{"id":5380,"date":"2021-05-21T12:14:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T17:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/?p=5380"},"modified":"2022-01-17T14:20:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T19:20:43","slug":"the-best-way-to-shower-after-working-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/the-best-way-to-shower-after-working-out\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Way to Shower After Working Out"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n

A nice shower after a sweaty workout feels good! However, not all types of showers have the same advantages. Hot showers can help you sleep better and cool down from heat exposure. However, research says that cold showers are the best way to shower after working out.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cold showers offer a surprising number of health benefits, including protecting your skin, preserving your natural hair oils, and improving hydration. To combine the post-workout benefits, try a contrast shower that alternates between hot and cold water. Read on to learn about the pros and cons of hot and cold showers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hot Showers After A Workout<\/span><\/h2>\n

Most people love hot showers for good reason. After you hit the gym, a nice steamy shower can help you relax and continue with the rest of your day. Also, hot showers offer numerous health and psychological benefits: <\/span><\/p>\n

Pros<\/span><\/h3>\n

Improve Sleep<\/span><\/h4>\n

Research<\/span><\/a> shows that hot showers can help you sleep better at night. If you like to work out <\/span>at night<\/span><\/a>, a hot shower afterward can help start your wind-down process for bed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Help with Respiratory Problems\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Did you go for a run or workout outdoors during allergy season? <\/span>Research<\/span><\/a> says that hot showers can help you clear your sinuses and breathe better. That way, you can still enjoy the workouts you love during the toughest allergy peaks of the year.<\/span>
\n\"Woman<\/a><\/p>\n

Cons<\/span><\/h3>\n

Dehydrate Skin<\/span><\/h4>\n

According to <\/span>Allure<\/span><\/a>, hot showers can dry out your skin, which ultimately has detrimental effects on your long-term skincare. When you use hot showers continuously without moisturizing your skin, you can remove your skin\u2019s natural oils and potentially develop eczema. <\/span><\/p>\n

Exacerbate Skin Conditions<\/span><\/h4>\n

If you already suffer from skin conditions such as eczema, hot showers can irritate your skin even further.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cold Showers After A Workout<\/span><\/h2>\n

After you work out, taking a <\/span>cold shower<\/span><\/a> might sound like the last thing you want to do. However, cold showers offer a few benefits that make the experience invaluable:<\/span><\/p>\n

Pros<\/span><\/h3>\n

Help Hair Growth<\/span><\/h4>\n

Hot water can dry out your hair, which makes it more difficult to grow. If you\u2019re trying to grow your hair or beard, <\/span>cold showers<\/span><\/a> might help your scalp and face stay moisturized.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Image<\/a><\/p>\n

Retain Hydration<\/span><\/h4>\n

According to <\/span>Runner\u2019s World<\/span><\/a>, when you exercise in the heat, your skin uses blood from other parts of your body to keep you cool. Cold showers can help cool your skin, which sends blood from your skin back to other parts of your body that help keep you hydrated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cons<\/span><\/h3>\n

The Adjustment Period<\/span><\/h4>\n

If you take hot showers after a workout, turning the handle to cold could be a huge adjustment. This adjustment period might make it difficult to try cold showers for the long term. <\/span><\/p>\n

Potential Heart Complications<\/span><\/h4>\n

Cold showers rapidly increase your <\/span>blood pressure and heart rate<\/span><\/a>, which ultimately helps you burn fat. However, you should avoid cold showers if you currently have any medical conditions. Before you jump into a cold shower, assess your health and see if cold showers are the best choice for you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Contrast Showers<\/span><\/h2>\n

Contrast showers offer a hybrid approach in which you alternate between hot and cold water for a short duration. Some people alternate temperatures every other minute, while other people alternate temperatures every two to three minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

One study<\/span><\/a> about athletes who tried contrast therapy reported that the athletes felt a lot better about their recovery process with the contrast method. If you aren\u2019t ready to take the plunge into cold showers, contrast showers could help you get the post-workout benefits of both hot and cold showers. <\/span><\/p>\n

Find Your Best Post-Workout Shower<\/span><\/h2>\n

Whether you prefer a hot or cold shower, LuxStone\u00ae<\/sub> has you covered. We offer a luxurious shower experience with a variety of <\/span>wall styles<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>spray experiences<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>Contact us<\/span><\/a> today to request a free design consultation!<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n
\n
\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A nice shower after a sweaty workout feels good! However, not all types of showers have the same advantages. Hot showers can help you sleep better and cool down from heat exposure. However, research says that cold showers are the best way to shower after working out. Read this blog post to find out more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nShould You Take a Hot or Cold Shower After Working Out?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A cold shower after a workout can offer some invaluable health benefits. Read this blog post to find out more.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Should You Take a Hot or Cold Shower After Working Out?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A cold shower after a workout can offer some invaluable health benefits. Read this blog post to find out more.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/the-best-way-to-shower-after-working-out\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kohler LuxStone Showers Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-21T17:14:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-17T19:20:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img-couple-bluette-shower-6-940x627-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"940\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"627\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Todd Smith\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Todd Smith\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/the-best-way-to-shower-after-working-out\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/the-best-way-to-shower-after-working-out\/\",\"name\":\"Should You Take a Hot or Cold Shower After Working Out?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-21T17:14:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-17T19:20:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9f82bdf39cd056823a591cf1a842da1f\"},\"description\":\"A cold shower after a workout can offer some invaluable health benefits. Read this blog post to find out more.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/the-best-way-to-shower-after-working-out\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/the-best-way-to-shower-after-working-out\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/the-best-way-to-shower-after-working-out\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Best Way to Shower After Working Out\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Kohler LuxStone Showers Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9f82bdf39cd056823a591cf1a842da1f\",\"name\":\"Todd Smith\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/44c099aecbbf66a0d9ce44d10fd914a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/44c099aecbbf66a0d9ce44d10fd914a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Todd Smith\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Should You Take a Hot or Cold Shower After Working Out?","description":"A cold shower after a workout can offer some invaluable health benefits. Read this blog post to find out more.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Should You Take a Hot or Cold Shower After Working Out?","og_description":"A cold shower after a workout can offer some invaluable health benefits. Read this blog post to find out more.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/the-best-way-to-shower-after-working-out\/","og_site_name":"Kohler LuxStone Showers Blog","article_published_time":"2021-05-21T17:14:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-01-17T19:20:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":940,"height":627,"url":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img-couple-bluette-shower-6-940x627-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Todd Smith","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Todd Smith"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/the-best-way-to-shower-after-working-out\/","url":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/the-best-way-to-shower-after-working-out\/","name":"Should You Take a Hot or Cold Shower After Working Out?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-05-21T17:14:39+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-17T19:20:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9f82bdf39cd056823a591cf1a842da1f"},"description":"A cold shower after a workout can offer some invaluable health benefits. Read this blog post to find out more.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/the-best-way-to-shower-after-working-out\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/the-best-way-to-shower-after-working-out\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/the-best-way-to-shower-after-working-out\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Best Way to Shower After Working Out"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/","name":"Kohler LuxStone Showers Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9f82bdf39cd056823a591cf1a842da1f","name":"Todd Smith","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/44c099aecbbf66a0d9ce44d10fd914a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/44c099aecbbf66a0d9ce44d10fd914a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Todd Smith"}}]}},"read_estimate":["3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5380"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5380"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6414,"href":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5380\/revisions\/6414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kohlershowers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}