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@lookitmychicken I used to really dislike cold showers BUT then I got into saunas, which are a huge thing in Austria, and usually you have these ice machines (like little water fountains but they're so cold the water turns to ice when it comes out) wherever you have saunas

And bc it's supposed to be healthy to use cold water after saunas, I started with cold showers, BUT the way you're supposed to do it traditionally: Right arm first, then right leg, then left arm, then left leg, then front, then back. I started doing that with showers after saunas, then with the ice machines, and now sometimes when I've been exercising and having a shower I will do it at the end too!

The reason why you do it that way is that you don't overtax your system, you just slowly stimulate blood flow from the area farthest away from the heart (right arm + leg) closer to the heart. Maybe try just using cold water on your limbs for a while?