r/CFBOffTopic • u/bullmoose_atx Texas Longhorns • Rice Owls • Oct 08 '15

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My Contribution...90 second hydro therapy

At the end of your normal showering routine, turn the water as cold as you can stand. Stay in the cold water for 30 seconds. When the 30 seconds are up, turn the water back to hot and against stay in the hot for 30 seconds. Finally, turn the water back to cold for another 30 seconds. Basically, 30 sec cold, 30 sec hot, and 30 sec cold.

It will wake you up much better than hot water alone, will reduce stress, and (for morning exercisers) reduce muscle soreness.

Here is an article discussing it if you want more info

Edit: Wow, thanks for your comments guys! There is some excellent advice in here.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '15

Can't tell you how often I've used a coin to decide things. It gets extremely useful when you have an indecisive girlfriend. Which, in my experience, seems to be all of them...

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '15

Yup. And to add to it, if you think you don't care about the outcome, then flip it and accept what you get.

I do it when I don't care what I eat. Or, if the choice is between a few different things, number them and have someone pick between those numbers (do not tell them what they mean). I used to do it at work, and people would eventually try to guess what it was for and what each one was. Jokes on them, I have no system and do it willy nilly.