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I do cold showers, although not exclusively. My wife and I also enjoy cold water swimming. We can only do ten or fifteen minutes before our arms stop working

I do cold showers, although not exclusively. My wife and I also enjoy cold water swimming. We can only do ten or fifteen minutes before our arms stop working entirely. We keep to areas that we can touch bottom that were very familiar with and aren't subject to tidal currents. It's not a big life changing thing, but we do feel better for the next few hours after getting out of the water. In fact I think it's more of a head game than anything. I just feel like heartier person when I climb out of the water and there is snow on the ground. Edit: grammar

stanete 4y ago
Wooow, you killed me with the last words of your comment: “snow on the ground”. Sounds amazing. I’d like one day to be able to swim in the freezing water as well. How and why did you start?
- mattpallissard 4y ago
  To be honest it was just for kicks. We liked getting in the water in the summer even though it was cold. Somewhere along the way we realized it didn't feel much different even when the air temp was low. Turned into 'a thing' for us at some point. Anyone can do it, it's nothing special, and I'm a pretty average person in all aspects of my life.