When you have a couple of minutes, check out the first six minutes of this TED talk by Tim Ferris (below).
Tim is the author of ‘The 4 Hour Work Week’ and now ‘The 4 Hour Body’ and in this talk he shares his story of how he transformed from demoralised drowner to 1km ocean swimmer in two weeks of engagement with the Total Immersion program.
The health benefits of cold water immersion are well documented, so if you’d like to feel instantly more ‘alive’ and energised, this ‘therapy’ might be for you.
The pool is a great place to practice ocean swimming skills and spend quality time drilling down into the technical aspects of the skills in order to perfect them.
Learn about what constitutes cold water swimming, what it feels like, what the dangers are, and how to minimise the effects.
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