What's healthiest: cold showers or warm showers?

[TheSperminator Member of the Month Oct 12 Find all posts View Profile Close TheSperminator]

Red some good stuff about cold showers. But is it better than taking warm showers?

[camaro Senior Member Member of the month June 2013 Find all posts View Profile Close camaro]

Yes.

[Oxford Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Oxford]

Red some good stuff about cold showers. But is it better than taking warm showers?

in the gym i go i see lots of people having cold shower before entering swimming pool or even before going to steaming room or sauna.... Fuck thatt lol i hate cold

[odin omega Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close odin omega]

hot water can be damaging to your hair so cold is better in that respect and warm water can help losen up muscles i sometimes have a bath and do hamstrings and quad streches after a run. Cold water and ice baths help increase the repair rate of muscles apparently their is some science behind it but i have a bad case of cba with linking you up haha.

[Pegasus AdministratorPE Gym EditorPEGym Hero ☺ Admin of the Month Mar 2015 Find all posts View Profile Close Pegasus]

Some guys do contrast that is alternating hot and cold.

[alan020 Member of the Month Jan 13 Find all posts View Profile Close alan020]

Not sure about hot showers but I was always told hot baths, jacuzzis etc are bad for your sperm count

[Koh Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Koh]

I feel a lot better with cold showers

[Glamissand1 Senior Member Member of the Month March 2014 Find all posts View Profile Close Glamissand1]

Hot showers/baths can loosen joints and muscles, but it does promote inflammation and an autoimmune response (immune system attacking the skin at the hot spots). That's the itch after a hot hot shower. Inflammation is bad for us and causes major health issues. Cold showers and baths will have the tendency to stiffen you up. But afterward your blood will heat you back up, but without inflammation added to what you may already be experiencing. Cold for me, but some times I will heat it up to get my core temp up from a day of working in the rain or cold. But will turn it down once I'm warm.

But then again I could probably join a Polar Bear Club.

[TheSperminator Member of the Month Oct 12 Find all posts View Profile Close TheSperminator]

Hot showers/baths can loosen joints and muscles, but it does promote inflammation and an autoimmune response (immune system attacking the skin at the hot spots). That's the itch after a hot hot shower. Inflammation is bad for us and causes major health issues. Cold showers and baths will have the tendency to stiffen you up. But afterward your blood will heat you back up, but without inflammation added to what you may already be experiencing. Cold for me, but some times I will heat it up to get my core temp up from a day of working in the rain or cold. But will turn it down once I'm warm.

But then again I could probably join a Polar Bear Club.

I experienced the itchy stuff a lot of times. It irritates the shit out of me.

What exactly is inflammation and how do warm showers cause it?

[Glamissand1 Senior Member Member of the Month March 2014 Find all posts View Profile Close Glamissand1]

Inflammation is swelling and a response from the body due to it believing its under attack. So the immune system goes to look for the invader, lots of times its our own body it attacks. The heat causes histemines to release and call for the immune system to respond.