What to expect after 6 years of ice bathing | The art of being cold | Story #3, Life in Finland
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- Опубліковано 6 лип 2024
- I have been swimming in cold water for as long as I remember. Going out from sauna to roll in snow or to swim in icy lake in winter is something we did already as kids.
I started to swim more regularly 6 or 7 years ago. Going swimming in ice cold water was a hobby for retired ladies back then. As I watched these 70+ ladies calmly swimming through a frozen landscape, I thought that would be a cool thing to do. At first it was a quick dip for not longer than few seconds, but as I continued, soon I noticed the shock of cold wasn't getting to me anymore.
What I like the most is actually the quiteness of the landscape, as nobody else is on the beach and I get the feeling of having it all to myself. And I love the feeling afterwards, as the blood rushes through the body and you feel all warm and fuzzy. Plus, it's fun.
I don't do ice bathing because I am trying to "challenge myself" or "to improve my physical and mental health". It is a hobby like any other, and I do it simply for fun.
Have you tried ice bathing ever? Or are you a regular swimmer like me?
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› ABOUT ME
I live with my family on a 2 ha (~5 acre) homestead in Southern Finland. Our home is over 300-year old heritage house and we are learning the skills necessary to restore and maintain it. When we moved here from the city, we fell in love not only with the house but with the overgrown, wild remnants of a garden. We are building the garden up again and making it an edible, flowering garden with lots of space for wildlife.
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This is amazing. I really enjoy your channel. "You never know what life throws in front of you" I like that motto.
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“You never know what life throws in front of you.” These wonderful videos, for instance. Kiitos, Nina!
Life is full of surprises 😁 Thank you!
Absolutely wonderful, sitting inside my small town apartment, watching you and your son at the water and on the cliffs. I don't know if I could still take a winter dip, but I remember saunas and jumps into a Minnesota lake, a hole chopped through the ice. All I wanted to do after the sauna and dip was sleep. Fine memories of my youth. Now it is truly wonderful watching you, Nina, and watching your enthusiastic son as you enjoy a southern Finland winter. Ending with the two of you in your house, relaxed, is perfect. With my mug of hot, strong and milky coffee, a toast to Finland, Kippis!
Kippis to you!
Cute how you guys have fluent conversation in both languages at the same time. 😄
Yapp, I speak Swedish to him but he always answers in Finnish, so our communication is very multilingual😅
Nina get ready. I think once people find these videos your channel is going to GROW. Thank you for the little glimpse of your life. It's fascinating. 🥰
Aww, thank you for your very kind words! 🙏😍
Just discovered your channel and am I hooked! So calming and enchanting. Thank you for posting. 🫶
Thank you for your kind words!
I just recently found your channel and I just want to let you know how much I adore your demeanour and your attitude towards life. You manage to balance self confidence and humility so very well, and you seem wise much beyond your years. Truly. I look forward to the glimpses into your life that you wish to share with us. Thank you ever so much for opening up your home to us, and all the best to you for 2023 from Ontario, Canada.
I am speechless, thank you for your very kind words! 🥰
I'm just really so impressed by you. I just wanted to let you know. 🥰
Hello from Columbus, Ohio, USA. We love all your videos. Love hearing you speak Finnish, even though we don’t speak it. We are looking forward to seeing your Apple trees bear fruit. Hope you have a wonderful 2023.
Last autumn we got SO much fruit, let's see if next year will be the same 😍
Hi Nina! It's 75 ° F here in Texas today! I am spellbound with your home and life. Please know that you bring a refreshing perspective to my day!
Oh thank you so much!
Hi Nina, love your videos, looking forward to more. Best wishes from Croatia
So enjoyable watching you and your son at the swimming place. You are good company for each other.
He is great company, especially for "adventuring" like he expresses it 😁❤️
Fascinating to watch and learn‼️
Your son Is beautiful. I remember my Father (of Finnish descent) talking about taking a sauna and then rolling in the snow. Happy New Year to you and yours.
