I did six weeks of cold showers, which have really helped me to climatise to the cold weather and now I can walk straight into the Atlantic sea. I’m 61 and am amazed at the benefits I’m finding. Thanks for this video.
@EverydayAthleteRach2 жыл бұрын
Hi Jackie, you are a braver person than me - I'm really not keen on a cold shower, I think it's the force of it hitting my body! Glad to hear it's helped you get in though. Enjoy the water!
@jackiegrant4102 жыл бұрын
@@EverydayAthleteRach its the after affects that I so enjoy. Thank you for your reply. ❤️🚿❤️
@begun65vdal53 жыл бұрын
Thanks for bringing Dr.Heather in. Congratulations to the idea to have her explaining in such a Swimterview! Great video!
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
I'm pleased you enjoyed the format. I was thrilled that the conditions allowed for it! 🏊😀
@c0mpuipf2 жыл бұрын
such wonderful ideas not just about swimming as an activity but as a philosophy of approaching things in life, inspiring 22 minutes - a great upload
@EverydayAthleteRach2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching it all. I had a super swim with Heather - she was a mine of information and so down to earth.
@lmjwoww3 жыл бұрын
Great video. I started outdoor swimming 4 weeks ago and have slowly built up to swimming 1200 meters, with the help of my local open swimming group. I absolutely love it. And your videos have helped me understand what I’m putting my body through too.
@gabriellerichardson44773 жыл бұрын
Rachel is great isn’t she!
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Nice work! Well done Luke, that's some greta progress. Thanks for watching my video, really pleased they're helping! 🏊😀
@BrazJamMenina3 жыл бұрын
Helpful! Thank you! Best tip I got from you Rachael is getting in the water slowly, going under and just sitting/standing there for a minute or two. Best tip! I get to observe my surroundings, the sun ☀️ and acclimate. Thank you 🙏🏽
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
I’m so pleased to hear from you, thanks for watching and letting me know which tip has been your favourite! 🏊♀️😀
@johnwatson81922 жыл бұрын
Excellent video provides a great insight into cold water swimming. Nice clear delivery no boom music or I'm coming at you guys type of commentary.
@EverydayAthleteRach2 жыл бұрын
I'm pleased to hear you enjoyed this swimterview John, it was great having the time to put my questions to Heather - what a font of knowledge!
@bernardinelermite113310 ай бұрын
A lot of good sense and listen to one's body.
@loischannel5053 жыл бұрын
Rachel I’m new to outdoor swimming and I’m finding your videos so useful and inspiring. Thankyou.
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome! Thanks for letting me know. Enjoy the water! 🏊😃
@TheFunfairfan Жыл бұрын
This was incredibly informative. Thank you both so much
@EverydayAthleteRach Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! 🏊♀️😀
@TheFunfairfan Жыл бұрын
@@EverydayAthleteRach you have inspired me to go swimming in Hampstead ponds today , nothing like the cold water you went in but thank you none the less!
@emmabagleyruns3 жыл бұрын
Honoured to see Dr Heather. Much in demand. Lucky rach to have her on!
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
I was so chuffed that she agreed to join me for a swimterview.
@michaelnichols11665 ай бұрын
Great advice . Always enjoy.
@Franscampi Жыл бұрын
I always wear my trusty swim shoes, ever since I stood on a weaver fish a few years ago!
@EverydayAthleteRach Жыл бұрын
Urgh. That makes me shudder!
@Franscampi Жыл бұрын
Made me shudder too!🤣
@deemimms5 ай бұрын
Loving your videos 😊 They are so informative, especially to newbie chill swimmers like myself. Thank you ❤
@Penfriendrocks2 жыл бұрын
Yes to swimterviews! Brilliant idea, and so informative. I will *definitely* take cake along to my next swim.
@EverydayAthleteRach2 жыл бұрын
Cake greases the wheels for lovely swim friendships! Someone I met on a beach early on Christmas Day offered me a warm mince pie as I got out, I gladly accepted!
@Penfriendrocks2 жыл бұрын
@@EverydayAthleteRach Oh wow, that sounds mega!
@susannahholliday5862 Жыл бұрын
Love your channel Rach. It’s a breath of fresh air and full of good advice, especially as a beginner. Thanks
@EverydayAthleteRach Жыл бұрын
Welcome Susannah I’m pleased you’re enjoying the content 🏊♀️😀
@Sushithekoi3 жыл бұрын
This was a great video. Dr Massey is fabulous and I was absorbing her every word! I also love Lee-on-Solent as I was brought up in Gosport so I know the Lee promenade very well. You could tell which way the tide was flowing by your drift. You both made it look like summer, which was fab. Eating ginger cake with a spoon! I wouldn't be able to do this in the winter with my numb hands. Thank you for the video. Lindsey
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Hehe, the spoon was really for the stewed fruit, not sure why I used it for the cake, maybe worried I'd wolf the lot down on the first bite! It was delicious. Glad you enjoyed the video 🏊😀
@lynnlatham39723 жыл бұрын
I used to live in Stubbington, no longer living near the sea, but very close to a river!
@lynnlatham39723 жыл бұрын
Thanks for these, am just about to start swimming outdoors and your friend Karen sent me the link to your videos. Am busy reading and learning as much as I can before I actually dip my toes in!
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you! Welcome to the clan!
@paulinew86803 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video...and yes the best way to warm up is hot drink, food and a chat (even if that chat is to the local black headed gull called Limpy). I must try that stewed fruit.
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
The stewed fruit took no time that morning, give it a go. You chat to Limpy and I chatr to the local seal!
@m.j..g7186 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing the link, the article was very interesting and informative, shedding light on the physiological aspects if cold water immersion, recommended reading for all🤓
@letsramblewithrebecca70712 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the informative video. I always thought cold water shock was just me, so very helpful to understand it's just a natural response and to take things slowly. Really enjoying your videos. 🙂
@EverydayAthleteRach2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching, I’m pleased you’re enjoying the content 🏊♀️😀
@diwarburton5369 Жыл бұрын
Excellent advice and extremely helpful.
@swiminthesea63913 жыл бұрын
Perfect timing for this topic when many people are trying to get back into swimming or start fitness swimming rather than winter dipping. Very informative and well presented video (as usual 😀). Another relevant topic for the season is sun protection. I've been recently involved in a discussion on the oss facebook page and feel it would be worthwhile to share experience as well as science on this. What is eco friendly? How much is really necessary? How dangerous is exposure to the sun and how much is panic mongering? Are there scientifically approved alternatives to sun screen and sun blockers?
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the suggestion! You read my mind, I am formulating a little plan about sun exposure and protection. Watch this space. 🏊😀
@saolairde3962 жыл бұрын
Gratitude for the conversation, lots of great advice 🙏
@EverydayAthleteRach2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! I loved talking to Dr Heather Massey she is fascinating!
@swimmerwater3 жыл бұрын
Bravo!
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@teresadibblin71203 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video. I have learnt so much from all your videos. Also lovely to meet you last Wednesday after my swim.
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Hi Teresa, it was lovely to meet you at Shore Road, bet it's been wild down there the last few days! Glad to hear you liked this video 🏊😀
@marycharlebois66273 жыл бұрын
I came for the info and the shared knowledge... I stayed for the Spicy Ginger Cake and the amazing beach scenery. I had fun swimming virtually with you two gals. I was thinking during this video... having had 5 orthopaedic surgeries on my left knee and foot, I have metal screws, plates, and joints... I would be interested in hearing Dr. Heather’s take on cold water immersion and how, or if, the cold water affects “metal body parts”? Thank-you for this one Rachel, it was excellent and awesome!! PS - I am dreaming of 11 degree water... hopefully soon... maybe in June 🏊♀️💦😃
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
You're dreaming of 11 degrees, meanwhile we're bemoaning it! It's probably 3+ degrees lower than this time last year here.. I thought you might like the beach scenery!
@marycharlebois66273 жыл бұрын
@@EverydayAthleteRach I’ll be thrilled when the water temperatures hit double digits. How ‘bout a recipe for that Spicy Ginger Cake? One can never underestimate the power of home baking!! 🍰
@rebeccamandelos3164 Жыл бұрын
Great video as always ! 💙💦🥶🧊🤍❄️
@heather62643 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video!
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Many thanks! Glad you liked it!
@gabriellerichardson44773 жыл бұрын
Utterly brilliant
@richardanderson47963 жыл бұрын
Another great video many thanks to Dr Massey for her knowledge
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, I hope she reads some of the lovely comments..
