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SHower After workout

RudolfRyan Posts: 46 Joined: 2007/03/17	2007/04/11, 11:04 AM Theres a myth in here or some place i have heard that it is dangerous to take a shower after your workout or while perspiring? How true is this? Will this cause on any medical issue because of the changes of temperature on your body? from hot to cold especially on your head where the water first comes in contact Just concern.. thanks for advance response
msmogreen Posts: 717 Joined: 2006/04/22	2007/04/11, 11:24 AM Hmmm...maybe if you are extremely overheated and you jump into an ice cold shower? I don't know...I do remember years ago when 24 Hour Fitness was still Family Fitness there being signs by the showers suggesting that it was not advisable to shower right after a workout. I got the impression that they were suggesting it would somehow reduce the benefit of your workout, not that there was any danger. I never heard an explanation for this nor have I heard of it since.
CSix Posts: 18 Joined: 2007/02/14	2007/04/11, 09:42 PM Hi, Yes, I've heard of this too. I believe that the reason you don't take a shower directly after a workout is because your body's temperature is quite high, so getting into a shower may lower the temperature so fast that a blood vessels will pop due to the fast contraction from the relatively low temperature of the shower. I always wait about 5 minutes after a workout to take a shower, just in case. Thanks, Csix.
RudolfRyan Posts: 46 Joined: 2007/03/17	2007/04/12, 06:39 AM Yup exactly, that blood vessel issue is what worried me the most.. i have heard several issues involving this matter..But what if im no a rush? I mean i cant be late for school and work..
fouts Posts: 156 Joined: 2003/09/03	2007/04/12, 11:05 AM Sounds like it could have some truth to it but in the military we had to take showers this way and I never heard anything about anyone being hurt from it.
pcorey Posts: 37 Joined: 2007/03/30	2007/04/12, 11:34 AM Sounds a little fishy to me. Seriously, how many blood vessel popping related fatalities have you heard about?
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2007/04/12, 11:40 AM think people THINK....if you take a very hot thing and stick it in VERY COLD water it will weaken and vice versa....how ever how many times do you jump into a freezing cold shower? LOL urban myth I say. -------------- Curl Jockeys, get outta the squat rack! I wish everyone would get a partial amnesia and never use 'tone' ever again. (thanks Menance) 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2007/04/12, 11:48 AM From: www.womensheart.org/content/Exercise/safe_exercise1.asp Use only tepid water to bathe or shower after exercising Water that is too warm can cause dizziness and/or fainting. -------------- I see the words you are typing, but all I read is *click*click*click* - One should not lift like a man or a woman, lift like a human.
fouts Posts: 156 Joined: 2003/09/03	2007/04/12, 12:45 PM Good point! ============ Quoting from 7707mutt: think people THINK....if you take a very hot thing and stick it in VERY COLD water it will weaken and vice versa....how ever how many times do you jump into a freezing cold shower? LOL urban myth I say. =============
msmogreen Posts: 717 Joined: 2006/04/22	2007/04/12, 01:57 PM I think by the time I get to the locker room, get my clothes off, grab my towel and my toiletries, and stop chatting with Maricela, I've already cooled down somewhat. My warm body is going into a somewhat warmer shower. I've never had a dizziness issue. Doesn't seem like a huge concern. (We weren't really talking about hot bodies in cold water, that was the only instance when I thought it would be a conern).
Speeder Posts: 226 Joined: 2003/03/14	2007/04/23, 11:09 AM Runners and professional athletes often jump into ice cold baths to ice their legs and sore muscles directly after competition, as this helps ease the affects that lactic acid build up can cause. I would say a cool shower does nothing but good for you. I use to often take a cool shower after my work outs, and found it helped with my recovery.
Speeder Posts: 226 Joined: 2003/03/14	2007/04/23, 11:09 AM Runners and professional athletes often jump into ice cold baths to ice their legs and sore muscles directly after competition, as this helps ease the affects that lactic acid build up can cause. I would say a cool shower does nothing but good for you. I use to often take a cool shower after my work outs, and found it helped with my recovery.
mccanntm Posts: 18 Joined: 2005/03/29	2007/04/25, 04:35 PM Many years ago in Voss, Norway, I was staying with some friends. Their routine was to enjoy a hot sauna and then immediately jump in a glacier fed lake that had a temperature of about 40 degrees F. It did not injure them in the least. I will admit that I did try it (ah! the folly of youth) I verily believe that that is the only time that I walked on water. I have never heard of the post workout shower admonition. I since I work out on my way to work, I would never think of not taking a shower or waiting. I would hate to be known around the office as "stinky"