Comment on Anon swims

• Wogi@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is something fighters do when they’re going extreme weight loss before a weight in. I’m addition to dehydrating themselves and eating clean, they have several different cold exposure methods that causes the body to burn more calories.

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  • trafficnab@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    several different cold exposure methods

    “Cough in my face, I need to lose weight!”

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    • Kalothar@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes, get sick, increase that body temp, increase that thermogenesis , burn those calories. Don’t be weak.

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• fsxylo@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because it still isn’t going to make that extra large pizza disappear.

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• xor@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  well, it cures ALS at least…

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  • hakobo@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was wildly successful, raising over $200m and leading to identifying 12 genes that play a critical role in ALS

    wgntv.com/…/the-money-raised-by-the-als-ice-bucke…

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    • xor@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      yes, that is indeed what i was referring to

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    • cactusupyourbutt@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Im still fuckkng amazed that a social media trend for once actually had a good and measurable effect

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• littlecolt@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Google “ice bath”

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• BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  cold plunge is hyped up but idk if its for the weight loss

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• woobie@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because it would be too difficult to monetize that trend, maybe?

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