You are incorrigibly inspiring and relatable. I hope you can internalize an awareness of the positive ripples you have, even across oceans and continents here in Oregon. Let the knowledge of your influence become part of your motivation and actualization journey 😊
Devin is lucky to have you as an uncle if you're so kind and hype people up! Thank you for watching and sending positivity my way. Enjoy your day, you've made mine! 😀💦
I swim in cold water almost every day. I can´t remember a single day when I wanted to get in, but I have never regretted spending that time in the cold water a single time. Every time I felt a thousand times better afterwards. Thanks for the great videos!
That is an inspirational comment and quite the admission. I think newbies to outdoor swimming thing those who are regulars or have been doing it for a long time look forward to the getting in - they're missing the point that for many it is the feeling once in and when we get out that is the draw!
Amazing wave at the end! The days when I don’t feel like swimming are the days that I tell myself that I absolutely must swim. The feel good factor is more powerful than the dread.
Hi Rachel, I have only just discovered your videos and enjoying all the sea swimming tips. I'm part of the Sole Bay Sea Swimmers . We swim every day in the sea on the East Coast of England at Southwold. Sea temperature is dropping very fast and I struggle with the dark mornings as I have to be at work by 8am. The sea is my reason for getting up each day. It makes me feel alive. However, the winter months make it very easy to lose your mojo. Thank you for sharing your experiences x
Hey Julia, great to hear from you. Has the clocks changing made a difference to your morning swimming opportunities? Southwold is a beautiful part of the world, and with so much sky! Sunrises must be blow-away!
way to go Rachel! Glad to see your smile back! We love you whether you get in or not! :-) (but glad to see you get in!). I'm in Ithaca, NY and I love swimming in Cayuga lake and Seneca Lake. I've been away for most of October so haven't gotten in myself in a while but will be home next week and excited to dip back in. (tho I know it's going to be a LOT colder than last time I was in. I'll see if I can get myself motivated like you. Hmmmm fresh bread might be th ticket. Cheers!
Hey Rusty! So lovely to hear from you, I'll be looking up those locations on google maps! How did you get on getting back in after a month away from your swim spot? 💦 😀
Hi Victoria, if you wanted to you can restart at anytime, just go easy on yourself and stay in only until your breathing regulates - they trick it to get out knowing you could have stayed a little longer. In winter, I don't stay in longer than 10 mins without a full suit of neoprene! If getting in at the minute is not your thing and you're looking for a way to enjoy the wellbeing benefits of being in, on or around the water, check out Bluteonic charity's winter wellbeing challenge which I co-wrote. There are 100 activities which are in, on or around water for you to choose from and you do one a week between the clocks changing. Here's a link to the video I made about it: th-cam.com/video/RRrgmmM6tfw/w-d-xo.html And a link to the actual challenge: www.bluetonic.org.uk/winterchallenge Enjoy the water x
Well done - I'm also suffering a lack of water mojo at present - Dartmoor has cooled down at lot recently and the lack of sun makes it less enticing! Will be going to the beach at the weekend to restore the mojo. Interestingly I was in the New Forest for a couple of days over the summer and fancied a dip so picked somewhere random and it was exactly the same location in this video - even the same steps! Great location as you can get post-swim tea and cake at the little café there. Great views of IOW
Hi Nik, Dartmoor is amazing for dipping possibilities but the temperature can be a bit saucy. I find I have to be strict with myself on time in the water as it can be a lot of fun and I've ended up a bit too cold before. Hope the sea was the tonic you needed. Fancy that, that you ended up at the same beach, it is a beaut!
Good to see you. My indoor swimming motivation has waned but I still love outdoor swimming. When at home in Leicester I go to Six Hills Swimming which is a great place. I'm up in Scotland Scotland a lot. I swim in Loch Fyne in Ardrishaig. Hope to see you on You Tube soon. Well done
Hey Gretel, great to hear from you. Loving hearing where you're swimming. Hoping I'll fit in a swim this weekend - so long as the rain relents tomorrow! Also, working near Falkirk some of next week and in South Queensferry next weekend so hoping for a Scottish dip somewhere then.
I never ever want to get in, somehow I always do, it takes me a few minutes once in and then suddenly I feel the love again. It’s the most wonderful thing in the world. I swim at Stoney Cove and it truly is the most stunning place. X
Nice video. It's time constraints for me getting into my pod. Work and life just seem to not be leaving me much me time. Like you I need to get back into a routine. I miss the cold water.
Ha Racheal so glad you got your mojo back ,I suppose it can be a mental thing,and maybe if you feeling low,just need that little push to get in,well done your snack looked delicious,me and my daughter ofvto a full moon swim tomorrow Thursday 17th ,we love the lake we go to ,it’s a NOWCA. Swim place,Pillaton Farm lake in the Midlands,great video as usual,keep swimming,Chris 👍
Hi Chris, I'll have a look into Pillaton Farm lake if I'm up that way - sometimes I'm passing through the Midlands on a work trip. Thanks for the support xx
I went to Milford last Saturday for a look at the beach huts. Small world I had a swim this afternoon at Bosombe west. Like you, I seem to be lacking a bit of enthusiasm at the moment.
Just listen to your body and even if you don't fancy getting right in, a paddle, or just a sit on the beach watching the water with a cuppa and a biscuit can be just as restorative. Maybe have a little look at the Bluetonic charity Awaken Your Blue Mind winter wellbeing challenge that I co-wrote, it's all about being in, or or around water to improve mental health and you don't even have to get wet if you don't want to. If that's got you curious, here's a link to the video I made about it: th-cam.com/video/RRrgmmM6tfw/w-d-xo.html And a link to the actual challenge: www.bluetonic.org.uk/winterchallenge Enjoy the water however you can x
I go to work in my swim gear. Pack a hot drink and wrap my after dip clothes around my hot water bottle. Sometimes I find myself just sitting in my car watching the waves. That's when I'm loudly giving myself a talking to: "you're here, you're ready, get in!" Never regret the dip, always regret not going! Absolutely love my new hobby, and stress reliever! Folkestone/Hythe 😊
Hi Rachel So glad you managed to have a sea swim. You looked positively radiant when you came out. Your breakfast looked yummy too. Keep up the good swimming vibes. I sea swim in Bournemouth until temperature reaches 12C then that’s me finished until next year. Thank you for sharing all your adventures. I love watching them 🥰🌊🏊♀️xx
Hi Janet it's great to hear that we're almost swimming neighbours! Maybe you might fancy the Bluetonic winter challenge Awaken your Blu Mind which I co-wrote - it's all about feeling the benefit of being in / on / around the water, there are 100 different activities to choose from, and you don't even have to get wet! www.bluetonic.org.uk/winterchallenge
@@EverydayAthleteRachwe’re quite careful about when we go in, if wave heights are bigger than 0.8, we don’t go and if it looks like there is a strong undertow, we usually give it a miss too. Safety first. Whilst we all like jumping the waves when it’s bouncy, we try to take a sensible approach. Dead calm at the moment, bliss. Keep swimming! X
Good to see you back in the water Rach, especially at my usual sea-swimming spot Hordle Cliff. It's amazing how quickly dumping surf can subside here once the tide drops to a level where the sandbar takes the energy out of the waves. Look forward to getting back in myself as currently nursing a foot injury (impaled big toe in a mucky lower Test last week) . Must remember to wear water shoes down there 😞
Yikes to the toe Jonny! Hope it's healed now. Yep, I almost always have footwear on, but having pulled used BBQs out of the beautiful Test, I'm always wary of the potential for other sharp objects. Might do a low water litter pick sometime (from a paddle board maybe). Hope to swim with you some time!
Loved the squeek getting in 😂 It's been a funny year and a short summer swim season has probably reduced some mojo. Finding it cold myself going into winter season now but won't be long and double digits will be balmy when come out the other side! I do love it though. Have some great lakes around Worcester way if ever passing. Escape to Lake, Watersedge, and Lenches. And river at Eckington Bridge when not in flood, Teme outside Worcester as well. Great to see you back again 🎉!
Wow Richard, you're surrounded by great options. I must get up that way and try one or two of those out! I have a little trip away in December so I'm hoping I might have a warmer water interlude with a weeny bit of sunshine just to boost me though the winter!
Thought I recognised that beach! Local to my parents. I'm also struggling with motivation this year, feeling the cold more as have lost a bit of weight
Hi Rebecca, don't be shy about trying a thermal swimsuit ot rashest if you don't fancy a wetsuit. Otherwise, are you using neoprene booties and gloves because I wouldn't be without them in the winter. You'll be amazed the difference it can make.
Thanks for sharing. Could not have come at a better time. Putting my phone down now, stopping scrolling and getting out now. It's the entrance in that's preventing me at the moment.
I’m feeling the same the last few weeks! Swam at Chapmans Pool a couple of weeks ago and got stung on the bum by a jellyfish which has somewhat dampened my mood for sea swimming!😂 I’m going to try and go to Southbourne tomorrow morning. Loved your shots of the sea, it really is a tonic!
Very encouraging! Going solo is the hardest and having a friend to go with makes a massive difference. I’m in Edinburgh, Scotland and have been going for group dips every Sunday since February. It’s the best feeling in the world, feeling like a new person every time I get out of the water. Can’t wait to go for a dip when it’s snowing again 😅
@@EverydayAthleteRach it’s at 9 30 every Sunday on the Portobello Beach. Our group is called Edinburgh Blueballs and you can find it under that name on the socials. We can catch up for a coffee if you’d like too!
Great to see this video Rachel and your smile after 😊. I swim early Monday morning with the Cringleford Critters,in the River Yare,south of Norwich. Makes a lot of difference being part of a group., support,laughs and cake after from our chief organiser Nic.🍰😊
I’m so sorry to say the pollution has put me off almost entirely! I didn’t realise when i started what a beautiful crisp dry winter we were having over lockdown. But i also had a very motivated friend nearby who then moved away. You still inspire me! Xx
I am mindful of the pollution situation and always leave it a couple or three days after heavy or sustained rain, or go in a lake where there are less worries. Just hop in for a float and have a lovely cuppa afterwards x
Great to see you in the water again! I lost my swimming mojo for a few weeks during my house move. Fortunately I now live by the sea and I've been trying to swim there as often as possible. There's a large group of us who meet at 7 am and 1pm every day that the water is swimmable, if you fancy coming along and joining us some time please let me know. Oh, and there's always our chalk stream which is still dry as a bone but hopefully will be filling up again soon for winter. You're welcome back there was well :-) Happy swimming Rach! xx
Neither really as I was like it over a lot of the summer too. I know being in and around blue spaces lifts my mood and makes me feel more peaceful and reduces stress so I just needed to break the habit of not getting in.
And as it turns out I wrote one! Might take my own advice and take part in it this year! This is the one I’m taking about: www.bluetonic.org.uk/winterchallenge
Rach love you and so inspired by you-- I have the same issue!! For me, if I put on my kit (wetsuit, cap), it forces me to go in...I walk around do chores, sit in meetings (I work from home) like a creature from the Blue Lagoon, LOL. At some point, I get warm and toasty then off I go toward the water! There is never a time I have regretted a swim. But, this transition time Autumn is difficult. And may I say--a break is often something you need. Time spent away might have had a purpose you'll never know. For me, time out of the water makes me appreciate the return so much more. I know some day, it may be difficult as I age (in my 60s) to do this simple ritual.....Love from Southcoast of Mass Buzzards Bay- USA 💨💙💦
Hey Maureen, it's great to hear from you. WFH in a wetsuit is a cool idea - would keep me warm too. Maybe when I don't have any meetings I might try it! Enjoy the water!
I got the recipe from the Zoe Instagram originally. Still trying to do Zoe but have struggled with everything in the last year food, exercise etc so I’m not a good reflection of how well the programme works when I focus myself. Am heading in the right direction though x
@@EverydayAthleteRach sorry to hear this Rachel. I did Zoe for about a year but have stopped now. It has changed the way I eat for the better. I really miss the Zoe recipes as all disappear when you stop. I wrote a few favourites down but miss them most. I have just bought Tim’s recipe book so am pleased with that. I must try the bread looks great. Take care.
I started bathing in the winter 2019/20 and have been in the water during autumn, winter, spring the first winters. But this January I stopped and couldn’t find my motivation. Now I started again and will (hopefully) continue until next spring. Being warm when arriving at the sea ist most important for me. The water is here in southern Sweden is not so cold yet (11-12 degrees) but you start feeling it. A nice motivational help for me lately is the new song from Fairground Attraction “Learning to swim“ („When it’s cold, you got to be bold…“). th-cam.com/video/FsZBpxoFPvc/w-d-xo.html
That's a great song, thanks for sharing it, it resonated with me too. Sweden is one of my favourite countries that I've visited, so clean and so watery! Whereabouts do you swim?
@@EverydayAthleteRach I live in the very south of Sweden and use to swim in the Öresund sea between Denmark and Sweden. When travelling through the country I do swim also in lakes and rivers.
