Wednesday, December 7, 2011

The cold hard truth

11/25/11

The ice bath is not always necessary to do with ice. As winter hits the tap water can suffice. Aren’t familiar with what I am talking about? Ah, the uninitiated. It is like the mythological births out of water; you become something new. It is a test, but one that is easy to pass. Just sit in really cold water, often with chunks of scooped ice swimming around your abdomen, for 7-15 minutes or as is the case that I am in for 20 minutes in the coldest bath of tap water that you can summon. As the winter approaches the water gets colder and their almost comes a slow birth out of the acclimation to this 50 some degree water. I wish it was high 30 but you take what you can get. Standing in cold water for some other sort of situation suffices if done on repetition. Otherwise, if you have never iced than you have never lived and yeah, I mean that.

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