"Do not let images of smiling girls in bobble hats and bikinis and fashionable chat about ‘the cold water cure’ deceive you: winter swimming is, as Lewis Pugh puts it, ‘a violent physical assault’ on the body." 'What does it feel like? What's the best way to warm up afterwards? Do I need booties and gloves? @kate_rew and The OSS team - with help from physiologists Dr Mike Tipton and Heather Massey - have answered the top 8 questions we receive about cold water swimming. Click the link in bio to visit our website. https://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/tips-on-winter-swimming/ Photograph by @lizseabrook. #sharetheswimlove #thestoics