Will Cold Showers Lead To Greater Fat Loss?

After finishing a hard workout, there is no better feeling than rewarding yourself with a nice hot shower. But recently, it has been suggested that if you’re goal is to lose weight you’re much better off taking cold showers instead. Could something as simple, or in most cases not so simple as taking regular cold showers speed up your progress in the gym? A.J. answers this question from a scientific perspective.

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[2] Ouellet, V., Labbé, S. M., Blondin, D. P., Phoenix, S., Guérin, B., Haman, F., ... & Carpentier, A. C. (2012). Brown adipose tissue oxidative metabolism contributes to energy expenditure during acute cold exposure in humans. The Journal of clinical investigation, 122(2), 545-552.

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[ValidUsername]

I think it helps inditectly, if you have the discipline to take cold showers you are more likely to stick to your diet

[kjullthedemon]

Logically, by taking a cold shower, your body has to burn calories to keep up your core body temperature, right? So it should burn more calories than a warm shower.

[xans]

Cold showers yes do help, while taking a cold shower your body will try warm you up with most fat it has.

[user]

The body does most of the thermal regulation by adjusting blood flow to the skin. When you're cold, blood flow will be reduced to slow heat loss. Brown fat activation only plays a very small role. Cold exposure also makes you hungry. Best defense against cold is a thick layer of subcutaneous fat.

[gohyujie]

Currently sweaty and stinky as i await the answer after the double advertisement

[gabrielwilliamcollins]

Your videos are some of the most informative videos on YouTube hands down. Lots of good info in short and condensed package. Great for people like me who struggle to sit through a 30-45 min video. I learned a lot and learn alot from your videos

[zevweisdorf]

i didnt hear anything in regards to recovery. Does a cold shower help joints or muscles recovery from a game or workout like a cold tub would?

[globaltraveller]

In terms of health can I ask your opinion on cigars. Specifically having the occasional cigar? A big no-no or permissible? What's your opinion on them, do you like cigars?

[CobraQuotes]

i think you are making a logical fallacy. just because those subjects were in the cold suit for 2 hours and saw results does not mean that doing it for lower amount of time does nothing. It seems pretty obvious that it is directly correlated.

[DiMono]

I've seen it suggested that you can generate a similar brown fat effect as is provided by cold exposure, by placing a cold compress against the back of your neck for 30 minutes. Does this have any merit?

[misterauctor]

I found this on TODAY, and I'm asking for you thoughts on "Potential risks of cold showers “Abrupt exposure to cold water causes your blood vessels to restrict, causes you to take a deep breath, causes your heart rate and blood pressure to potentially go up and this could potentially cause a stressor on the heart, ” Glassberg told TODAY."

[getshwifty]

Hey AJ, good video. "weight loss plateaus" #nextvideo lmao thanks man you're the best

[CrueLoaf]

Wim Hoff has a twin brother who doesn't take cold showers. Apparently his brown fat levels are no different to Wims. An interesting piece of research!

[SONMEV]

I’ve just started doing now. i need to lose weight. so far i have got immune to it. i haven’t used ice yet though. wish me luck!

[Tomokeefe]

Ice baths are better than cold showers

[l.tjustonsenack]

I trade taking a cold one today but I didn't flee any different I guess I should take more cold shower s I heard this theory before so I'm well aware of it its just cutunin studys that have been done prove that taking a cold shower helps lose body fat well it is supported and backed up by doctors it's not a strong troey coz there r a number of studys on how taking a cold shower everymoring redes fat lose there r also studys that prove that taking a cold shower improves mood and is beneficial to ones good health so the study an't that good their good in the cents that they prove a number of torys but they don't prove that cold showes lead to fat loss

[jay-dee]

What so having a cold shower helps u lose weight? I'm confused

[NotLordAzhat]

I think it makes a lot more sense to take a cool bath for an hour or two and just...chill out for a while

Lol

[hatakekakashi]

I am trying to become 1 with the water

[mustafasregion]

Cold showers make you look 6 years younger