Winter Swimming: The Nordic Way Towards a Healthier and Happier Life

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huvitava faktina sain teada, et külmaks loetakse vett 14C ja allapoole, mis minu tagasihoidliku hinnangu kohaselt.

Winter Swimming: The Nordic Way Towards a Healthier and Happier Life Winter Swimming: The Nordic Way Towards a Healthier and Happier

A beautifully illustrated exploration of cold-water traditions in Scandinavia and around the world, and a factual, scientific account of why winter swimming gives such a boost to body and soul. So I was thinking she’d be the more accessible, less extreme Wim Hof of the cold water swimming world. It's a beautiful book with gorgeous photographs, and I found the science and facts very interesting. Yeah, it was limited to the cold sections of Europe… Russia, England, Nordic Countries, Germany, the Baltics and Croatia.Dr Soberg is most likely the world’s foremost expert on metabolism and cold exposure for health and mental health. Danish scientist Dr Susanna Søberg leads us step by step into the icy water and explains the “cold-shock response”, the massive endorphin rush as our body reacts and adapts to very cold temperatures through the winter season. There were a few mentions here and there about obesity and weight loss that I personally found out of place and addressed quite superficially, like associating obesity with being comfortable as opposed to being active, to name one. Whether in lake, lido, river or sea, we know the benefits of swimming outdoors and in nature – environmentally friendly and accessible, it can influence our happiness, our energy and our inner tranquility, and give us that winter glow.

Winter Swimming: The Nordic Way Towards a Healthier and Happier Life Winter Swimming: The Nordic Way Towards a Healthier and Happier

However, the American version of this book doesn’t come out til the end of January 2023… well into Winter Swimming season. It felt like each chapter was just a different way of saying "swimming in cold water is hard, but I promise it will feel good afterwards! I've been reading all about the benefits of cold plunging for over a year now, and now reading this book about this ancient practice, I am convinced it has much value. This is a great introductory book to winter swimming providing statistics and anecdotal evidence regarding the positive impact that winter swimming has had.Overall, it was a nice read to breeze through as I learned more on winter swimming but would not recommend and was disappointed as I was expecting a more quantitative book coming from a PhD perspective. Not only do our circulation, heart, lungs and skinrespond positively, but our immune system and metabolism too. If you feel better doing it, great but you prob don't need this book to confirm your feelings about the activity. Allerdings sehr langwierig und repetitiv, weil alle Aspekte ständig wiederholt werden, was aber irgendwie auch verständlich ist bei einem populärwissenschaftlichen Buch!

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The book is filled with beautiful colored photos of what she describes as people around the world doing cold water swimming. A nicely produced book, but overly long, could be both more detailed on the health elements and include some other practical aspects related to swimming equipment and techniques. While that may the be the only dataset available, I would have appreciated a brief mention of the fact that there were no studies available (? It was a very interesting read as I have a friend who winter swims and had previously asked me to join her. The concept of brown fat was the most interesting part, and I wish it got more attention and in-depth exploration.Danish scientist Susanna Søberg leads us step by step into the icy water and explains the "cold-shock response", the massive endorphin rush as our body reacts and adapts. eelkõige siis pruuni rasva osas, et mis see ikkagi on ja kuidas täpselt töötab ja kuidas külma veega seotud on. She would also talk about other benefits to winter swimming… mental health, inflammation, fitness with the caveat that it’s inconclusive.

Winter Swimming by Susanna Søberg, Dr. Elizabeth DeNoma - Waterstones Winter Swimming by Susanna Søberg, Dr. Elizabeth DeNoma -

A good book but not quite what I was expecting, which doesn’t seem fair because I can’t put my finger on what I didn’t like. siiamaani oli tal meile pakkuda palju entusiasmi ja mõned teooriad, mille tõestusi, kui need kord tulevad, loeks täitsa huviga küll.mingis mõttes oli jah huvitav võrrelda, kuidas mõjub kehale külm ja kuidas kuumus, aga lõppeks ajas see tegelikult pigem asju segasemaks kui tegi selgemaks, ja ma oleks vist eelistanud, et oleks olnud raamat ühelainsal teemal. Actual data was few and far with the majority of evidence having the form of studies having not yet been conducted, personal stories, or “suggest, possibly, perhaps” as the justification on scientific evidence.