Thread: cold bath speeds metabolism???

It will force your body to put out more heat to compensate, same thing as dieters drinking ice water all the time.

do u think it matters if you warm yourself up afterwards(like a hot shower)? think its worth it precontest?

It seems like a rather stupid way to try and burn calories IMO, but I dont compete on a stage either so I can't tell you if its some big secret to success or anything.

Are people becoming alergic to a treadmill now? We can just soak in the tub while listening to the radio right. Sure we might catch a cold but thats OK, because we'll burn 50 calories from the cold water, then drop 6 pounds from the sickness we picked up. Or maybe we'll even get the flu if we become regular tubbers, I can drop a good load of weight on the flu.

haha, you're funny mudge. you can only do so much cardio though. btw-cant get sick from that temp. water, its not cold enough. besides, whats wrong w/ using some other tricks also

Hypothermia is the way to go. Freeze yourself.

Wow at your new avatar Vieope... Your rabbitness scares me...

Originally Posted by Mudge

It seems like a rather stupid way to try and burn calories IMO, but I dont compete on a stage either so I can't tell you if its some big secret to success or anything.

Are people becoming alergic to a treadmill now? We can just soak in the tub while listening to the radio right. Sure we might catch a cold but thats OK, because we'll burn 50 calories from the cold water, then drop 6 pounds from the sickness we picked up. Or maybe we'll even get the flu if we become regular tubbers, I can drop a good load of weight on the flu.

Exactly.. I remember someone a while back was leaving his window open during the night (winter, mind you) to burn more calories while he slept.

Why not sleep comfortably & do a little more cardio

Originally Posted by dakota

a physical theropist told me to sit in a 58 degree bath for 20 minutes to speed up my metabolism crazy-like. anyone heard of this??? ive done it twice, but im unsure about what it did.(besides turn me numm at 4 min.)

I haven't read any studies on short-duration immersion in cold water but there are tons of studies regarding cold water swimming and body fat in elite swimmers. they typically have body fat readings 2-3% higher than elite sprinters.

Originally Posted by Seanp156

Wow at your new avatar Vieope... Your rabbitness scares me...

Really? I like really like it tough.

I agree with you LAM. I have heard a lot about the body keeping extra fat for insulation after being exposed to cold temperatures for durations of time. Take the eskimos for example. Little round people, joke. Sorry eskimos.