{"id":919,"date":"2024-05-19T20:30:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T19:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ninetoalive.co.uk\/?p=919"},"modified":"2024-05-29T10:12:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T09:12:42","slug":"when-you-hear-the-words-cold-water-outdoor-or-wild-swimming-you-normally-envisage-some-oddball-waking-up-at-the-crack-of-dawn-with-the-potential-of-hypothermia-we-learnt-it-could-not-be-further-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/ninetoalive\/2024\/05\/19\/when-you-hear-the-words-cold-water-outdoor-or-wild-swimming-you-normally-envisage-some-oddball-waking-up-at-the-crack-of-dawn-with-the-potential-of-hypothermia-we-learnt-it-could-not-be-further-from\/","title":{"rendered":"Give It A Go: We Went Cold Swimming For The First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Join me and Murphy from the Nine to Alive team as we joined the @sheffielddippers<\/a> for a cold hangover cure.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you hear the words cold water, outdoor or wild swimming you normally envisage some oddball waking up at the crack of dawn with the potential of hypothermia. We learnt it could not be further from the truth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My routine Saturday morning at university tends to be rotting away in an alcohol-infused slump from the previous night; slamming shots, boozing and boogying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a mindful change to my Saturday\u2019s, I decided to join Murphy and the Sheffield Dippers in Rivelin Valley for a 7:30am start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In preparation for our cold water excursion, I contacted the owners Josh and Tom to see what we had signed up for. In their Instagram bio, they state \u2018men looking after men\u2019 a concept rather unfamiliar in the current social climate. It certainly intrigued me to meet them and discover not only the health benefits<\/a>, but the social atmosphere too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We Spoke to Josh and Tom after the ice cold dip.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Murphy and I feeling chilly post dip.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As university students at Sheffield we often take for granted the incredible Peak District sights that we have on our doorstep, with Rivelin Valley only a ten minute drive from my house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The privilege was not helped by the eight degree temperature that morning which did not offer us any sympathy for our first ever cold water immersion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As if we were on the sunny sands of Spain, we stripped down to our swimming trunks and joined the cold water veterans in the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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@nine2alive<\/a>

Join Huw and Murphy as they join the Sheffield Dippers in Rivelin Valley! If you are in Sheffield area join the dippers on a Saturday morning and seize the day! \ud83c\udf05 #outdoors<\/a> #coldwatertherapy<\/a> #city<\/a> <\/p> \u266c original sound – Nine To Alive<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote>