In living rooms and backyards across America, a transformation is taking place as women trade their warm morning showers for bone-chilling ice baths. This shift toward cold water immersion marks more ...

Whether you start your day by dunking your face in a bowl of ice water like a fitness influencer with too much time on your hands or go for a full-body immersion in an ice bath, if you’ve fallen for ...

The sport is no stunt, as swimmer Mackenzie Koeck and her support crew learned in the yearlong runup of preparation.

As swimmers, a lot of pain is endured on the path to success, both physical and mental. And yet, perhaps the most excruciating part of the swimming world is a method used for recovery. Ice baths, also ...

Taking a trendy ice bath—or, as they are formally known, "cold-water immersion"—actually changes the way your cells operate. This is the conclusion of researchers from the University of Ottawa, Canada ...

Co-authored by Lauren Rudolph and Robert T. Muller, Ph.D. The growing trend of “cold water immersion”—immersing yourself in ice baths or taking cold showers—is promoted as providing physical and ...

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Qing Li always wanted to compete in the Olympics. The 35-year-old grew up surrounded by swimming greats and even got to meet a few Olympic swimmers before she turned 10. From a young age, Li competed ...