{"id":639,"date":"2019-11-10T12:37:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T18:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dashiellbarkhuss.com\/discomfortblog\/?p=639"},"modified":"2019-11-10T12:37:51","modified_gmt":"2019-11-10T18:37:51","slug":"day-77-cold-exposure-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dashiellbarkhuss.com\/discomfortblog\/day-77-cold-exposure-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 77: Cold Exposure Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday, I took a cold-exposure walk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I walked out in 45 degree weather in a t-shirt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/dashiellbarkhuss.com\/discomfortblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cold_walk-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dashiellbarkhuss.com\/discomfortblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cold_walk-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/dashiellbarkhuss.com\/discomfortblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cold_walk-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/dashiellbarkhuss.com\/discomfortblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cold_walk-1600x2133.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To pump myself up I read about the <a href=\"http:\/\/warriorfitness.org\/tempering-the-body-through-cold-exposure-training\/\">benefits of cold exposure<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With cold exposure, your trying to &#8220;activate&#8221; a process called hormesis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cHormesis, a word coined by pharmacologists, is <strong>when a small dose of a harmful substance is actually beneficial for the organism<\/strong>, acting as a medicine. A little bit of the otherwise offending substance, not too much, acts to benefit the organism and make it better overall as it triggers some overreaction\u2026 gains from harm.\u201d<\/p><cite>&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0812979680\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0812979680&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=warrifitne0f-20&amp;linkId=XC3DQLHURXH6I3DE\">Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder<\/a>, Nassim Nicholas Taleb<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Just like weight lifting, the key with hormesis is to expose yourself <em>just enough<\/em> to activate growth but not <em>too much<\/em> that you cause injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Did It Go?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I went on the walk with my spouse. We kept it short, walking around the block. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The walk brought out our silliness as we improvised loud cheers about mental toughness while dance-walking and poching each other&#8217;s tushies. 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