Not that brave, but a mental challenge nonetheless. From a mental health point of view pretty much the same effect can be achieved by being on or around the water which is why I got involved with Bluetonic charity and co-wrote their winter challenge in which you don't have to get wet if you don't fancy it. Here's a link if you fancy a looksee:: th-cam.com/video/RRrgmmM6tfw/w-d-xo.html And a link to the actual challenge: www.bluetonic.org.uk/winterchallenge Enjoy the water whether in, on or around it x
Hi Rachel ! Swiss mountain lady here. 🙂 I'm struggling with the same problem, lol. But not for the same reasons : I wish I could go to my little mountain lake more often, but I have been very sick this year (auto-immune disease with liver failure) so I really have to listen to my body, and especially my level of energy. In my condition, feeling low is an absolute no-go. So if nights have been really cold the days before, I know the water temperature will have dropped consequently. Plus the weather has been very rainy this year, which is an even bigger problem due to having no safe dry place to change myself. I hoped I could take wild dips at night in the village fountains, but there again it turned out to be more difficult than expected : due to the electricity price having reached stratospheric level, I hardly heat my home, so I rarely feel warm enough to have the motivation for a cold plunge. When I get my pension, I'll be able to connect to the village remote heating system, and install a wood stove with a little oven for my sourdough bread. Can't wait !! So I don't desperate. This is my second year of wild swimming in cold water, and it has been a revelation and a life saving experience for my never ending inflammatory state. Your videos were a huge support and a gold mine of information, especially because I don't have anyone to swim with and motivate me. This year however, I have been able to push my swims below 10°C, and it's a little victory in itself. Not because of the challenge, but because I was building cold resistance : burn my visceral inflammatory fat and replace it with super powerful healthy brown fat. For the very first time, I could experience THERMOGENESIS IN ACTION : I was swimming for about 7-8 minutes with a very uncomfortable feeling of cold bite (despite no shivering), and wondering why I imposed this torture to my poor body, when all of a sudden I felt a kind of "heat wave" flowing through my whole body !! In 10 sec, I went from miserable frozen creature to invincible polar bear ! 😄😄 I was literally amazed. I could remain in the water about 15 min. with no problem ! I experienced the exact same thing the second time below 10°C. This never happened to me with higher temperatures. Yes, there was a minute or two, sometimes up to 5 minutes, when I felt uncomfortable, but no "heat wave" like that ! I could literally feel my body fueling my inner stove and pushing hot blood towards my peripheral vessels ! Within 2 weeks, I dropped 2 kilos !! So I'm a bit bummed I don't have the weather conditions or the motivation to keep going til my lake freezes. I try not to feel guilty, though : if my body says no, I have to listen to it. It has already gone through a lot this year. It's more annoying when I can't go because of the weather, when I really wish I could ! 😅 Thank you for having created this amazing channel ! But I think you too should not feel guilty is some day your body says no. We have to listen to our body sometimes ! 🙂💜
It's great that you have a strategy to remedy the lack of heating at home, even if it is in the future. So difficult to self motivate when you know it is going to be cold. Your sage words are a great comfort to me. It's true we must listen to our bodies, that is why I got involved with Bluetonic and co-wrote their winter challenge which is all about being in, on or around water for our mental health. It may be something you are interested in? Here's a link to the video I made about it: th-cam.com/video/RRrgmmM6tfw/w-d-xo.html And a link to the actual challenge: www.bluetonic.org.uk/winterchallenge Stay healthy, keep warm and enjoy the water however you can x
Never regret a swim , days without a swim just aren't the same 💪
I never regret a swim, and I know it but sometimes just getting to the water and getting in is the hurdle to cross x
You are incorrigibly inspiring and relatable. I hope you can internalize an awareness of the positive ripples you have, even across oceans and continents here in Oregon.
Let the knowledge of your influence become part of your motivation and actualization journey 😊
Devin is lucky to have you as an uncle if you're so kind and hype people up! Thank you for watching and sending positivity my way. Enjoy your day, you've made mine! 😀💦
I swim in cold water almost every day. I can´t remember a single day when I wanted to get in, but I have never regretted spending that time in the cold water a single time. Every time I felt a thousand times better afterwards.
Thanks for the great videos!
That is an inspirational comment and quite the admission. I think newbies to outdoor swimming thing those who are regulars or have been doing it for a long time look forward to the getting in - they're missing the point that for many it is the feeling once in and when we get out that is the draw!
thanks Rachel, seeing this helps my own motivation as we slide toward winter!
I'm so glad! Let’s do it together x
Amazing wave at the end! The days when I don’t feel like swimming are the days that I tell myself that I absolutely must swim. The feel good factor is more powerful than the dread.
So true - feel good vs dread, haha good description!