Yes, a very Finnish tradition to roll out in the snow. 😅
Oh you brave lady, swimming in those temperatures and freezing water. As much as I love swimming, my body says no to the cold water. Bad bones lol
Your son is a very considerate person when he told you not to stay in for too long but then said he's okay as long as your smiling
That looks incredibly refreshing
Such a beautiful life you live! Thank you for sharing this, amazing! Kiitos
I love swimming in cold water too. I started because I wanted to improve my circulation, but I still get very cold and my toes and fingers freeze easily. I still swim though because I enjoy it. I love the message that not everything has to be about self-improvement. I think it's almost more difficult to allow yourself to enjoy life.
I have been thinking I should get myself a pair of neoprene gloves and socks, this way I could swim for much longer, because I have the same, my fingers and toes are the first ones to get cold. Maybe you get gloves and socks too!
As soon as I saw 300 yo house, I was all in! Hello from Tucson, AZ usa!
I really want to start ice bathing/swimming, but I haven’t quite gotten the guts to get into the cold water. Loved this video!
You should just go in for a second, and come up right away, this way you'll eventually will get used to the cold shock and can spend more time in the water. 😍
So glad I discovered this channel! Great vibe! 😘
Wonderful video!! Thank you!
Just found your channel. I am Finnish but living in Canada now. I started winter swimming recently here and I love it. Can't wait to make it home to Finland again and swim there in a few years.
Cold water swimming is so lovely!
Nina, I’m so happy to have stumbled upon your channel! So beautifully done. My godmother was from Finland and I loved her stories. She introduced me to saunas and ice bathing, although I’ve never done the ice bathing part. She passed away in 1989 and I still miss her terribly. You and your videos have made me feel closer to her in a way. Thank you! I can’t wait to see more.
Aww, what a nice thing to say. My grandma has also passed and miss hee dearly as well. ❤️❤️
Could do the cold swim when young, but have never enjoyed sauna. My Swedish father tried the cold swim one day after watching me and I thought I was going to have to do CPR!
The cold shock can be overwhelming 🥶🥶🥶
Omg ! Amazing , I Tryed it only one time . And it was November, didn’t continue just because I was scared, but that one time was very nice! Water wasn’t so cold yet:) you are amazing ❤
Watching this in Central Texas. It's our winter season but it was 84° F today. It's hard to imagine that kind of cold!
I will take an example from you. I will start practicing swimming in the winter in St. Petersburg
How cool! Hopefully you'll eventually like it as much as I do🥶😍
Such an interesting custom- I think that I would want to try this - thank you for sharing a day in your life with us and Happy New year
Happy New Year! Yes, if you ever get the chance I recommend to at least try. You don't need to stay in long, already quick dip will get you a great blood rush and feeling of warmth. 😍
More on the art of being cold please! Does one learn this skill? How does one build up the ability to tolerate being cold?
It can definitely be learned, just start by exposing yourself to cold water and gradually you'll notice a change. You don't need to be in water for long in the beginning, it can be just for a second, the key is to be consistent. Good luck! 😍
Det såg verkligen kallt ut, men jag kan tänka mig att det är väldigt uppfriskande! 🥶 😄
SUPERMYSIGT hus ni bor i 🌟✨️🌟
/Ditte i Skåne 🤓
Det är nog kallt🥶😅 men bara för att jag älskar känslan efteråt så tycker jag att det är värt att stå ut med det. Och som sagt, man blir van ju mera man simmar. 😁
I thought the lakes were cold in July & the end of august. Still it was very refreshing! I loved it!
Thank you for sharing Nina...very interesting..
I’m in bed watching you swim and my teeth are chattering. Literally chattering 🥶
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Hello Nina, I am from Iran
How beautiful you are and how well you explain🌹
I wish one day I can travel to your country, it is very beautiful and unique
You showed us many beautiful pictures
The nature of your country is beautiful and dreamlike😍😍😍😍
thank you😇😇😇😇
Greetings to Iran! Thank you for your sweet message! 😍🙏🙏🙏🙏
Happy New Year to you and your family.
Happy New Year to You and Your Family!
Hi Nina,just found your channel,such Beautiful landscape,brrrrrrrr u r so brave I don't think I could ever swim in ice cold water,thanks for sharing,looking forward to ur next video,happy new year! from my home to yours xo
Happy beginning of a New Year to you too!
