Cold Shower Therapy: Joel Runyon at TEDxLUC
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- Published on May 15, 2013
- Joel Runyon is a javelin-throwing, world, traveling, triathlete set on doing impossible things in order to tell a great story with his life. A few years ago, Joel was an unemployed college grad who decided he no longer wanted to live a boring life. He made a list of all the things he used to think were impossible and then set out to do them. Joel created the Blog of Impossible Things and works to live a life of adventure and meaning.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations) 
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try cold bath with ice. .. NOw we are talking. pussies!
Cold showers + nofap = super human
How about when sick? Can you take cold showers when on a cold? Will it help you boost your immune system to get rid of the cold faster?
The "either/or" scenario hides a third way: a gradual approach. I was intrigued by the Wim Hof Method but a cold shower was too uncomfortable, so what I did was take a cool or lukewarm shower for a day or two and then a cooler shower for a day or two and then cooler and cooler, you get the idea. Within two weeks I was taking full on cold showers and have been doing so for a couple of years now including swimming in lakes here in Sweden all winter, even when I could barely break through the ice. The idea behind this gradual approach is that your veins and arteries have muscles in them and as you expose yourself to cooler and cooler water, these become acclimated (or stronger) to cold exposure. So, my advice would be not to chicken out but just go comfortably cool for as long as you can tolerate it and each day go a little bit cooler, as you can tolerate. In two weeks or so, you'll be on your way.
Not a great speaker🤷♀️
Can I wash my hair normally in warm water 1st? Then start cold body shower?
"Screamed like a little girl" ?? Huh? Boys don't scream? Anyway, the cold feeling only lasts the first 30 seconds or so -- not 5 minutes. No screaming.
8 days of cold showers!! Never going back
This man is so boring. Listen to the original Wim Hof.
Thanks for the feedback Poppa :p
Ur giving me goosebumps.
Just took my first cold shower this morning!
Good job buddy keep going!
Klim Yup! So far I’ve been taking only cold showers. They are definitely efficient when it comes to saving water & time because you’re in & out. It’s a great way to step outside your comfort zone.
allen m did you keep doing it allen?
Beast video, take cold showers ;)
Listed none of the health benefits of cold showers. Lame talk, clickbait title.
Nothing about the title says anything about health benefits :)
he says cold shower 77 times
Great talk
Wim Hof.
cold showers take me back. i used to use them as a punishment for myself when i was in the worst of my anorexia.
I don't have a shower, I like in an office
Wow I think this is one of the most boring talks i've ever heard on Ted ;I take cold showers they're great for your system
Thanks for watching Francesca ;)
Experience. . We as a Muslim do it at age of 14... individuals. ..Quran ice directions
If it screams like a little girl, it must be a little girl.
Nick sounded like a con-man.
30 day challenge accepted.
Has anyone taken a shower at 100 degree celsius? It changes your skin and life altogether.
I tried but the water evaporated
Yeah it helped with my acne you know. It's gone, mainly cuz I have no skin left too
I take cold showers for 1 year and I still don’t know how to start a business
Me too
6:07 *Since there are some people who do not bathe daily, can those periodic cold showers still help them?*
Just let things go...
Overly dramatic
I know that you won´t believe me, but i haven´t shower in 2 years and I feel great!
I want to do it but I live in Phoenix Arizona. The water doesn't get cold here.
I love his pauses. Great message too
I'm 7 days into my 30 day challenge and it's been life changing. I'm more aware when I take the shower in the morning and on the days I decide to take a cold shower at night, I sleep like a baby. It's a habit I can see myself locking in for the long term.
THATS IT! IM DOING THIS!!
I like your paths story. Nice one.
Thanks Ryan
Self-flagellation at it's best. The main benefit of being "cold" is the acceleration of bodily viruses.
WTF!!
TLDW; You can do it if you choose to,
Cold showers r great after you train hard reduces soreness
If you are not willing to be uncomfortable when the choice is yours. You will be uncomfortable and never be able to make the right decision to succeed when the choice is not yours. Choose to be uncomfortable and see what happens. It could change your life.
Our comfort is killing us. We are fostering ourselves into weakness.. resulting in self defeat. This is not good.