Good to see you back.love from Ludden beach Buncrana County Donegal x
Hi Julie! Sending you a wave from a beach around the New Forest, depending on tide: Goatee Beach, Calshot, Lepe, Hordle Cliff, Avon Beach 👋 🌊
Hi Rachel, I have only just discovered your videos and enjoying all the sea swimming tips. I'm part of the Sole Bay Sea Swimmers . We swim every day in the sea on the East Coast of England at Southwold. Sea temperature is dropping very fast and I struggle with the dark mornings as I have to be at work by 8am. The sea is my reason for getting up each day. It makes me feel alive. However, the winter months make it very easy to lose your mojo. Thank you for sharing your experiences x
Hey Julia, great to hear from you. Has the clocks changing made a difference to your morning swimming opportunities? Southwold is a beautiful part of the world, and with so much sky! Sunrises must be blow-away!
way to go Rachel! Glad to see your smile back! We love you whether you get in or not! :-) (but glad to see you get in!). I'm in Ithaca, NY and I love swimming in Cayuga lake and Seneca Lake. I've been away for most of October so haven't gotten in myself in a while but will be home next week and excited to dip back in. (tho I know it's going to be a LOT colder than last time I was in. I'll see if I can get myself motivated like you. Hmmmm fresh bread might be th ticket. Cheers!
Hey Rusty! So lovely to hear from you, I'll be looking up those locations on google maps! How did you get on getting back in after a month away from your swim spot? 💦 😀
Great to see you back Rachel, struggling a bit myself, in Wexford, Ireland x
Just get in for a short and sheltered dip Jack. Even just a paddle if that would help. 💦😀
My motivation has dropped a bit along with the temps here on the Great Lakes. Just have to remind myself how good I will feel after.
Thank you I haven’t swam for a few months so it was great to hear your story
Hi Victoria, if you wanted to you can restart at anytime, just go easy on yourself and stay in only until your breathing regulates - they trick it to get out knowing you could have stayed a little longer. In winter, I don't stay in longer than 10 mins without a full suit of neoprene!
If getting in at the minute is not your thing and you're looking for a way to enjoy the wellbeing benefits of being in, on or around the water, check out Bluteonic charity's winter wellbeing challenge which I co-wrote. There are 100 activities which are in, on or around water for you to choose from and you do one a week between the clocks changing. Here's a link to the video I made about it: th-cam.com/video/RRrgmmM6tfw/w-d-xo.html
And a link to the actual challenge: www.bluetonic.org.uk/winterchallenge
Enjoy the water x
Your smile at the end speaks louder than words. ❤😁
Doesn't it just. I get a kick out of seeing that happen (when I review the vids).
Well done - I'm also suffering a lack of water mojo at present - Dartmoor has cooled down at lot recently and the lack of sun makes it less enticing! Will be going to the beach at the weekend to restore the mojo. Interestingly I was in the New Forest for a couple of days over the summer and fancied a dip so picked somewhere random and it was exactly the same location in this video - even the same steps! Great location as you can get post-swim tea and cake at the little café there. Great views of IOW
Hi Nik, Dartmoor is amazing for dipping possibilities but the temperature can be a bit saucy. I find I have to be strict with myself on time in the water as it can be a lot of fun and I've ended up a bit too cold before. Hope the sea was the tonic you needed. Fancy that, that you ended up at the same beach, it is a beaut!
Thank you for sharing. You are inspiring. Hugs x
Jude, thanks for the lovely comment, hugs received, sending love back x
Good to see you. My indoor swimming motivation has waned but I still love outdoor swimming. When at home in Leicester I go to Six Hills Swimming which is a great place. I'm up in Scotland Scotland a lot. I swim in Loch Fyne in Ardrishaig. Hope to see you on You Tube soon. Well done
Hey Gretel, great to hear from you. Loving hearing where you're swimming. Hoping I'll fit in a swim this weekend - so long as the rain relents tomorrow! Also, working near Falkirk some of next week and in South Queensferry next weekend so hoping for a Scottish dip somewhere then.
I never ever want to get in, somehow I always do, it takes me a few minutes once in and then suddenly I feel the love again. It’s the most wonderful thing in the world. I swim at Stoney Cove and it truly is the most stunning place. X
Stoney Cove keeps coming up and everyone says it's a cracker. I think I need a little road trip!
Nice video. It's time constraints for me getting into my pod. Work and life just seem to not be leaving me much me time. Like you I need to get back into a routine. I miss the cold water.
You got this! Just a little dip here and there. I find it harder to do in the winter when the only daylight I really see is at the weekends.
