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Now THAT's cold swimming!
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 2006-03-17 10:41 AM |
 Crystal Lake, IL |  Subject: Now THAT's cold swimming!I just read this in the April issue of Popular Mechanics: News Briefs: Mind over very cold matter. With only a Speedo for warmth, British swimmer Lewis Pugh set two new records for the most southerly swim-at 65 degrees south latitude, off the Antarctic coast-and for the longest polar swim, covering a mile in 30 minutes, 30 seconds in water just a few degrees above freezing. Pugh's extensive cold-water training gave him the power of "anticipatory thermogenesis": The mere sight of cold water sends his body temperature soaring to 101 F.
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| 2006-03-17 10:49 AM in reply to: #372330 |
| over a barrier | Subject: RE: Now THAT's cold swimming! |
| 2006-03-17 10:50 AM in reply to: #372330 |
Pro  4545   Orange Park Florida | Subject: RE: Now THAT's cold swimming! That is freaking nuts! Can you say shrinkage? |
| 2006-03-17 11:15 AM in reply to: #372330 |
| over a barrier | Subject: RE: Now THAT's cold swimming! Your outie would become an innie...thats for sure, haha |
| 2006-03-17 11:17 AM in reply to: #372330 |
| Crystal Lake, IL | Subject: RE: Now THAT's cold swimming! That last part about his body heating up at the sight of cold water? What does he do in a restaurant when they pour the ice water? Take his shirt off? |
| 2006-03-17 11:28 AM in reply to: #372330 |
| Pro 4040 | Subject: RE: Now THAT's cold swimming! I'm not sure if this is the same guy I saw swim an entire Norwegian fjord without a wetsuit, starting at a glacier. He was rhapsodizing about how warm it was when he hit a patch that was 50 degrees. |
| 2006-03-17 11:31 AM in reply to: #372395 |
Pro 4545 Orange Park Florida | Subject: RE: Now THAT's cold swimming! |
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