Hardening: how I suffered to pump my health

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

From washing with cold water to wiping with snow and swimming in an ice hole.

Hardening not only strengthens the immune system and reduces the risk of colds and viral diseases, but also gives strength, fights stress, fatigue and apathy - well, this is according to its adherents. Also, cold procedures affect the condition of the skin: they make it elastic, stress-resistant and get rid of cellulite.

You can get hardened if you do not have colds, heart and vascular diseases.

You need to start training in the summer. All procedures should be regular (every day) and incremental. Do not think that you need to immediately run out naked into the street, jump into a snowdrift, or pour a bucket of cold water over yourself. No, it all starts at home. Here's what we tried on ourselves.

Walking around the house barefoot

It is recommended to start with 10-15 minutes of walking on a cold floor. If you have a carpet at home, then you don't need to walk on it barefoot - roll it up. There is such a moment: the bottom is bare, and it is better to insulate the top so as not to get sick.

Washing with cold water

Start with warm water and gradually lower the degree. For people with dry skin, washing with ice water is contraindicated.

Air baths

Open windows or go to the balcony. It is worth starting with 5-10 minutes. Choose light clothes.

Cold towel wipes

First, dampen a towel with warm water and rub your entire body. Reduce its temperature gradually.

Cold and hot shower

This hardening method is one of the most radical. The main rule is to switch water quickly, without delay. Alternate hot, warm, cold water. Start like this: 30 seconds of hot water, 10 seconds of warm water, 5 seconds of cold water. When the body gets used to it, remove the warm water. Increase the time as you get used to it.

Snow rubdown

It is worth rubbing with snow 3-4 times a week. Rubdown is contraindicated for people suffering from skin diseases. The snow should be loose so as not to scratch the skin. Before the procedure, do some exercises to warm up your body. If the feet or body become cold, the procedure must be completed.

Walking in the snow

Bare feet. Start with 10-15 seconds. If you feel severe discomfort, stop.

Swimming in cold water

A way for people who have not been hardened for the first year. The main rule: if in the process you catch a cold, in no case continue. Heal first, then start over from the beginning.

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