Greetings from the USA 🇺🇸. I just found your lovely channel. Your videos are very interesting and informative. Thank you for sharing parts of your life in Finland. Your heritage home is very cute! And Finland seems to be a country full of beautiful nature. 😍 I have subscribed to your channel and look forward to your future videos.
Thank you and welcome to join us on our journey! 😍
I just found your channel Love it. I love your house As a child we didn't heat some of the rooms in our house. I couldn't do the cold swim
True, a lot of old houses can be left unheated, they are so versatile😍
fantastic place to go for such a cold swim 🤩
Happy New year ,beautiful lake
Hallo Nina. It is so lovely to see you swimming in such cold water…… I noted that you are living in Finland, but talks swedish with your sun…….. how comes ?
I've lived in Sweden and most of my school years I studied in swedish, so I speak Finnish-Swedish. In this part of Finland it is actually more common that people speak Swedish more than Finnish. 😁
What a sweet little person! Nina, have fun! Children grow up too fast, enjoy! You are sisu! It's been a long time since my last sauna. I don't think I could swim in the cold as you do.
Thank you! Yes, children grow so fast 🥺
Happy New Year to you and your family❤😁🙏
Hyvää uutta vuotta!
Hyvää uutta vuotta! 🥳
I'm really enjoying your videos.
I moved to Finland with my young daughter a few months ago, and we're thinking of moving to somewhere around Hanko or the Turku Archipelago, into one of the older homes no less. It made no sense to me to move to somewhere as beautiful as Finland and to live in Espoo, plus the people outside of the cities seem infinitely nicer. I look forward to watching more of your life 😊
Indeed, there is no point in living in suburban area in Finland as there are prettier suburban areas in other parts of the world. But the countryside is a whole another story 😍 welcome to Finland! I recommend to take a look at Raasepori too, plenty of great historical sites and beautiful old houses here.
Ice swimming isn't something that is likely to happen here in Southern Australia but I admire you for it. Dreaming of gardens in winter is one of my favourite things to do too. Within the next few weeks here my garden will go into survival mode because of the heat. Even daily watering will not help some of the plants because there will be very little humidity so they can't survive. Especially the soft herbaceous cottage plants. So I try to recreate the look but with hardier Mediterranean type plants and natives.
I've read about the terrible heat waves! Last summer was extremely dry here too, as it didn't rain for 2 months. This is definitely a challenge every gardener is now facing, the climate is totally messed up. 😮
Enjoy your videos - always happy to see Finland content in English and Swedish, since I can understand those but my Finnish is quite limited. Mina släktingar bor i Österbotten, men jag vill resa till södra Finland någongång.
Ja, definitivt värt en resa! Speciellt hit till Raseborg området som har en massa intressant att upptäcka!
Your description of your post swim experience sounds delightful! I am not sure I could get in that cold water but the beauty of Finland would tempt me. I love to garden too! Do you have a short growing season? When we lived further North I would need to use cold frames to grow vegetables. Best wishes for the New Year!
Well, it depends from which viewpoint we look at it. Compared to rest of Finland our growing period is pretty long, but of course compared to more warmer countries it must be short. 😅 I dream of a greenhouse, it would help a lot!
Ihana uusi kanava minulle. Voi kiitos!
Jee, kiva kun liityt seuraan😁👋
One day maybe I will do the cold water… I have the sauna part down perfectly:)
Yes, you have to begin somewhere and sauna is a good start 😁
You inspire me
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! 🥳
I enjoyed your video. I visited Finland especially Lakeland July 2022 and loved the saunas especially after canoeing. Have once gone from a hot tub to roll in snow back in Canada. Not sure I’m up for ice swimming but maybe I’d try it.
I encourage you to try! You don't need to be in the water for any longer than a quick dip, you'll get the rush of it already then! Greetings to Canada!
Wow, the second video of yours in a row and you also are an ice swimmer. So I definitely subscribe and will appreciate next videos. I am not that much of an ice swimmer, but I love swimming and now building this hobby and habit on the Mediterranean shore. Water is around 18 now, I suppose, so no ice:) they say it will be 15 or something in January and without practice it definitely will be hard for me. So I am slowly getting used to it. It is also just a hobby, no challenges:) I got inspired by a friend of mine from St Petersburg and also by a book Outrun by Amy Liptrot.
