• Stimulates your circulation
• cleans toxins from your body
• improves skin
• improves hair

I adopted taking cold showers in the spirit of turning over that imaginary leaf for this school year.  And now that I’ve said that the next time I see a leaf, I’m turning it over – for real.   Continuing, I really have felt some trace of rejuvination after over a week straight of taking a cold shower every morning.

My shower routine is a cold shower in the morning and a warm shower at night.  The logic is this will help me wake up in the morning and go to sleep at night.  My body will physically be sent a message. 

As far as effects, a cold shower feels scintillating and for the first few days left me gasping, but after about 10 days, I’m starting to get accustomed to it and I actually look forward to it now.  One of the other side effects I read about for cold showers is a mental or even spiritual one.  If I had a vote, I’d say my mind is better for it.

A cold shower is one way to feel an extreme.  Jump right in and feel the benefits.

sxc

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Cold Showers For Better Well-Being

Benefits to working out in the morning:

• Energizes you for the rest of the day (gets the blood flowing)
• Puts a positive, more productive spin to your mindset
• You don’t have to worry about going to the gym later
• Your workouts won’t be put off by tiredness and other things that “pop up”
• You’ll be ready to go to sleep early
• Less likely you’ll be late to work or school if you’re up well before you need to leave
• You’ll physically look more vibrant

This list comes from first-hand knowledge.  As I said, I’ve been in this zone a few times and this really does give you a natural high.  What I really like about it is you’ve got your workout over and done with and this frees up time later in your day.

From SXC.hu

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Working Out in the Morning