@smutchin3 жыл бұрын
Rach, your videos are fab. I arrived here thanks to a link shared by a friend who is a much more experienced sea swimmer than me and now I much better understand what was going on in my body when my fingers were going numb after 30 minutes in the sea this morning... (I was right that it was a sign it was time to get out!) I'll definitely be ordering some neoprene boots - currently using cheapo "beach shoes" which are good for walking on the shingle, but I worry they'll fall off in the water and they certainly don't keep my feet warm. I've got a lot to learn about cold water swimming, but having started in earnest a few weeks ago (previously a summer-only sea swimmer), I'm really loving it and hope to make it a long-term habit - I've already watched several more of your videos too and have subscribed, so much really useful and accessible information.
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Welcome along David, thanks for the sub and for your kind words about my videos! It's super to hear how much you're enjoying the water. Let's hope it warms up a little bit so we can stay in a while longer!
@Jamisonurquhartshirley23 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant, I was getting the most discomfort getting out of the sea, really like it, although its been a nightmare on my patients n temper, cos it makes me feel so good, once I get out it dawns on me, its uphill again from hear, every bit of stress n tension I have in my daily life hits me before the stress n tensions started, I've actually lost my cool twice in the last fortnight, an I mean lost my cool, unforgivably so on both occasions, but I don't know if its getting in the sea that's made me realise I don't like the world I'm living in, my personal world that is, an some of the ppl I'm related to, I'm the family scapegoat/blackshoop...it defiantly has stilled my mind n given me a brief time to think clearly, maybe its not cold enough yet, so its made me feel good, but it doesn't last half hour after getting out, I literally am in arrears with my supply of paitents
@EverydayAthleteRach Жыл бұрын
It sounds like you are experiencing some challenging times. I find that the water gives me time to set things aside and just be present in the moment, I like the feeling of being supported. It might be worth seeking out someone independent to talk to, or joining a peer support group, like mental health swims or win the morning win the day.I hope you can find a way to extend the blue mind benefits of being in, on or around the water. Enjoy the water, Rach
@lumailisa10 ай бұрын
I don't seem to experience cold water shock at all until I reach my torso. That's the bit that makes me sharp intake of breath 🙂 if I leave it too long though, I seem to chill too much and don't want to get in
@EverydayAthleteRach10 ай бұрын
Once my feet are wet I know I'm getting in as I already have to rinse my swim shoes off, so I don't hang about getting in and I try to make sure I won't be exposed to the wind when getting in or getting changed - it makes the world of difference.
@Andre.R3 жыл бұрын
Fab video again! Priceless info.😎
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it Andrew! 🏊♀️😀
@hannekeeyres22773 жыл бұрын
Sent to a couple of friends who might need inspiration! Well done!
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
I don't know if it will encourage or discourage them, but they will at least have a good understanding of what they're letting themselves in for! 🏊😃
@johannalabastilla99323 жыл бұрын
Ganda nang snow keep it up
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoyed it!
@DamnedMenace3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. I am loving ny cold water swimming and am finding that although I feel fine in the water, if I'm in for a while (40 mins was my longest) and I felt a bit drunk, everything was heavy and it took effort. I am swimming in the pool to improve my technique.
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Great idea to do the technical stuff in the pool - plenty of time to practice and good water temp to maintain stroke discipline. Sounds like you probably stayed in too long to have experienced a kind of drunkeness. Keep it short and sweet outdoors until the water warms up some more 🏊😀
@KitEmbleton3 жыл бұрын
really enjoy your videos, this one no exception, I started last summer and have found your vids so informative and helpful. Thanks!
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Welcome along, I’m thrilled to hear that the videos are helpful. Enjoy the water and thanks for watching 🏊♀️😀
@helenheggadon63242 жыл бұрын
I have just started open swimming a couple of months ago and hoping to dip year round. I wear my gloves and boots too and a cossie. I’m nervous about the coming winter (currently October and a balmy 13c in the river and 15c in the sea). I’ve decided to take hubby to help me as it gets colder, and never swim alone. Did someone say cake! 😁
@EverydayAthleteRach2 жыл бұрын
Hi Helen be sure to know where you will get changed and leave your clothes in the order you will need to put them on. When it gets colder your fingers aren't as dexterous when you get out. Ditch the undies, step into a vest and don't use clothes with buttons or zips. Enjoy the water 🏊😃
@helenheggadon63242 жыл бұрын
@@EverydayAthleteRach thanks for the tips! Water temp is dropping. 11.3 yesterday in local park river (moor fed). Starting to feel like a proper cold water swimmer now 🥶🥶🤗
@jimmysqueezyronin56233 жыл бұрын
As always great vid, very informative. Gracias 👍
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
My pleaseure, pleased you enjoyed it 🏊😀
@gemmamartin12313 жыл бұрын
what a interesting video! Thankyou!
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
So nice of you, thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it 🏊😀
@ppeppe3 жыл бұрын
A helpful video Thanks to you both
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Most welcome, thanks for watching
@sittingatstalemate349911 ай бұрын
Hardest bit for me is from the lower back to neck. I can stand there for ages but still gasp when I punge
@EverydayAthleteRach10 ай бұрын
I find the hardest part is getting wet at all. Once my swim shoes are wet, I'm definitely going in as I already have to rinse them off! Keep on enjoying the water!
@cravenlscharles3 жыл бұрын
Most interesting and Thank you. Dr Massey’s point about the double edge sword of getting a lower shiver threshold raises a question about acclimatisation ! Presumably cold water is going to cool the body , any body to a set temperature if immersed for a length of time , so when we say people are used to cold water are they actually any less likely to become hypothermic or able to swim longer ?
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Regular swimmers in cold water may get a hypothermic adaptation where they don't shiver, but everyone's core body temp will cool at a constant rate once they've been in cold water long enough. Prof Mike Tipton (who works at Portsmouth Uni in the Extreme Environments Lab) explains that cooling and 'afterdrop' here - watch to the end of the melon experiment at 44:49 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z8eog8Kh167Jqo0.html I think this will probably answer your question. Hypothermia starts as the core body temp drops to 35ºC
@cravenlscharles3 жыл бұрын
Everyday Athlete Rach thank you so much for taking the time to reply 🙂 . I will look at the links you sent. A fascinating subject !
@maggiewatt17593 жыл бұрын
Just loving these videos. Great info and I will read Dr. Massey’s paper with my coffee later !! Might have to make my late Scottish Mother in-law’s ginger cake to take along for my next swim - From Duncan BC (Vancouver Island) Canada - where the sea temp is a balmy 11 deg C let me know if you want me to send you a touque (= bobble hat) for your collection
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Hi Maggie I hope you enjoyed Dr Massey’s paper, which did you get through first, the paper or your coffee? I love hearing where people are watching from, sounds like you’re in a beautiful part of the world. Thank you for the kind offer of a toque - I always love a new one, although I’d love your ginger cake recipe if you’d like to share it..
@sarahpotts32533 жыл бұрын
Great video, really enjoyed it
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching 🏊♀️😀
@Daveonarave3 жыл бұрын
2 absolute legendesses in a very honoured body of water - she's fab and is to outdoor swimming what professor Van Tam has been to Covid. You would have made a fab Blue Peter presenter Rach you even have cute dogs :D Awake early this morning so await your video for this week :)
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dave, I'm pleased you enjoyed the video.
@EllieReeve3 жыл бұрын
Great stuff!
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it 🏊😀
@TheDynamicDipperMorecambeBay3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, so pleased you enjoyed it. I had a super time filming it, Heather was so generous with her time. 🏊😃
@Mythtrekker6103 жыл бұрын
One more thing I would love to know, being a personal trainer myself, how long can acclimatization after the change during the after drop is optimal. I.E. in muscle training, you need between 24-48 hours between muscle groups to allow maximal growth, and the rest period between sessions is paramount to allow the adaptions to occur, otherwise, the results are heavily slowed. So I guess I am asking for maximal adaption do you need to swim x number of times week with y amount of rest etc... I hope this makes sense.
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Hi Richard, from what Heather was saying, we can develop a hypothermic adaptation from frequently dipping which means that you don't shiver until much closer to critical temp loss, but you can't change the fact that your deep body temp will fall when you remain in the water (and for 30 mins ish once you're out). The Cold water immersion: kill or cure paper linked in the description may provide some of the answers.
@Mythtrekker6103 жыл бұрын
@@EverydayAthleteRach I have read 5 papers from Heather today after watching your video. Good day I say! Now to get ready for a rainy dip myself. Thank you for all your great work.
