Unless you’re planning on swimming the Channel under traditional rules – which which only allows a simple swimsuit for protection – then there’s no reason not to layer up come the colder months. Along ...

If you’re keen to keep swimming through winter but haven’t done so before, there are a few things you’ll need to get – namely, cold water swimming gear. Here, we’ve rounded up some of the best cold ...

Taking a freezing dip in a lake or the sea is a valued well-being practice in the world's happiest country. In Finland, over 720,000 people (about 1 in every 8) are regular cold-water swimmers, ...

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 ...

The health benefits of cold-water immersion have been closely studied in recent years, thanks to the growing popularity of cold-water swimming. Now new research from the University of Chichester has ...