Day 6 of euphoric cold plunging was a milestone for me. Now that I’ve embraced the benefits and have become a “believer” in the cold plunge benefits, I decided this capstone post should include today’s big event.

I began today’s adventure in the morning hours since I’d discovered that the temperature range of the “Inhale” pool would be at its lowest. Initially I found myself shivering, even in the “exhale” pool. It wasn’t hard to convince myself to immerse in the “inhale” pool, but the shivering continued for my first plunge.

Since Glenwood Springs is still experiencing summer temps in the afternoon, the pool temps tend to be warmer later in the day. After calming the initial morning shivers, I proceeded with my previously established routine but with one exception. Today I immersed my entire self to include my head, several times. I expected to experience an “ice-cream headache” but that didn’t happen. I inhaled, went under, exhaled under water and surfaced. WOW! As a result of the euphoria, I ended up doing 3-4 total immersions.

I’ll conclude this series of posts with some words of encouragement: Read the words from the plaque (see the image above). The Cold Plunging benefits are very straight forward and now having reaped the benefits myself, I’m not only a believer, but an advocate.