
Lewis Pugh: Pushing the limits of the human body
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The Benefits of Swimming in Cold Water
I have read that you have an extraordinary capacity when you're about to enter this freezing environment, the cold water. Your core body temperature goes up before you even undertake the task. Is this proven? Is this real? Yes, so this was a scientist in South Africa called Professor Tim Nokes who had studied me for many, many years. And just before I'm going to get into the water, he noticed my core body temperature rises. He came up with this expression, anticipatory thermogenesis, so creation of heat before an event. And certainly this does happen. The reason why I can withstand these temperatures is because I've spent a lifetime swimming in cold water. It's years and
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