A total of 150 competitors took to the lake at Rother Valley Country Park, organisers say.

For recovery after intense training and to promote health, ice baths have been trending for years. But do all people benefit from “cold therapy”? Studies and experts increasingly suggest that women ...

Dr. Mark Harper recalls his first cold-water swim in the south of England 20 years ago. It was August, but the initial jolt from the plunge took his breath away. The shock to his system lasted a ...

Senses vary in their openness to language. If smells and tastes are hard to describe, the intimate somatosensory modalities may elude description altogether. A human body can sense its position and ...

Russia's winter swimming federation, based in the Siberian city of Tyumen, lists joint health and good skin among the ...

Lovers of winter swimming in costumes take a "bath" this month in the frigid Baltic Sea in Gdansk, Poland. Photo by Sergei Gapon Cold plunges, ice baths, polar plunges, Viking swimming...whatever the ...

The moment I realised my tongue wasn’t working properly, I knew I’d made a terrible mistake. I’d allotted myself ten minutes in the freezing Cornish sea which, given my level of experience, I’d ...

While cold plunges have seen a major resurgence in recent years—praised for reducing inflammation, aiding muscle recovery, and boosting mood—the practice is far from new. Cold-water immersion dates ...

In just a few short months, organizers of an ice swimming competition pulled together an event that brought together a hundred swimmers from all over the world. They competed on Saturday in an ...