YIKES! That's cold

Sunday 23 January, 2011:
Started my first REAL step into the world of thermogenex today - the cold shower. Here's the instructions for 5-10 Minute cold showers before breakfast and/or before bed. Like my Finanancial Planning life, I've broken it down to a 6-step process.

1)Use hot water for 1-2 minutes over the entire body (I like this part, no problem!)
2) Step out of water range, apply soap and shampoo to hair and face. (again, no problem.)
3) Turn water to PURE COLD and rinse head and face. (YIKES!)
4) Turn around and back into water, focusing water on lower neck and upper back. Maintain this position for 1-3 minutes. (This morning - ummm, ONE MINUTE!)
5) As you acclimate (does this REALLY happen?!) apply soap to all the necessary regions.
6) Turn around and rinse off normally. (Normally? Are you kidding? There's nothing NORMAL about any part of this!)

So, why am I doing this? Well, it's all part of the "thermogenex" stuff I mentioned in my last post. We'll see how this whole experiment goes. There's 3 other "options" for this phase, and I'll probably incorporate a couple of them - I'll tell you all about them once I've tried them.

Results so far? Nothing measurable of course, but I DO feel VERY awake! I'm going to try and do this twice/day and see what happens.

Last night's roller work-out was a little more adventurous than I'd have liked. I've got a bruised, possibly seperated shoulder this morning. Took a nasty spill off the rollers and couldn't get clipped out fast enough. It was loud enough that one of my kids, who was upstairs playing LOUD games heard it and came running. I got back on and finished my ride along with some ab-work and push-ups afterwards - but I HURT this morning!

25 January 2011
Still not enjoying these cold showers! Trying to do two/day. I've gotten the length of time for them up - last night I managed 10 full minutes at full cold. I also watched a show with ice-packs on my shoulders and neck as per protocol B. That and drinking 500ml of ice water first thing in the morning. Is it working? I don't know. Only a couple of days into it, and still not really doing it 100%.