Ha Racheal so glad you got your mojo back ,I suppose it can be a mental thing,and maybe if you feeling low,just need that little push to get in,well done your snack looked delicious,me and my daughter ofvto a full moon swim tomorrow Thursday 17th ,we love the lake we go to ,it’s a NOWCA. Swim place,Pillaton Farm lake in the Midlands,great video as usual,keep swimming,Chris 👍
Hi Chris, I'll have a look into Pillaton Farm lake if I'm up that way - sometimes I'm passing through the Midlands on a work trip. Thanks for the support xx
I went to Milford last Saturday for a look at the beach huts. Small world
I had a swim this afternoon at Bosombe west. Like you, I seem to be lacking a bit of enthusiasm at the moment.
Just listen to your body and even if you don't fancy getting right in, a paddle, or just a sit on the beach watching the water with a cuppa and a biscuit can be just as restorative. Maybe have a little look at the Bluetonic charity Awaken Your Blue Mind winter wellbeing challenge that I co-wrote, it's all about being in, or or around water to improve mental health and you don't even have to get wet if you don't want to. If that's got you curious, here's a link to the video I made about it: th-cam.com/video/RRrgmmM6tfw/w-d-xo.html
And a link to the actual challenge: www.bluetonic.org.uk/winterchallenge
Enjoy the water however you can x
I go to work in my swim gear. Pack a hot drink and wrap my after dip clothes around my hot water bottle. Sometimes I find myself just sitting in my car watching the waves. That's when I'm loudly giving myself a talking to: "you're here, you're ready, get in!" Never regret the dip, always regret not going! Absolutely love my new hobby, and stress reliever!
Folkestone/Hythe 😊
I love that you’re ready for action at every moment! That’s brilliant! I do enjoy an opportunistic swim. 🏊♀️🏊♀️🏊♀️🥰
Fantastic xx
Glad you enjoyed it.
Hi Rachel So glad you managed to have a sea swim. You looked positively radiant when you came out. Your breakfast looked yummy too. Keep up the good swimming vibes. I sea swim in Bournemouth until temperature reaches 12C then that’s me finished until next year. Thank you for sharing all your adventures. I love watching them 🥰🌊🏊♀️xx
Hi Janet it's great to hear that we're almost swimming neighbours! Maybe you might fancy the Bluetonic winter challenge Awaken your Blu Mind which I co-wrote - it's all about feeling the benefit of being in / on / around the water, there are 100 different activities to choose from, and you don't even have to get wet! www.bluetonic.org.uk/winterchallenge
Well done! You'll be back in the water without any problem! I swim near Eastbourne, East Sussex.
Hey Jane, you must deal with a few cheeky waves there. Do you often experience tow-back from the receding water when trying to get out?
@@EverydayAthleteRachwe’re quite careful about when we go in, if wave heights are bigger than 0.8, we don’t go and if it looks like there is a strong undertow, we usually give it a miss too. Safety first. Whilst we all like jumping the waves when it’s bouncy, we try to take a sensible approach. Dead calm at the moment, bliss. Keep swimming! X
Good to see you back in the water Rach, especially at my usual sea-swimming spot Hordle Cliff. It's amazing how quickly dumping surf can subside here once the tide drops to a level where the sandbar takes the energy out of the waves.
Look forward to getting back in myself as currently nursing a foot injury (impaled big toe in a mucky lower Test last week) . Must remember to wear water shoes down there 😞
Yikes to the toe Jonny! Hope it's healed now. Yep, I almost always have footwear on, but having pulled used BBQs out of the beautiful Test, I'm always wary of the potential for other sharp objects. Might do a low water litter pick sometime (from a paddle board maybe). Hope to swim with you some time!
Loved the squeek getting in 😂 It's been a funny year and a short summer swim season has probably reduced some mojo. Finding it cold myself going into winter season now but won't be long and double digits will be balmy when come out the other side! I do love it though. Have some great lakes around Worcester way if ever passing. Escape to Lake, Watersedge, and Lenches. And river at Eckington Bridge when not in flood, Teme outside Worcester as well. Great to see you back again 🎉!
Wow Richard, you're surrounded by great options. I must get up that way and try one or two of those out! I have a little trip away in December so I'm hoping I might have a warmer water interlude with a weeny bit of sunshine just to boost me though the winter!
Thought I recognised that beach! Local to my parents. I'm also struggling with motivation this year, feeling the cold more as have lost a bit of weight
Hi Rebecca, don't be shy about trying a thermal swimsuit ot rashest if you don't fancy a wetsuit. Otherwise, are you using neoprene booties and gloves because I wouldn't be without them in the winter. You'll be amazed the difference it can make.
