunge well my job isn't done I hope I do motivate you and I hope you go and do motivate you and I hope you go and do motivate you and I hope you go and take one especially if you're watching take one especially if you're watching take one especially if you're watching this earlier in the morning and please this earlier in the morning and please this earlier in the morning and please let me know in the comments if you like let me know in the comments if you like let me know in the comments if you like these shorter-ish videos let me know these shorter-ish videos let me know these shorter-ish videos let me know down below what videos you want to see down below what videos you want to see down below what videos you want to see yeah short form long form what certain yeah short form long form what certain yeah short form long form what certain type of content let me know subscribe if type of content let me know subscribe if type of content let me know subscribe if you're new and I'll catch you in the you're new and I'll catch you in the you're new and I'll catch you in the next video thanks
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Imagine stepping into a refreshing cascade of cold water each morning, awakening not just your senses but also your motivation. For many, the thought of a cold shower may evoke discomfort or reluctance. Yet, embracing this ritual can lead to profound changes in both body and mind.
In this exploration, we delve into the insights gained from a 90-day commitment to cold showers. From boosting dopamine (Contrast Collective's dopamine overview) levels to enhancing skin clarity, the benefits extend far beyond the initial shock of cold. Let us guide you through the mechanisms at play and how they can foster resilience and intentional living.
250 Percentage increase in dopamine levels from cold showers 90 Days of taking cold showers 1000 Days of taking cold showers in total
"Cold showers are the ultimate cheat code for motivation."
Introduction to Cold Showers
Cold showers can initially seem daunting, yet they offer a unique opportunity for personal growth. The practice involves gradually acclimating your body to lower temperatures, which can be achieved by starting with warm water and slowly reducing the temperature over time. This method not only makes the transition easier but also allows your body to adapt to the invigorating experience.
As you begin this journey, you may find that the initial discomfort gives way to a sense of clarity and energy. Each cold shower becomes a ritual, a moment to cultivate stillness and focus before the day unfolds.
"Doing the hard things gives your brain a reward after completing it." — Speaker
Benefits of Cold Showers
One of the most significant benefits of cold showers is their ability to enhance motivation. Research indicates that cold exposure can increase dopamine levels by approximately 250%. This neurotransmitter is crucial for motivation and pleasure, making cold showers a powerful tool for those seeking to ignite their drive.
Moreover, the physiological response to cold water acts as a natural moisturizer for the skin, promoting clarity and vitality. The cold constricts blood vessels, which can help reduce inflammation and improve overall skin health. Many individuals report clearer skin as a result of this practice, attributing it to the refreshing effects of cold water.
As you integrate this practice into your daily routine, you may also notice a shift in your approach to challenges. Cold showers teach the brain to link hard tasks with rewards, fostering discipline and resilience. The act of stepping into cold water becomes a metaphor for tackling life’s difficulties—uncomfortable at first but ultimately rewarding.
Psychological Impact
The psychological benefits of cold showers extend beyond mere motivation. Engaging in this practice can reshape how you perceive challenges. As one speaker noted, "Doing the hard things gives your brain a reward after completing it." By training your mind to embrace discomfort, you cultivate a sense of accomplishment that permeates other areas of your life.
The experience of enduring cold water can enhance your ability to tackle other difficult tasks, such as exercising or facing daily responsibilities. This newfound resilience can lead to a more fulfilling and intentional life, where you actively seek out challenges rather than shy away from them.
Tips for Beginners
If you are new to cold showers, consider starting with warm water and gradually decreasing the temperature. This approach allows your body to acclimate without overwhelming your senses. Aim for a duration of one to two minutes initially, focusing on your breath and the sensations in your body.
Over time, you may find that you look forward to this ritual as a moment of stillness in your day. As you become accustomed to the cold, you can increase the duration and frequency of your showers. Remember, the goal is not perfection but progress—each cold shower is a step toward greater resilience and clarity.
Words Worth Hearing
"If you can train your mind to do the hard things, you're more likely to do better habits." — Speaker
Practical Takeaways
Start your cold shower journey gradually, beginning with warm water and decreasing the temperature over time. Embrace the discomfort of cold showers as a means to cultivate resilience and enhance your motivation.