Cold Water Immersion
While it’s easy to focus on the cold, it’s what happens afterwards—the surge of endorphins—that’s the real secret - Jessica Kerwin Jenkins
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Cold water immersion: kill or cure?
Claims for the health benefits of cool and CWI, spa or sea, also date back centuries. According to Hippocrates, water therapy allayed lassitude, and Thomas Jefferson used a cold foot bath every morning for six decades to ‘maintain his good health’. Largely anecdotal evidence extols the virtues of CWI or cold water swimming as a means of improving well-being and health
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Taking the plunge into cold water immersion
Can 30-seconds of cold water change your life? Let’s dive into the age-old topic of whether being immersed in cold water can bring you better health and wellbeing.
Bear the cold: The benefits and drawbacks of polar plunging
Studies have demonstrated several physical and mental health benefits of regular cold swims. For example, one study gathered data on 49 Finnish winter swimmers who plunged about four times a week. After four months, the results were a decrease among the swimmers’ tension and fatigue and an improvement in their mood and memory.
Celebs Tout Ice Baths, but Science on Benefits Is Lukewarm
Celebrities and regular folk are plunging into frigid water for their social media feeds, but the science on the stated benefits is lukewarm.
Chris Hemsworth dives into shockingly cold waters for a healthier life
This superhuman attempts to survive the iciest waters of the Norwegian Arctic. Topless.s
Cold Water Immersion: Benefits of Getting Chilly
It’s totally normal — nobody really likes the cold, but did you know that it’d actually good for our immune system to sit in an ice bath or take a cold shower? We’ll explain.
How I Found Focus Through Cold-Water Immersion
The effects, though, were immediate. The initial shock of cold water heightened my senses, and that lasted into the workday. I found myself breezing through daily meetings and fixating far less on stressful deadlines.
One Writer Makes the Case for Cold-Water Swimming This Winter
While it’s easy to focus on the cold, it’s what happens afterwards—the surge of endorphins—that’s the real secret.
The Remarkable Benefits of Cold Water Swimming
More and more people are starting their days with a dip in ice cold water, with some saying it dramatically improves their ability to manage depression.
Why Do Tennis Stars Love Ice Baths and Can They Work for You?
This type of cold water immersion is much more intense than a cold shower because the water coming out of the tap would never get as cold as the ice water. Expect the temperature to hover at around 50 degrees Fahrenheit or so.
Cold water immersion: kill or cure?
It is concluded that the evidence base for the different claims made for CWI are varied, and although in most instances there seems to be a credible rationale for the benefits or otherwise of CWI, in some instances the supporting data remain at the level of anecdotal speculation
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