Thanks for sharing. Could not have come at a better time. Putting my phone down now, stopping scrolling and getting out now. It's the entrance in that's preventing me at the moment.
Hey Ellie, did you manage a cheeky dip? Your comment makes me think you were saying "Right...."
I certainly did! Was in Croatia and the Adriatic is swimmable in a costume if you don't stray too far from the coast.
I’m feeling the same the last few weeks! Swam at Chapmans Pool a couple of weeks ago and got stung on the bum by a jellyfish which has somewhat dampened my mood for sea swimming!😂 I’m going to try and go to Southbourne tomorrow morning. Loved your shots of the sea, it really is a tonic!
I loved the sound and the visual of the wavelets breaking. No sign of jellies at Hordle Cliff so you should be fine at Southbourne I reckon x
@@EverydayAthleteRach 🤞
Very encouraging! Going solo is the hardest and having a friend to go with makes a massive difference. I’m in Edinburgh, Scotland and have been going for group dips every Sunday since February. It’s the best feeling in the world, feeling like a new person every time I get out of the water. Can’t wait to go for a dip when it’s snowing again 😅
Hey! Edinburgh you say? I’m working there in a couple of weekends time, where and when does your group swim as if I can I’ll come along x
@@EverydayAthleteRach it’s at 9 30 every Sunday on the Portobello Beach. Our group is called Edinburgh Blueballs and you can find it under that name on the socials.
We can catch up for a coffee if you’d like too!
Great to see this video Rachel and your smile after 😊. I swim early Monday morning with the Cringleford Critters,in the River Yare,south of Norwich. Makes a lot of difference being part of a group., support,laughs and cake after from our chief organiser Nic.🍰😊
I’m so sorry to say the pollution has put me off almost entirely! I didn’t realise when i started what a beautiful crisp dry winter we were having over lockdown. But i also had a very motivated friend nearby who then moved away. You still inspire me! Xx
I am mindful of the pollution situation and always leave it a couple or three days after heavy or sustained rain, or go in a lake where there are less worries. Just hop in for a float and have a lovely cuppa afterwards x
Great to see you in the water again! I lost my swimming mojo for a few weeks during my house move. Fortunately I now live by the sea and I've been trying to swim there as often as possible. There's a large group of us who meet at 7 am and 1pm every day that the water is swimmable, if you fancy coming along and joining us some time please let me know. Oh, and there's always our chalk stream which is still dry as a bone but hopefully will be filling up again soon for winter. You're welcome back there was well :-) Happy swimming Rach! xx
Congrats one the house move Miranda. Which bit of the sea are you near to now? Brighton way? Would defo be up for another turquoise dip this winter!
@@EverydayAthleteRach Seaford x
Hi Rachel, is it just the cold that puts you off, or the pollution, or both? Good to sea you anyway x
Neither really as I was like it over a lot of the summer too. I know being in and around blue spaces lifts my mood and makes me feel more peaceful and reduces stress so I just needed to break the habit of not getting in.
I remember asking you the same thing a cple of yrs ago ,how to continue when your not feeling it ,you suggested finding a challenge ,
And as it turns out I wrote one! Might take my own advice and take part in it this year! This is the one I’m taking about: www.bluetonic.org.uk/winterchallenge
Rach love you and so inspired by you-- I have the same issue!! For me, if I put on my kit (wetsuit, cap), it forces me to go in...I walk around do chores, sit in meetings (I work from home) like a creature from the Blue Lagoon, LOL. At some point, I get warm and toasty then off I go toward the water! There is never a time I have regretted a swim. But, this transition time Autumn is difficult. And may I say--a break is often something you need. Time spent away might have had a purpose you'll never know. For me, time out of the water makes me appreciate the return so much more. I know some day, it may be difficult as I age (in my 60s) to do this simple ritual.....Love from Southcoast of Mass Buzzards Bay- USA 💨💙💦
Hey Maureen, it's great to hear from you. WFH in a wetsuit is a cool idea - would keep me warm too. Maybe when I don't have any meetings I might try it! Enjoy the water!
I recognise the recipe are you still doing Zoe or is it from Tim’s new book?
I got the recipe from the Zoe Instagram originally. Still trying to do Zoe but have struggled with everything in the last year food, exercise etc so I’m not a good reflection of how well the programme works when I focus myself. Am heading in the right direction though x
@@EverydayAthleteRach sorry to hear this Rachel. I did Zoe for about a year but have stopped now. It has changed the way I eat for the better. I really miss the Zoe recipes as all disappear when you stop. I wrote a few favourites down but miss them most. I have just bought Tim’s recipe book so am pleased with that. I must try the bread looks great. Take care.
