Category: Winter Swimming

Four men and five women remain in the competition, but the training staff is determined to throw everything at them in a final effort to expose any weaknesses. 😤

The first UK Cold Water Swimming Championships, held over the weekend of 21-22 January 2006, launched the centenary celebrations for the Lido and the South London Swimming Club. The event had been inspired by a trip to Finland the previous year by a small group of intrepid SLSC swimmers who took part in the ice…

Ice swimming paired with Finnish sauna is very popular in Finland! I decided to cut a hole in the ice and give it a try myself! Heating the sauna and cutting the hole in the ice was the easy part, now I just had to gather the strength to jump in the ice-cold water for…

A group of women from Mount Desert Island has been swimming in the ocean or lake, every week since November as they practice cold water swimming.

Ice swimming or swimming in the frozen lake is a quite popular activity in crazy Finland. Watch this video to see how professionals Finns do it! Also sauna!

At Chadburn Lake in Whitehorse, the #Yukon​ #IceWater​ #Swimmers​ take the plunge every week, spending a few minutes submerged in frigid and icy waters. They swear by the physical and mental benefits… And say all are welcome.

And you thought triathletes were extreme. Buzz60’s Tony Spitz has the details.

Relaxing in ice water, never thought that would be a phrase I’d use!