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Cold Shower Therapy for iOS is Brand New

August 3, 2015 By Joel Runyon 6 Comments

Man tip: if your (cold) showers aren't up to snuff. Get a new shower head. They're cheaper than you think and can turn your boring morning cold shower into an invigorating morning pump wake up experience. Do it now, there may or may not be another #cst announcement on the way soon.

A post shared by Joel Runyon (@joelrunyon) on Jul 24, 2015 at 2:19am PDT

Cold shower therapy is the best way to get over your fear of action in a real, visceral way.

About 3 years ago, we released our first app ever.

It was ugly, primitive and very basic.

But it also got us started for the first time, got us in the Apple store and developing apps.

Over the past couple years, we’ve moved on to bigger and better apps, building a Top 20 iTunes health & fitness app and an awesome mobility focused app.

But the old CST app sat in the App Store, never updated and partially broken.

And I hate leaving things unfinished…

So a couple months ago, I decided to go back and rebuild it from scratch.

It’s taken a little longer than I would have liked, but it’s finally here.

Cold Shower Therapy – The App: The best way to break out of your comfort zone.

Table of Contents

  • Cold Shower Therapy – The App: The best way to break out of your comfort zone.
  • Start The Shower
  • Choose Your Music
  • Track Your Progress
  • See The Leaderboard
  • Keep A Streak Going
  • Set A Reminder
  • Where To Get CST The App

If you’re not familiar with Cold Shower Therapy (have you been living under a rock?), the idea is simple.

Take a cold shower every day for 30 days and get used to (really used to) being comfortable with the uncomfortable.

Why?

If you can’t do something uncomfortable and difficult for 5 minutes in the shower, how the hell are you going to do something uncomfortable or difficult in real life?

#boom

If you need to find out more about Cold Shower Therapy, I’ve got all of your resources for that right here.

Now on to the app.

Here’s what it looks like:

Start The ShowerPhoto Jul 25, 10 31 49 PM

Choose Your Music

Photo Jul 30, 8 22 17 PM

Photo Jul 30, 8 22 38 PM

Track Your Progress

Photo Jul 25, 10 31 51 PM

See The Leaderboard
Photo Jul 30, 8 22 08 PM

Keep A Streak Going

Photo Jul 25, 10 31 54 PM

Set A Reminder

Photo Jul 25, 10 31 57 PMIf you used the app in the past, there’s not a ton of new functionality, but it should be A LOT easier to use. If you haven’t used it before, what are you waiting for? Get it at the link below.

Where To Get CST The App

=> You can pick up Cold Shower Therapy The App in the App Store right here. If you like it – please leave a review (it helps us a ton!).

=> For those of you on Android, I’m working on it (I promise). It’s always easier to get the kinks out on iOS, so be patient with me and trust that we’re working on it.

=> If you’re wondering why we develop for iOS first, here’s my reasoning.

One of my primary goals at Impossible is to take away EVERY EXCUSE YOU HAVE for not pushing your limits and being your best self while telling a great story. Building tools that help you IMPLEMENT the things that most people only TALK about is 1 small way we do that.

Oh, and this app is another great case of starting small to build something big. Over the last 3 years, we started small, but have been getting better at building apps. Check out our whole list of them below (with more on the way soon):

  • Cold Shower Therapy
  • Move Well Mobility App
  • Paleo (io) for iOS / Paleo (io) for Android

But don’t just stand there. Take a cold shower and go do something impossible.

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I started IMPOSSIBLE to push myself to try to live a life worth writing about by pushing my limits, living an adventure & telling a great story by doing the impossible. You can get free updates in your inbox via your new favorite newsletter, free fitness training tutorials, and see all my businesses at Impossible X and our philanthropic efforts at Impossible.org

Comments

  1. Jim Gee says

    August 4, 2015 at 8:55 am

    Are you ever going to have an Android app?

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      August 4, 2015 at 11:36 am

      It’s coming! We wanted to revamp the ios one & get it working and then port it to android! Be patient please 🙂

      Reply
  2. Svetla says

    August 6, 2015 at 4:58 pm

    The first time I opened the updated app it asked for my password, which of course I had forgotten. The “Forgot password?” text doesn’t seem to have any link associated with it. Can the password be recovered or would I have to set up a new account?

    Reply
  3. Don says

    September 1, 2015 at 8:40 pm

    The new app has a bug, something happened to the calendar on 8/29/2015, almost everyone lost their current streak numbers and they went back to zero and have to start all over. The app did not calculate the shower that was taken on August 29 and therefore the current streak numbers are all wrong.

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      September 2, 2015 at 12:40 am

      Hey Don,

      We’re aware of this and working on a fix. It’s coming soon! Stay tuned.

      Reply
  4. Louis says

    May 12, 2016 at 7:55 am

    I’ve done this twice now and have come to a realization. Cold showers put me right in the present moment compared to hot showers where I spend my time making life plans and shit.
    I’ll miss my positive thinking and coming out feeling great. Yes I eventually felt good after putting my clothes on after a cold shower, but it wasn’t quiet as pleasurable and saw little benefits. I also slept in an hour this morning because I couldn’t bear the thought of a cold shower at that moment. I’m only 2 days in though so that could be it.
    I’ll do the full week regardless..and might punish myself to a second week. Depends how I’m feeling after the first week

    Reply

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