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When a cryptic text promises to extend his athletic life, Sports Illustrated writer Chris Ballard is pulled into the world of cold-water plunging and swimming, populated by record-breaking grandmothers, obsessive scientists and ordinary people who jump into freezing water together. Three years of reporting take him to the saunas of Finland and the seas of Ireland, as well as Norway, England and Boston. The history runs from ancient Greek and Victorian bathers to modern labs studying stress, resilience and mental health. He profiles the distance swimmer Lynne Cox, follows Ram Barkai's effort to get ice swimming into the Olympics, and goes on to compete at the Ice Swimming World Championships himself.
Adam Grant chose it for The 12 New Books to Enliven Spring and Summer as a close look at the cold-water craze, which he counts among the most contested health and fitness obsessions of the day.
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A deep dive into the cold water craze—one of the most controversial health, fitness, and athletic obsessions of our time.
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