@junewong51193 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this and top-notch information... did you forget to put the link to Heather’s paper? 🤓
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Hi June, I'm pleased you enjoyed the video. The link to Heather's paper is in the description under the first paragraph. Here is is just for you though :) Cold water immersion: kill or cure: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1113/EP086283
@junewong51193 жыл бұрын
@@EverydayAthleteRach ah I hadn’t clicked to get your description... 🤪 Thanks for the personal link!!!
@geraldmicallef65752 жыл бұрын
I would like to comment. I swim all year around ,but more in winter time ,the only reason it is to crowded in summer. I have found out about 25 years ago that before I go in, I do some beading exercise, in and out from my mouth and nose. The other thing the air has to be at least one degree higher then the sea at last. The only reason is ,you are coming up to a little warmer air, instead the other way around. I just like to jump in and hope for the best to swim it. I have found this cold shock it is only for beginners , may be i am wrong or more confidence for my swim.The other thing with nothing on me except to cover him up. In 14 digress . I can make an hour slow relaxed snorkeling swim with no problem's at all .The other thing how you feel that day most important thing . happy swimming.
@EverydayAthleteRach2 жыл бұрын
Hi Gerald you’re right the more used to it we are the less we react to the initial cold shock. But this can lull us into a false sense of safety. None of us can control that we cool 20 time quicker in water and those who don’t shiver are more likely to accidentally push their limits as they get less pre-warning that their muscles are cooling. Enjoy the water and stay safe 🏊♀️😀
@timgriffin26643 жыл бұрын
Really great information on acclimatising and getting in slow. Also if new to open water swimming what time of the year to start
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
I loved it, in fact I was so interested in what Heather was staying that we accidentally stayed in longer that we'd planned! 🏊😀
@alexcantu331 Жыл бұрын
I never get in slowly, I feel it extends the discomfort so instead I opt to plunge in all at once.
@EverydayAthleteRach Жыл бұрын
Game on! That's a brave technique. I go heads under, but only after my body has habituated to the temperature.
@parusudi12 жыл бұрын
Great vid! Salute from Greece. 🏊👙
@EverydayAthleteRach2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Athena, I bet the swimming is lovely where you are 🏊😃
@parusudi12 жыл бұрын
@@EverydayAthleteRach It is. And we don't appreciate it enough... 😢
@abigailryan90543 жыл бұрын
brilliant
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🏊😃
@shellyg9977 Жыл бұрын
I am still in the acclimisation stage. I go in for a few min at a time. I live in pnw and the water has dropped temp considerably. I have no idea what temp it is but it feels colder everyday i go in. The day before yesterday my hands began to tingle. Yesterday, my arms and hands were extensively tinglly. It felt very clearly nerve related. I only stayed in 2 minutes once I felt the intense nerve tingles. Any insight on this intense tingling? Thank you
@EverydayAthleteRach Жыл бұрын
Hi Shelly I’m not sure of the science behind your tingling but you may find some answers in this article, or the further reading recommendations: www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/how-to-acclimatise-to-cold-water/
@byterbit6236 Жыл бұрын
Water temperature? (Did I miss it? I've skipped around the video looking for it) . It's mid October and I'm still swimming in Long Island Sound (New York, USA) but I suspect the water temp here is far above what you had when you shot this video. I'm trying to get a sense of how far into the winter I'll be able to keep it up.
@EverydayAthleteRach Жыл бұрын
Hi byterbit I don't publish the temperature I'm swimming in as it is different for everyone. In the winter I dip for around 10 minutes.
@mrstiggywinkle3 жыл бұрын
Great video thank you! .... could you do a video on Jelly Fish, i’m pretty sure i got stung today, not badly, not even as bad a stinging nettles but similar. I think the storm may have brought them in. Was a first for me! Any tips?! Xx
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Hi Sarah, bad luck on the jellyfish sting. Here's a vidoe I made a while ago: How to treat jellyfish stings: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Zshydpuiq7Wde40.html
@SoffiaTiaMaria3 жыл бұрын
I had a sting in a river once, belive it could have been weaverfish? It did hurt a lot and bothered me for a bit, but I think it hurt a bit less than it might have done had I not been wearing the shoes I had on!
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
@@SoffiaTiaMaria wowzers, stepping on a weaver fish and getting spiked through footwear - it would have been amazingly painful without shoes on!
@CannabisIsMedicineUK2 жыл бұрын
I have Adrenal Insufficiency, I can’t make cortisol naturally.. I want to start swimming, but I can’t seem to find any info S to whether it is safe to swim with this condition.. I live in Brighton and it is July. So I am starting now
@EverydayAthleteRach2 жыл бұрын
I would check with your GP if you can’t find the information you are after.
@CannabisIsMedicineUK2 жыл бұрын
@@EverydayAthleteRach thank you .. can I ask for a video request? Plus size wild swimming gear?! I’m a size 26 and I can’t find anything in my size to take me into the chillier times!
@EverydayAthleteRach2 жыл бұрын
@@CannabisIsMedicineUK Thanks for the idea, I’ll start looking into it 🏊♀️😀
@said07252 жыл бұрын
I'm seeing this video with my wife and she asked me : why they are taking all this time to swim 🏊♀️?! I told her that the water is so cold 🤧🤧🤧
@EverydayAthleteRach2 жыл бұрын
The swim was specifically to ask Dr Massey about the science of outdoor swimming 😀
@said07252 жыл бұрын
@@EverydayAthleteRach yes . I see , my wife speak only Arabic and she asked me from time to time what are you talking about . She is so curious to know what's the subject of the video 🙂🙂🙂😇😇
@aniz40 Жыл бұрын
Hai Rachel, I have a question. I'am now winterswimming for the 3rd year in a row and have only had this experience twice so far and am curious if you have heard this from other people? At such a moment (after having been in water for 15 minutes) I swim in the water and everything still works well and my speech and stroke is normal and stuff. And after a while I feel so relaxed, no longer cold, euphoric almost and want nothing more than just staying there and almost feel like falling asleep , or wanting to lay down on the bottom of the sea while I don't feel tired at all ... a very uncanny deeply relaxed feeling of which my gut suspects that this feeling is probably not to be trust or no longer a good indicator of a phase of a wich your friend is talking about in this video ... and so far I have always gone out (for safety)when I feel myself going in this state and it feels unfortunate because The state that I am then feels so wonderful. Did you ever heard this from other people or what do you think about this ...?
@EverydayAthleteRach Жыл бұрын
Hi Mi, I can identify with this feeling as I have experienced it before, weird, isn't it?
@aniz40 Жыл бұрын
How nice to hear your comment Rachel! It felt a bit on the edge for me to post this experience, as if I have suicidal desires or other dark desires which as far as I know I don't. I've just never heard other people say anything about it before. Thanks again
@renskeligtmans41342 жыл бұрын
I have just started cold water swimming. Even with a neoprene hat my head doesn’t like the cold water. I notice you keep your head dry. Are there any risks if you do swim with your face in the water as you would do in a indoor pool?
@EverydayAthleteRach2 жыл бұрын
I only put my face in if I'm looking at the underwater scenery or training. I tend to train in open water only from late Spring to later Autumn as it's not wise to stay in too long once it gets cold. There's no real extra risk to putting your face in, but I tend to enjoy the scenery over the cooler months so I wear a bobble hat and stay more comfy. 🏊😃
@creativetamilan91423 жыл бұрын
From india
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Welcome to my channel!
@SoffiaTiaMaria3 жыл бұрын
It seems 'Swim Failure' IS my swim technique.. 😂
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
🤣 sinky legs and swimming on the spot?
@SoffiaTiaMaria3 жыл бұрын
@@EverydayAthleteRach Exactly! 😅
@frugalstitches98963 жыл бұрын
Very disturbed that you weren't wearing 7 layers of badly fitting warm up clothes :) Liz
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Hehe! In my excitement to meet Heather, I went out of the house in shorts! Thank goodness for the Lidl aisle of dreams cigarette lighter car seat heater is all I can say!
@Mythtrekker6103 жыл бұрын
So REALLY good advice. I would love to read some of Dr Massey's papers. Academia.edu here I come! If Daniel Craig did spend too long in the water you could hug him to raise his temperature... I am guessing that would be hard to do so take one for the team. ;) I, like Caroline Saxon (The Swim Tribe Podcast), have a lower body temperature (more towards the 36c) than normal it would be interesting to know if this affects how long I could spend in the water.
@EverydayAthleteRach3 жыл бұрын
Hi Richard, I doubt James Bond would get himself into such a predicament! But if he did, I'd take one for the team! I'm not sure how your lower body temp would affect your ability to stay in, I guess it would depend on the speed at which your core body temp drops on a given day. Just look out for those signs and symptoms which point to you getting too cold 🏊😀