@@AnneNorcross lots of the recipes are on the Zoe instagram account :)
I started bathing in the winter 2019/20 and have been in the water during autumn, winter, spring the first winters. But this January I stopped and couldn’t find my motivation. Now I started again and will (hopefully) continue until next spring.
Being warm when arriving at the sea ist most important for me. The water is here in southern Sweden is not so cold yet (11-12 degrees) but you start feeling it. A nice motivational help for me lately is the new song from Fairground Attraction “Learning to swim“ („When it’s cold, you got to be bold…“). th-cam.com/video/FsZBpxoFPvc/w-d-xo.html
That's a great song, thanks for sharing it, it resonated with me too. Sweden is one of my favourite countries that I've visited, so clean and so watery! Whereabouts do you swim?
@@EverydayAthleteRach I live in the very south of Sweden and use to swim in the Öresund sea between Denmark and Sweden. When travelling through the country I do swim also in lakes and rivers.
Very brave but not for me thanks
Not that brave, but a mental challenge nonetheless. From a mental health point of view pretty much the same effect can be achieved by being on or around the water which is why I got involved with Bluetonic charity and co-wrote their winter challenge in which you don't have to get wet if you don't fancy it. Here's a link if you fancy a looksee:: th-cam.com/video/RRrgmmM6tfw/w-d-xo.html
And a link to the actual challenge: www.bluetonic.org.uk/winterchallenge
Enjoy the water whether in, on or around it x
Hi Rachel ! Swiss mountain lady here. 🙂 I'm struggling with the same problem, lol. But not for the same reasons : I wish I could go to my little mountain lake more often, but I have been very sick this year (auto-immune disease with liver failure) so I really have to listen to my body, and especially my level of energy. In my condition, feeling low is an absolute no-go. So if nights have been really cold the days before, I know the water temperature will have dropped consequently. Plus the weather has been very rainy this year, which is an even bigger problem due to having no safe dry place to change myself. I hoped I could take wild dips at night in the village fountains, but there again it turned out to be more difficult than expected : due to the electricity price having reached stratospheric level, I hardly heat my home, so I rarely feel warm enough to have the motivation for a cold plunge. When I get my pension, I'll be able to connect to the village remote heating system, and install a wood stove with a little oven for my sourdough bread. Can't wait !!
So I don't desperate. This is my second year of wild swimming in cold water, and it has been a revelation and a life saving experience for my never ending inflammatory state. Your videos were a huge support and a gold mine of information, especially because I don't have anyone to swim with and motivate me. This year however, I have been able to push my swims below 10°C, and it's a little victory in itself. Not because of the challenge, but because I was building cold resistance : burn my visceral inflammatory fat and replace it with super powerful healthy brown fat. For the very first time, I could experience THERMOGENESIS IN ACTION : I was swimming for about 7-8 minutes with a very uncomfortable feeling of cold bite (despite no shivering), and wondering why I imposed this torture to my poor body, when all of a sudden I felt a kind of "heat wave" flowing through my whole body !! In 10 sec, I went from miserable frozen creature to invincible polar bear ! 😄😄 I was literally amazed. I could remain in the water about 15 min. with no problem ! I experienced the exact same thing the second time below 10°C. This never happened to me with higher temperatures. Yes, there was a minute or two, sometimes up to 5 minutes, when I felt uncomfortable, but no "heat wave" like that ! I could literally feel my body fueling my inner stove and pushing hot blood towards my peripheral vessels ! Within 2 weeks, I dropped 2 kilos !! So I'm a bit bummed I don't have the weather conditions or the motivation to keep going til my lake freezes. I try not to feel guilty, though : if my body says no, I have to listen to it. It has already gone through a lot this year. It's more annoying when I can't go because of the weather, when I really wish I could ! 😅
Thank you for having created this amazing channel ! But I think you too should not feel guilty is some day your body says no. We have to listen to our body sometimes ! 🙂💜
It's great that you have a strategy to remedy the lack of heating at home, even if it is in the future. So difficult to self motivate when you know it is going to be cold. Your sage words are a great comfort to me. It's true we must listen to our bodies, that is why I got involved with Bluetonic and co-wrote their winter challenge which is all about being in, on or around water for our mental health. It may be something you are interested in? Here's a link to the video I made about it: th-cam.com/video/RRrgmmM6tfw/w-d-xo.html
And a link to the actual challenge: www.bluetonic.org.uk/winterchallenge
Stay healthy, keep warm and enjoy the water however you can x