The benefits of hardening the body with cold water and basic methods for beginners

Hello everybody! Hardening with cold water is a method for people who not only care about their health, but also have willpower and spirit. And if you decide to start hardening, then I hasten to congratulate you, because in addition to the benefits at the physical level, you will also become healthier spiritually, namely, your personality will advance in development. But for this it is necessary to strictly adhere to the rules and take into account the warnings so as not to harm yourself.

How it works

When you douse yourself with cold water, the receptors on your skin instantly transmit information to the central nervous system, from where it goes to the brain. And for the brain, the most important task is to saturate every cell of the body with oxygen, and, having received a signal that some kind of impact has occurred, it will immediately instruct the outflow of blood from the skin to go to the internal organs, and this stimulates and starts metabolic processes. .

As soon as the body wakes up, the brain realizes that there is no danger and returns blood flow to the skin. Therefore, as you may have noticed when dousing, at first she turns pale, and then a healthy pink blush appears on her cheeks.

Pros and Benefits

So, we all know that people become healthier and live longer from dousing, but what exactly are the benefits of it, let’s take a closer look:

1. Instant wake up

So in the morning you do not have to pour a few cups of coffee into yourself to open your eyes a little. In addition, you will have enough energy surge for the whole day, which means that in the morning your attention will be high, which is very important for those who have to drive, as well as engagement in work will happen much earlier, which means efficiency and productivity. your labor will also increase.

2. Immunity is strengthened

Accordingly, colds will visit you less and less often, chronic ones will also cease to bother you over time.

3.Skin becomes more elastic and firm

This means that problems such as wrinkles, excessive stretch marks and sagging will bypass you. If you add more and sports, then you will look much younger than your years.

4. Positively affects the nervous system

A person reacts more calmly to stress and other stimuli. In this regard, his relations with others, both close and business, are improving. The risk of acquiring a disease that has arisen on a nervous basis is reduced, in principle, 60% of diseases occur from the inability to cope with one’s feelings and experiences.

5. In connection with the previous point, relaxation and stability

Which relieves insomnia, which, as you know, brings significant damage to health. I wrote about it in this article. .

6.Health

What else is hardening useful for?

• And the fact that it helps to strengthen the cardiovascular system, as a result of which the process of circulation of lymph and blood will be without complications.
• It also has a positive effect on the gastrointestinal tract, helping to cope with gastritis and normalizing digestion.
• Metabolic processes are activated, which means that you will begin to lose weight.
• Relieves varicose veins and also helps to prevent them.

7.Character

• Every day you will train your character, as you will cope with laziness and unwillingness to freeze.
• And it is also useful because it makes it possible to discharge, that is, to relieve anger, irritation, anxiety, sadness and other negative feelings.

Caveats

But hardening is not always suitable for the body, in rare cases it can be harmful, so carefully study the list of restrictions.

• Women during the period of menstruation is better to pause.
• For any diseases and injuries of the skin, even wounds or abscesses, it is recommended to first cure them, and only then proceed to dousing.
• If you have SARS, colds and other infections that have weakened your body.
• With heart disease. This is a very important criterion, otherwise you will give an extra load that it may not be able to cope with. Therefore, if you have diagnoses such as tachycardia, ischemia or heart failure, consult your doctor.
• Be careful with cystitis, because in case of inflammation of the bladder, in no case should you supercool your legs.
• And, of course, do not take risks with oncology and tuberculosis, so as not to interfere with the healing process.
• With increased pressure, you should also not water it, otherwise it will jump even higher.

Methods

There are many ways to improve health, try each of them, eventually starting a complex practice:

1. Cold and hot shower. The system is simple, switch the water from hot to cold 4 times, making intervals of 30 seconds. This is a very convenient way, because it does not require additional conditions, you just press the switch while taking a shower.
2. Rubbing — this method is suitable for those who do not have acne and voluminous moles on their bodies, as they can cause damage. The bottom line is that you wet the towel, twist it and begin to actively rub every part of your body, starting with the neck.
3. Pouring — the first months you do it indoors, eventually practicing on the street, but this is in cases where you have reached a certain level, having decided to do winter swimming.
4. Leg procedures. If you often get colds, this method is perfect. You should lower your legs into a container of cold water for 5 minutes. At first, try to withstand one minute, only eventually increasing to 5.
5. And the last way that beginners can do is air baths. Do you know how important it is to ventilate the room so that the viruses do not stagnate and sleep soundly? Only in this case you should not leave the room, starting from five minutes, you will eventually realize that even an hour spent outdoors without jackets and hats during the winter is not terrible.

My douche experience

From the month of December, I began to pour myself on the street. It doesn’t matter how cold it is outside. Moreover, the lower the temperature outside, the brighter the sensations and the process of dousing is easier. For me, it’s a ritual. You have already read about the advantages, I will only add that this is an incredible charge of vivacity for the whole day. Watch my pouring video.

Rules and Recommendations

• It is recommended to carry out the procedure twice a day, in the morning it will help to cheer up, and in the evening, on the contrary, it will relax and prepare for sleep.
• In order not to fall into illness on the very first day of practice, begin to gradually accustom your body to a new method of healthy living. That is, initially the water temperature should be 33-35 degrees. Every day, in the absence of side effects, reduce by one mark until you reach the minimum temperature, namely 10 degrees.
• You need to practice daily, without skipping, otherwise after a few months you will lose your tone and return to the previous state. Because the body adapts within 2 months, but it weans much faster — in two weeks.
• How to start if it is unbearable for you to experience the cold and in general, you barely forced yourself to get out of bed? Do not torture yourself by watering completely, it is better to gradually accustom the body so that there is no rejection of this entire procedure. That is, start by washing your hands with ice water, then add rubbing with a cold towel.
• Initially, try to make sure that there are no drafts in the room in which you shower. This is only later, over time, you will be able to pour a bucket on yourself, standing barefoot in the snow, and in the early days it is recommended to take care.
• It is best to do exercises in advance, but if it is very difficult to be active immediately after waking up, it will be easier for you to do it after the procedure.
• If you allow yourself to climb under a hot shower after dousing, the result will be canceled, so show willpower and do push-ups at least 15 times, this will help to warm up.
• Proper hardening is when you don’t wipe yourself yet, but allow the body to dry itself, so the skin absorbs the maximum amount of moisture, which will give it elasticity and prevent wrinkles. If the procedure takes place on the street, then you should rub yourself intensively with a hard, and preferably with a waffle towel.
• Take care of your head, it should stay dry, at least the first time. Because a sudden change in temperature can trigger a headache.
• It is necessary to accustom yourself not only from the outside, but also from the inside, that is, gargle with cool water, gradually reducing its degree.
• Smoking and drinking alcohol is strictly prohibited, otherwise your organs and systems will malfunction, which will be difficult to cope with such a colossal load.
• For the positive effects I mentioned earlier to work, your body systems need to be stressed by the sudden change in temperature, which means that just standing in a cool shower for a long time is just about gradually freezing yourself, not healing. In order for the processes to start instantly and simultaneously, you should quickly pour over. Or use the contrast shower technique.
• And so that there is no temptation to stop, tell everyone you know about it, or use radical methods — argue with a friend. The habit is formed in about 23 days, so the main thing in the first month is not to let yourself relax, and then it will go along the thumb, you yourself will not notice how you enter the mode.

Completion

Take care of yourself and be healthy! And if you have consciously approached this decision — visit a doctor first, checking your health will not be superfluous, and you will be calm that you are doing everything right. See you soon.