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Need a new New Year’s resolution? Go ice swimming
December 24, 2015
When you think about starting the new year off right, what comes to mind? Like many of us, you may follow the time-honored tradition of making a list of goals and objectives to further your growth and better yourself over the next year. Unfortunately, these lists often end up sounding a lot like your list from the year before. Perhaps it’s time to shake things up a bit and try something completely different.
While it may not be the first thing that comes to mind to cure your post-New Year’s Eve hangover, starting out the new year with a jump into an icy cold lake might be just the thing you need to shake things up a bit.
“Crazy!” you say. Well, maybe, but polar bear clubs around the United States and the world practice this tradition annually. Cold-water shock isn’t high on anyone’s list of pleasurable activities, yet individuals who subscribe to this tradition report feeling both euphoria and other benefits, combined with some good, old-fashioned “team bonding” with their polar-bear brethren. Read more....
