With temperatures reaching the 90s and summer in full swing, it is time to beat the heat in Connecticut. Whether your AC is busted or you’re looking to get out of the house and have some fun, you have ...

Kate Steels, 53, shares the powerful, heartbreaking reason she faces the cold. My two childhood dreams were to swim the English channel and travel to Antarctica, so my love for ice swimming makes ...

You can barley scroll Insta these days without stumbling across an idyllic early morning shot of a neoprene-clad woman pacing purposefully into a lake, or a snap of flushed-cheeked friends clutching ...

Menopausal women who regularly swim in cold water report significant improvements to their physical and mental symptoms, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. The research, published in Post ...

In the late 1980s, a research scientist in Canada named Gordon Giesbrecht placed a notice hoping to recruit volunteers for the first in a series of experiments that, no matter how he framed them, ...

Qing Li always wanted to compete in the Olympics. The 35-year-old grew up surrounded by swimming greats and even got to meet a few Olympic swimmers before she turned 10. From a young age, Li competed ...

Sign up for CNN’s Fitness, But Better newsletter series. Our seven-part guide will help you ease into a healthy routine, backed by experts. A systematic review of ...

Sharon Prahl was 21 when death nearly took her. She was biking cross-country with a friend in 1986 when she hit a rough patch and flipped her bike, fracturing her skull and injuring her spine. In the ...

A TEAM GB open water swimmer has launched the first fully-lifeguarded cold water swimming group in Poole. Elizabeth Mills, a cold-water therapy coach and ice mile swimmer, set up the group at the ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Record-high temperatures on Christmas made for a memorable holiday. Instead of ice skating, sledding and spending time in the snow, many families pivoted to other plans as rain fell for ...

As the warm season approaches and snowmelt surges through Yosemite’s rivers and lakes, park officials this week urged visitors to think twice before stepping into the water. “As water levels rise, so ...