Eighteenth-­century mental institutions employed a tactic called the bain de surprise, suddenly dunking their patients in ...

Madeleine Finlay hears from Ian Sample and from Dr Heather Massey, associate professor at the University of Portsmouth’s extreme environments laboratory ...

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“For me, swimming is all about freedom and weightlessness,” says Ella Foote, editor of Outdoor Swimming Magazine, the world’s only print publication dedicated entirely to open-water swimming. Foote is ...

For the better part of a year, my social media feed has been inundated with cold plunges, ice baths and cold exposure therapy. Ever since learning about Wim Hof, a Dutch extreme athlete known for ...

People have been jumping into bodies of cold water to boost energy, speed up recovery and generally feel more alive for centuries. More recently, cold plunging in tubs has become a preferred activity ...

Regular sauna use among middle-aged Finnish men is associated with a 27% reduction in respiratory disease risk for those using saunas 2-3 times weekly, and 41% for those using them 4+ times per week ...

It’s called an ice bath, and it’s not for the weak, faint of heart or people who don’t like the cold. Ice baths are the hot new trend in cold therapy with a chill following. Both C-suite executives ...

Barry Petersen completed 100 consecutive days of sunrise polar plunges this winter, sometimes using an ax to break through ...

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Will cold exposure therapy completely change your recovery process, or is it just a fitness fad? I test the Echelon Smart Cold Plunge Pro. Wesley Ott Senior Video Producer Wesley Ott is an ...