Matson said the first couple minutes of a plunge are the hardest, like an icy shock. But then she said plungers settle into the cold. On this dip, they stayed in for a few minutes total.

He explains that the hot, dry heat of a sauna and the cold temperatures of a plunge pool – often referred to as an ice bath but typically just water cooled to 10-15C – provide moderate amounts ...

Some people didn’t dip at all, coming just to enjoy the sauna’s heat. To Ms. Duvage, the little smoking hut serves as an anchor for a majestic lake too often overlooked by Toronto’s very ...

These religious actors dip children in cold streams, rivers, or oceans. God men and women beat and flog children with sticks and brooms in the course of deliverance or exorcism.

The study researchers, from the University of Ottawa in Canada, got 10 healthy young male adults to take a daily cold water dip in their lab for an hour at a time, while using blood samples to ...

Andy Fox, assistant director of Public Health, says cold water swimming classes as "moving medicine", and can reduce the risk of heart disease, some cancers and dementia by more than 30 per cent.

A local woman takes to Woodbine Beach for her ultimate cold dip destination. She has done a cold dip for more than 1500 days in a row.

While some swimmers remain in the water for several minutes, most — Tumelty included — make it a short dip before quickly heading back to shore. Just as baptism marks a new beginning, she said the ...

WOW. OKAY, JASON. THANK YOU. AND THE KIND OF COLD THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT IS JUST DANGEROUS. AND NOT JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT IT CAN DO TO YOU IF YOU STAY OUTSIDE TOO LONG. THESE TEMPERATURES ALSO ...