What cold showers and exercise have in common @  Getting Stronger.

That hormone is irisin (pronounced “EYE-rissin”), a cytokine produced in skeletal muscle.  From the initial evidence, irisin and its partner hormone FGF21 may provide lasting benefits by boosting your metabolism and inducing you to shed excess pounds.

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Well, here’s what we can say for sure, our apartment/building hasn’t had consistent hot water for more than a few weeks in a row all winter and now spring, so when we get the notice there is not hot water we “re-frame” it our minds as an opportunity again to show how adapted we are to cold showers. Counting at first 10, then 20 and now whatever time until it just gets boring was how we did it over the course of 3 months. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr …….