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

You do need rest weeks for muscle, ligament, and tendon recovery. When I start feeling the health effect lessen (mentally), I take extra cold showers (not right after exercise as that hurts muscle recovery). Cold showers or ice baths, if you got the opportunity can reset dopamine levels. I think you just torture yourself for a few minutes and that makes you feel better about the day in comparison, but science says it does stuff on a cellular level that helps.

I heard of an idea of 4-5 walls to get over while in the cold water. First you'll be cold and can't think. Just move around and try to get use to it. After a while you will get to the point of being able to talk with shouting and shivering. That's a wall. You will soon get cold again and that will start your next wall. Maybe 5 - 10 minutes for me. It helps refresh my outlook.