Courtesy of Swim Secure Swimming in cold water might sound daunting at first but braving the cold and swimming through the winter can be an enjoyable and uplifting experience. Studies suggest that there are lasting positive effects from swimming in lower temperatures. We’ll look at what makes cold water swimming so healthy and offer advice on how to
During the episode, Dr. Murch talks about the different stages of hypothermia that he describes as umbles" grumbles (ie., negative outlook, shivering, clouding of judgment), fumbles (i.e., touch each finger with their thumb to check fine motor movement, shivering), mumbles (i.e., slurring of words), stumbles (i.e., inability to walk), crumbles (loss of
There are five dimensions Of Expecting The Unexpected in open water swimming.
Dr. Heather Massey explains the joys, challenges, physiological mechanisms, and risks of cold water exposure willingly endured by swimmers.
Ned Denison talks about the history and considerations for safety in marathon swimming.
Courtesy of Nuala Moore, International Ice Swimming Association. All organisations, groups and teams that are faced with a probability of treating hypothermia should be prepared to apply the best care available and not that which is merely available or assumed sufficient to prevent death. Over the last few years of dealing with acute hypothermia
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Ivan Enderica Ochoa and Samantha Arevalo both represented their native Ecuador well at the recent Olympic 10 km Marathon Swimming Qualification Race in Setúbal Bay, Portugal, there was another swimmer who represented her country at such a high level for the first time. Merle Liivand made Estonian open
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The competitive career of Karley Stutzel unexpectedly and inexplicably collapsed during the last loop at the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualification race in Beijing in 2008. The Canadian professional marathon swimmer never had her world fall apart before like what happened at the end of the 10 km swim at the
Courtesy of Nuala Moore with upper photo of Paolo Chiarino. Nuala Moore talks about preparing for an Ice Swim in less than 5°C, either for a competitive 1 km ice swim or the ultimate Ice Mile.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Penny Nagel recently coined a few new terms for the open water swimming community while training in La Jolla Cove near San Diego, California: swink, swank, swunk. To swink is to swim so far that the swimmer feels drunk. The past tense of swink is to swank and swunk. Nagel explains, "Some people call it
