The “wild swimming” trend — aka open-water swimming, or taking dips in lakes, rivers, streams or even the sea — isn't exactly new. Still, it has been increasing in popularity over the past decade, ...

It is crucial to stay safe when swimming in open water this winter. Here are some expert tips and resources to use.

When temperatures drop in open water, many triathletes will head back to the pool. But that’s a shame, because cold-water swimming has many benefits for our physical and mental health – you just need ...

Swimming in a lake or the ocean is an exhilarating alternative to your usual pool routine. Here’s how to get started. By Amanda Loudin For many, the idea of swimming in open water is unnerving. The ...

TRAVERSE CITY, MI – Well before the daily throng of tourists hit the beaches, local open-water swimmers hit the water at sunrise to soak up the beauty of Grand Traverse Bay. For Ashlea Walter, ...

About to run headfirst into your first open water race? Don’t know how to transition from the pool to the ocean or a lake? Let my firsthand experience and lessons learned guide you. This summer, I ...

A New Year's dip has become a tradition for the region's growing open water swimming community. Some wrap up with full ...

Swimming in a pool can be very different than in open water, largely depending on the type of open water; swimming in lakes is not the same as doing so in rivers and larger bodies of water. From tides ...

Ten thousand lakes, 100,000 docks, millions of knobby knees clenched at the edge of the solid world — swimming in open water is practically a universal experience, baptizing all as children of nature.

The psychological case for open-water swimming (Overbury et al. 2023)—and being in nature in general—is getting stronger and stronger. It will come as little surprise to anyone familiar with the body ...

I swam competitively for years, and swimming in the ocean I felt the difference in muscles immediately, but it can be surprisingly easier in some aspects depending on which muscles you favor and your ...

A jet ski pulls in buoys from the CrossFit Games at Marine Creek Lake in Fort Worth on Thursday morning, Aug. 8, 2024. The Fort Worth Fire Department responded to a call earlier in the morning about a ...