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What's your favorite pick-me-up? (self.casualconversation)

submitted 3 months ago by Brainsploosh to c/[email protected]

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Sometimes one just doesn't have the energy to do what needs done. How do you manage it?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I have a shower as warm as I can to open all my pores and clean them out.

Then I slam the water all the way to the coldest possible and force myself to stay under it for two minutes.

That's a huge wake-up call.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I read about that trick years ago. It was in an essay by Ian Fleming. He wrote '...as hot as you can stand it for as long as you can stand it, followed by as cold as you can take it for as long as you can take it.'

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I learned it from ancient Orkney technology called "sauna". 😉

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

TIL people start the day with a sauna. We always use it as the end of the workout.

[–] Drivebyhaiku 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

When I was living in Japan and using public baths cycling between hot and cold baths a couple of times this way was my favorite thing.

Appearantly it basically causes blood to do some neat stuff by dilating and constricting blood vessels to move blood to the core or the extremities.

All I knew is if you cycle about three or four times and drink one beer it's the cheapest drunk you will ever be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

What it does is trigger your parasympathetic nervous system (or maybe the sympathetic, I always lose track of which does what). And yes, that makes blood vessels constrict and dilate and I just find that it enervates me and makes me feel really good.

I'll try taking a shot after such a shower and report back. 🤣