Who wants to take a cold shower, anyway? When you get out of bed, groggy in the morning with a full work day ahead of you, all you want to do is have a hot cup of coffee and warm up in a hot shower.
Think about trying to work up a sweat before you jump into a cold shower. If you just take one shower every morning before going into work, then consider adding a pre-dawn jog to your routine. The health benefits of daily exercise are tremendous, and it can lengthen lifespan. Why not do two healthy things for your body on a daily basis? Just combine a morning jog with a morning cold shower. When you work up a sweat, it will be very welcoming to jump into that cold shower and cool off.
Another tip for getting into a cold shower is to concentrate on your breath. When you get nervous, it will just make things much worse. The sooner you accept what is happening and embrace it, the faster you will recover from the shock of getting in. You can actually use cold shower therapy to help you meditate too. When you have the cold stimulate all around you, you have to keep up a steady calmness and focus with your breath. You can prove to yourself how much you can black out with your mental capabilities alone.
It can be extremely difficult to make the mental decision to switch to a cold shower. When some people hear the idea, they can't even fathom it. They think you are joking even. With that in mind, there are some ways to gradually work your way into it.
First, start off with hot water. Wash your body thoroughly and put the shampoo in your hair. Get the soap in a nice lather, and the shampoo worked throughout your hair. Then, switch the dial to cold. Just spend a couple of minutes underneath the cold water while you wash out all the shampoo and soap. Having a goal of washing out the shampoo and soap will make you stay under the cold water for a longer period of time.
There is massive benefits of cold showers to our health. You will start to see the benefits right after the first shower, but see if you can ease your way into making it a morning ritual. Once you start thinking about it like something you have to do - like brushing your teeth - versus a useless, luxurious hot water shower - then you will start to do it more regularly.