The Cold Water Swim Cure

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Have you ever driven along the coastline, or walked by a local pond or lake and thought about taking a dip, but felt hesitant about swimming in what you know is cold water? My guest today, who argues that cold water swimming is one of the very best things you can do for your mental and physical health, will inspire you to finally take the plunge. His name is Dr. Mark Harper and he’s an anesthesiologist and the author of Chill: The Cold Water Swim Cure.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Brat McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:10.9	Have you ever driven along the coastline or walked by a local pond or lake and thought
0:14.2	about taking a dip but felt hesitant about swimming in what you know as cold water?
0:18.2	My guest today who argues that cold water swimming is one of the very best things you can
0:21.4	do for your mental and physical health will inspire you to finally take the plunge.
0:25.1	His name is Dr. Mark Harper, he's an anesthesiologist and the author of Chill, the Cold Water
0:29.2	Swim Cure.
0:30.2	We've been in our conversation with how Mark's research into the prevention of hypothermia
0:33.2	during surgery led him to investigate the benefits of cold water exposure and managing the
0:37.5	body's overall stress response.
0:39.3	We discuss the effect cold water has on the body and the potential mental and physical
0:42.8	benefits this effect can have from reducing inflammation to reducing depression caused by inflammation
0:47.5	to improving conditions from diabetes to migraines.
0:49.9	We get into how long need to be in the water to get these benefits and the temperature
0:53.3	the water needs to be which may not be as cold as you think and potentially makes the
0:57.0	peanut where you live cold water swimming viable as a year round practice.
1:00.9	Mark also explains how to get started with cold water swimming and do it safely and effectively
1:04.9	including why you start out in the summer and how to best prepare your body before you
1:08.0	get in the water and how to recover after you get out.
1:10.5	We under conversation with whether or not you can get the same benefits of cold water
1:13.5	swimming from taking an ice bath or cold shower.
1:15.8	After shows over check out our show notes at a.w.i.s slash cold swim.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Art of Manliness, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Art of Manliness and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.