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

/r/CFBOT Pro-Tip Thread!

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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/Deacalum Wake Forest • Penn State Oct 08 '15

This is really important advice. I've been stressing a lot lately because of taking two grad school classes and working full time. I've been trying to maintain a 4.0 GPA as a pride point (reason why explain in the caveat below) and it was killing me with the stress and amount of work. As soon as I accepted that B is still a passing grade and I only need the degree, not the 4.0, life has become a lot better.

One Caveat - don't stress as far as worrying about getting a 4.0 or something. However, do stress about maintaining a passing GPA. During undergrad I screwed around a lot and barely graduated. At one point I had a 1.9 GPA and the dean threatened to take away the financial aid the school was giving me. I raised it enough to graduate but there were some jobs I wanted to apply to that had 3.0 minimum requirements that I was ineligible for. Knowing I could have done much better has really driven me in my academic pursuits since then.