I'm I the only one who got it after 1.5 minutes?! Yes, cold shower is not nice, you need to get out of your comfort zone, so you need to do that over and over again, bla bla bla...
tip: alternatate between warm and cold until u can adjust to the cold
I took my first shower today and I screamed like a little girl
Chuck Liddell had great Ice power.
i shower with clothes on.
check out Wim HofSo many more important benefits to cold showers then what this guys talking about.and if you add in Wim Hof's breathing before the shower you will adjust to the cold 100 times faster and understand what's going on inside your body.
I prefer cold baths.
also good!
Do the Wim Hoff method first! Makes it so much easier. 4 months in and I can’t to hit water any more or wear jackets.
i have had MS 32 years (i am 47), i am one month in to this shift in my life. i can barely stand as i get in the shower (i use bars on the walls) but after being in full on cold water for 10 probably less minutes ii stand and move noticeably better. i also do 40 womans push ups, i get out of my chair do the push ups and get back in my chair UNASSISTED!! When i used to fall, i needed help to get off the floor.
No way I'm joing to!!! He is pulling your leg. He never takes cold showers.
3 Minutes Hot, 5 minutes as cold as it goes. Every day.
this guy is bizzare
Im never taking a hot shower ever again
I always take cold showers in my wetsuit. Not too bad then ;)
As long as I start it with warm water it's not that bad
They used to say: "End your shower with cold water so your pores close up and let not the bacteria in after you go out".
This makes sense to me, but when you ONLY take cold shower, you do not give a chance for those pores to be cleaned anyways coz they will be closed up immediately after exposing to cold water. Am I correct?
I have been having cold showers for about 4 months now. Probably it has been the best time of my life so far
I take cold showers on a regular basis to give me the mental strength to face a stressful day in office.
Cold showers makes me fresh after waking up early or after returning home from office
It makes me ready to get out of the house.
Have you tried the Wim Hof breathing technique before your cold shower? I've only recently tried cold showers. Did cold showers straight and then looked into how to do them easier. Can't claim that I enjoy them or do them regularly. But, I thought the Wim Hof method helped. FYI, cause the research took me a minute, you lie down and take 30 deep inhalations followed by exhalations. Then you hold your breath for 1-2 minutes. Repeat the cycle 3 times. I experience a tingling in my hands by the end of the first inhalation cycle. I found while doing this that my body didn't experience the shock of the cold shower practicing the technique as opposed to not. Mind you, I wasn't trying to stay in the shower for a long time.
I was so addicted to cold showers I lost my day job. I’m in rehab now.
Cold showers help prevent nocturnal emissions. Big help when you been on nofap for 3 years.
I've been taking daily showers for a month maybe but it's Summer, Winter will be the test, maybe then I will be able to relate to the little girl comments. Lol.I have made some life changing decisions during this time. Frankly I don't know if cold showers are making the difference but I am definitely in a good place with my life right now so I'll persevere with it. "Making the decision to be uncomfortable" was a powerful statement. I have tended to retreat into my comfort zone now I realize that it is an unhelpful kind of dysfunctional habit.
Doing the ice water enema while in the cold shower is the touchdown.
Instead of jumping in cold water for 5 minutes, it's a lot more sustainable to slowly increase the duration and/or coldness over a series of days/weeks. Also, breathing techniques are highly important and effect
jesus i cant go trough this without getting asleep, and i just took a pretty decent nap
scream like a little girl wooow thats sexist dude
that guy got you good joe
r/im14andthisisdeep
This guy is the worst...nob.
Agreed - the WORST
Next time...don't run fr cover when it rains...just walk calmly...people will think you are crazy...
He should have gone into how epic you feel after you take a cold shower - you get an energy rush like some sort of drug and your mind clears to absolute clarity.
Very much interesting. What I would add (beside highlighting physical benefits of cold showers, see Rhonda Patrick and Wim Hof for more) is that you do have to willfully accept it as a challenge. Not like 'yet another stress in my life' kind of passive approach, but as chance to learn to confront and overcome discomfort in life. 'Discomfort is the 'price' we have to pay to *achieve* our goals, make our dreams reality: accept it, face it, embrace it, go through it until you can look back with pride from your rightfully conquered spot.
You may not willing to do it (or not again) but push yourself into it saying I can do it, I want to do it, I'm building resilience, I will enjoy so much the time after this... And you will. Next time, easier.
On a side note: screaming 'like a little girl' isn't realistic, nor fair. 'Or boy', that is. ;-)
I learned to do this naturally wanting to force myself to be more uncomfortable.
Great talk
BRAVO! Loving my cold showers - 3 weeks in (thanks to Wim Hof 🎉)
so... does one use soap and wash... or is that done in a hot shower followed by gradually turning down the hot water?
I start luke warmish so it's bearable to shampoo or brush my teeth etc. then I slowly make it colder and colder. I found this making it a lot easier
I find myself in this story, but i think 5 min cold shower for the start is not ok .
I have been diving into the ocean in Alaska every morning for going on two months now at dawn, dead of winter. In and out. I cannot do 5 minutes. I am 63. I am a heart patient. There is science behind this. I do WIMHOF breathing before I go in. I envision comfort, not discomfort. My pulse and bp are down to normal.
Cold showers daily right here
“Objects in cold shower are bigger than they appear”
*WATCHING THIS WHILE IN MY JACUZZI ...*
"I screamed like a little girl." - poor choice of words.
The only problem with cold showers is a few hours after I take them I get sleepy and tired
We talking winter or summer? You shouldn't be screaming like a girl in the summer when outside temperatures are 25C°+ if it's winter time and it's bellow zero and the pipes are frozen then you can legitimately hit those high notes. That being said, who seriously showers for 5 mins anyway? You will spend most of that 5mins rushing to wash you won't even have time to enjoy the beauty of the cold as it slaps your face. What about washing your hair? I hope you don't skip the best part... it's like 1000 needles beautifully penetrating your skull. By that time you have forgotten it cold and find yourself reaching to turn the temperature down. I gave up on cold shower years ago I take ice baths now much more relaxing
Especially when it's a cold shower, I want to get out of there as soon as possible lol
Is it cheating if you add a tiny bit of hot water?
Do you only take cold showers or do you allow yourself warm showers or baths from time to time? At night perhaps? Always wondered this when viewing these videos of people who take cold showers.
Good presentation :)
Not sure the temp of shower is going to fix peoples problems think about the people cant pay gas or elec bill to keep water warm there life are prob very confutable
Most unconviencing Tedtalk ever! IMO
youre just a pussy:D
I take cold shower with Kangen beauty water. I have Kangen Water machine and I use for taking cold shower. Machine remove all toxins from water.
I bathe in ice water....wim hof set me off
Yes it's true that cold showers are great for you for many reasons but this speaker is boring. End of story.
Graduate to golden showers. Cold showers are so yesterday.
Damn that was inspiring. Im gonna take a cold shower now
Taking cold showers is the key to freedom. Love and light
same thing applies to running about which there is a story told by Will Smith, as I remember he was saying; when you are running and get tired there is a little guy appears in your mind saying "enough, I can't do it anymore" but if you don't listen to that voice and keep running you will have the sense of triumph against him, in other words you will learn not to be giving up against the difficulties you encounter in your daily life.Because you chose running which is a difficult for many people instead of lying on a sofa in front of the tv, computer e.g, you chose to suffer and this is going to make you stronger as mental and physical!
Hahahaha dude I find this hilarious, here in South America is normal to take cold showers, wake up at 5am, walk your way to work, working hard from 7 to 8 and we don't get to brag about it in a Ted talk. I'm always amazed by the things white people take pride of.
Cold showers does feel great. (after) the most important quiestion at this point do you have a standing shower or a bath
Ancient Indian knowledge. You learn this now.
First day and it’s already comfortable, gives me pins and needles. I actually find it rather relaxing, no clenching or uncomfortable feelings so far
Visit my channel for my cold plunging to boost my immune system. I am losing my eyesight and am on a journey to cure myself. I also eat plant based foods. I started my vegan jouney 8 months ago
3:05 Did he wanted to say "Cold Approach"? RSD affiliate! :D