Where the article describes an entirely different scenario and protocol is that what you mean by 'literally'?
I'm not doing this to become big and strong. I'm doing it so I don't feel overheated for the next couple hours, sweating into my clean clothes and feeling like this was a mistake and I shouldn't do it again.
Technically correct but demotivating strategies are a Pyrrhic victory.
Not to do it at all, or not to do it as a path to the type of habit changes the linked author was trying to accomplish? Turning the water cold at the end of your shower because it feels good and you like it is fine
I'm not doing this to become big and strong. I'm doing it so I don't feel overheated for the next couple hours, sweating into my clean clothes and feeling like this was a mistake and I shouldn't do it again.
Technically correct but demotivating strategies are a Pyrrhic victory.