Probably, many have heard about such a difficult procedure as hardening. Not many people have the courage to improve their health with this procedure. However, if you still decide to do this, then will the promised endurance, increased efficiency and strong immunity await you?
4 most popular ways to harden the body
1.Air baths
Probably one of the easiest ways to harden. Initially, you just need to stand for 10-15 minutes in the fresh air, at a temperature of 20-24 ° C. Each subsequent procedure should take a few minutes longer (3-5 minutes). It should be easy to dress. For men, shorts, swimming trunks are suitable, and for women, sundresses, swimsuits. However, when autumn comes, it is necessary to reduce the duration of the procedure to the original, 10-15 minutes, and with the advent of winter, such a hardening strategy of the body will allow you to easily stand for 10 minutes in the cold.
2.Water rubdown
Rubging with water can be called a certain step before the dousing procedure. The procedure is as follows: you collect a basin of water, moisten a towel, wipe your arms and legs first, then proceed to circular movements on the stomach, chest and back. Wiping with water should be started from a temperature of about 35 ° C, and gradually, once every 5 days, lower it by 1-2 ° C. Then, if you have reached a temperature of 12-15 ° C, you can gradually begin hardening the body, pouring water over it.
3. Dousing with water
The most common way to harden the body. It is necessary to start dousing in the summer, fill a basin with water, the temperature is also about 35 ° C, and gradually douse your body. You need to start with the arms, then go to the chest and back, and then all the rest of the body. Also, there is such a thing as one-stage pouring. This is when you pour all the water on yourself with one movement. However, more experienced people in this matter try not to pour out all the water at once, but to stretch it out for 30 seconds. It is necessary to reduce the temperature in the same way as it was said in cases of rubbing.
4. Contrast shower
It is recommended to do this procedure in the morning. Before you start, you need to warm up your body. Great for this charger. Then warm up under a hot shower, and when you feel that the body has warmed up, you need to turn on cold water for 10-20 seconds. It is very important to control your condition, then turn on hot water again and warm up the body. You need to repeat such alternations 3-4 times. When you have finished the procedure, you need to rub yourself well with a towel to warm up.
Helpful tips about hardening the body
If you decide to harden your body, then you need to seriously approach this issue. It is necessary to harden the body gradually and regularly. These procedures create a kind of reflex in our body, and if you do not do it regularly, the reflex will disappear. Therefore, it is necessary to think carefully whether there is enough willpower to do the procedures systematically.
Also, one of the success factors is gradualness. Beginners think that if they douse themselves in cold water for several days in a row, they will be able to harden their body. Not so! Thus, you can only cause stress to your body and get sick with SARS. Therefore, you need to temper it gradually, as mentioned earlier.
Definitely, if you perform the procedures correctly, you will feel an improvement in health and a surge of strength. Also, with the help of hardening, you can protect yourself from colds, since a trained body tolerates temperature changes better. Temper and be healthy!
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