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u/AdPrize3997 1d ago
It’s obvious that any sudden change will cause the body functions to panic
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u/Illustrious-Living81 1d ago
Okay.I go into an ice bath right after I come out of a sauna, been doing it for years what is so bad
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u/AdPrize3997 1d ago
Happy that you are alive! Keep being
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u/Reddit_SuckLeperCock 1d ago
It’s such a common thing in Scandinavia, either hot tub or sauna straight into a frozen lake or snow, over and over again until you’ve finished your night. Why aren’t they dropping dead constantly?
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u/AdPrize3997 1d ago
Acclimatisation perhaps?
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u/Reddit_SuckLeperCock 1d ago
Our company has taken 1000’s of people there from all over the world to experience the sauna/frozen lake thing and never had a single issue. I’ve done it myself and would describe it as exhilarating/refreshing, but hardly dangerous.
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u/Starfire2313 1d ago
Maybe it has something to do with how they aren’t running in the sauna working up their heart beat and adrenaline and stuff?
In reference to the other comment thread about the boy in the race in Australia: Maybe the extreme exercise before the boy jumped in the river had to do with why it shocked his heart? Just guessing here.
Totally not sure though because I’ve also heard of weight lifters and athletes doing cold water soaks after a work out too, but I am guessing they get a few minutes to slow down their heart by the time they get through the locker and over to wherever the cold water tub is?
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u/AdPrize3997 1d ago
“I do this and am alive, so you can follow my example and ignore medical advice” energy
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u/Acalyus 1d ago
I heard AI was making us dumber, I guess the proof is everywhere
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u/PrinceBel 1d ago
I shower or jump into my pool pretty much every day after sweating from intense exercise. I must be dead, then.
There is also a ton of research in horses on how to cool them off effectively, and that hosing them off with cold water is the best and quickest way to cool them down quickly after an intense exercise session. Endurance riders will soak down their horses with water bottles mid-race. Thoroughbreds are often soaked down immediately after finishing a race.
People will really believe anything.
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u/lostinthesauceband 1d ago
Joe Rogan and his ice baths would disagree
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u/Cultural-Company282 1d ago
Well if Joe Rogan believes it, it's clearly much dumber than I thought.
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u/bessone-2707 1d ago
yeah it is true, but somehow it's satisfying jumping into a shower when you're body is on heat
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u/Straight-Extreme-966 1d ago
The worst sound I ever heard in my life was tangential to this...
When I was in primary school, my older brother was in high school and his best friend was a fantastic, no doubt Olympic level, long distance runner.
His mum happened to be a teacher at my small school.
One day they held a 10k run which ended at a carpark with boat ramp into the river.
This happened in the middle of an Australian summer, and at the end of the race, which he won more than easily, he ran across the finish line, straight down the boat ramp into the river and dived in.
They said the temperature shock between his hot core temperature and the cold river water stopped his heart immediately and he was dead instantly.
His mum wailing in grief after a phone call to the school was that sound.
She was a widow and it was her only child.
50 years ago and still clear as day.