Also your sone is
Yes, the key to feel comfortable in cold water is to get slowly used to it. Just give it time and it will come. Swimming IS wonderful!
I'm impressed! I bearly can get in the water in summer 😅 hej från sverige👋
Hahha, sometimes I don't want to go into the water in summer either as it feels cold. I think it has to do with the outside temperature. When the air is cold like -10C, then the +5C water feel already quite "warm" 😅
@@ninasointu I think you are on to something there, maybe I should try to take a winter bath 😄 trevlig fortsättning på året!😊
amazing! yay! all the best from Switzerland 🇨🇭
When I was younger, after working out, I would enjoy relaxing in a sauna. Then I would stand in the cold shower. I wonder if that is similar ( no where near the same)? I know it seemed a great way to end the workout.
Cold shower is indeed very similar! The difference is in the intensity of it. Usually the air around you, standing in shower is quite warm and when going for a swim outdoors the air around you will already be freezing. Plus when you immerse yourself into cold water, it will surround you completely, leaving no "breathing room" for anything else than just cold. If you have the possibility, try putting cold water into a tub, it will give you new sensations for sure! 🥶😍
You are brave to go ice swimming 😇
Happy New Year ✨🥰✨
Happy New Year 🥳😁👍
Loved your video. I love to swim too but don't know if i am brave enough to do it in such cold water! The pool i swim in closes if the water goes below about 28C!! Greetings from the UK
If you want to try colder water, just take a quick in and out dip at first and then keep on increasing the time according to how fast or well your body is getting used to the more colder swim. Greetings to UK! 👋
Happy New Year! 🎉🎈 I was curious if over time, have you noticed improvements in your health, occurring from ice bathing?
Another word instead of bridge is dock, or floating dock.
Yes, a floating dock! Had to google it afterwards, because I got a complete blackout while filming😅 As I have been swimming regularly for so long, I really can't separate what health benefits are thanks to just doing regular exercise or from eating healthy foods or from going to swim. One thing I do notice a straight effect to, is if I ever feel the restless leg-syndrome from too much sitting by the computer, the feeling disappears immediately after a swim and I can sleep much better!
@@ninasointu Whenever I have a mild case of lower back pain, a cold shower will pretty much eliminate it. I will stand in the tub and bend over to turn on the water, and as soon as it hits my back I can literally feel my core muscles contract and the pain/discomfort will be gone. Pretty neat feeling.
At 3:50-dock.
Yes! I had a complete brain freeze and couldn't find the word 😅🥶
👍👍👍👍👍Lovely video. I may be the only Canadian who has repeatedly gone ice swimming on purpose. The Northern part of the Canadian American Border is at the 49th Parallel and I live a few Parallels North of the 50th Parallel. You are still further north than me. The southern tip of Finland is at the 59th Parallel. I salute you.
I thought all Canadians go ice swimming on regular basis as there is also the same type of cold climate. 🏊♀️😁 But you're then the exception! 👍👍👍👍
@@ninasointu 😁
Happy New year to you as well. I swim a mile 3 times a week but in an indoor pool at 88*. I also love gardening but we just moved into a pine forest so it will look a little different now. Do you knit? I was just noticing your warm sweater.
The sweater is my first ever knit! I had hard time finding the type of knitted sweaters I liked, so I decided to do one for myself and fell in love with knitting at the same time!
I don't know how people get used to ice bathing. I'm cringing away from the video. It would be nice to feel exhausted and relaxed though.
Not everyone will. My mom would never ever swim in cold water, she won't even swim during in summer in Finland. 😁 She wants the water to be truly warm, not just "barely warm". 😁
Dear Nina, I am watching from Braunlage, Germany. I hope you will make more videos about your way of life, your house and also the environment. I am curious about the village. What kind of shops are there. What kind of work do the people do there, what do you live on? Your way of presenting is very nice, sympathetic 😘
Thank you, I will keep those questions in mind when taking you on a tours in the village and surrounding areas! ❤️
Hi Nina! Happy New Year!🎉 Thank you so much for your videos. I just found them and I’m so excited to see more. