The Scandinavian winter swimming culture combines brief dips in cold water with hot sauna sessions -- and now, a study of young men who participate regularly in these polar plunges finds that ...

Wellness The Cold Comforts of Winter Swimming I fled New York City and plunged into a bracing new pastime.

Are you looking for a swim that will get your pulse racing? These ice-cold winter swim spots are sure to get your heart pumping.

Last weekend, more than 40 swimmers from around the country competed in the inaugural U.S. Winter Swimming Championship in northern Vermont. They swam in a two-lane pool cut into an icy lake.

Then, things change. That’s how I came to winter swimming in Lake Michigan. I used to swim from late April through early November.

Swimming outside in the winter could help to burn off more calories. A study has found people who regularly jump into cold water, such as swimming in the sea or lakes, use up more energy when they ...

The Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival is an event like none other, where a swimming pool is carved from a frozen lake on the Canadian border in Vermont and competitors scream their way through events.

On a day when the temperature never got over 40 degrees, close to 400 people went for a day-after-Christmas swim in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.

Cold water swimming is growing so fast that hundreds of Britons now belong to a local outdoor swimming group – with many others going independently, according to new estimates. Most of these ...

The Scandinavian winter swimming culture combines brief dips in cold water with hot sauna sessions—and now, a study of young men who participate regularly in these polar plunges finds that ...

There are risks associated with swimming in cold water – and also with warming up when you're back on dry land. So start small and in the company of experienced winter swimmers.