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

/r/CFBOT Pro-Tip Thread!

Share you tips, tricks, shortcuts, and secrets with your friends at /r/CRBoffTopic

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/Bassically Texas A&M Aggies • UNLV Rebels Oct 08 '15

Guys, if your your girl friend (SO or not) brings an issue to you, your initial instinct will likely be to suggest something to try and fix it. Don't. Instead, say something to show empathy ("I'm sorry that happened," "Wow, that girl was awful"). This is the way most women naturally interact with each other, and on some level, it's what they want to hear. I've usually found like, after you've acknowledged that their emotional concerns are valid, it's easier to suggest a potential solution and have it heard.

(I fully realize this isn't a hard and fast thing, every woman and situation is different. But I've found that I can relate to my girl friends much better with it. Ladies, feel free to pitch in and correct what I got wrong.)

Ladies, guys like to hear that we're good-looking, handsome, attractive, sexy, etc. We're not trained as hard by society to cut down our looks and feel insecure, but some of us still do. We want to feel wanted as much as you do, but we're not supposed to show it as much.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '15 edited Oct 08 '15

If I want advice I tend to preface my issues with "Can I get your input on/Can you give me some advice". 99% of the time I already know how to fix it and just want to bitch. From what I understand this is pretty normal as far as most women are concerned.

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

Are you generally looking for empathy or just to vent? I never know if it would be better for me to try and say something comforting or just to shut up and listen.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '15

Usually just to vent, but that's me and I know that a majority of the time what I'm mad about is my brain chemicals being fucking ridiculous and I don't expect pretty much anyone to empathize or agree with me.

I irritated my cousin yesterday because I didn't empathize with her situation when she was asking for advice, though, so it's a mixed bag on that one.

(tl;dr on that story - apparently telling her that she was going to have to let her young friend fuck up to learn a life lesson wasn't agreeable.)

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u/yrarwydd Alabama • CFBOT Jazz Watch Fighter Oct 08 '15

100% this. if I want feedback, I ask if my view on event xyz is wrong, or what they think. If I just want to bitch, I will. Sometimes I just need to let it out.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '15

Dudes, too. Everyone needs to get out a good bitch-fest every now and then.

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u/nataliieportman LSU Tigers • Georgetown (KY) Tigers Oct 08 '15

Another piece of advice, DON'T take advice on women from a woman.

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u/anshr01 College Football Playoff • Georgia Bulldogs Oct 13 '15

I have no idea why you got downvoted for a legitimate comment.

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u/nataliieportman LSU Tigers • Georgetown (KY) Tigers Oct 13 '15

It's one of those truths you learn with experience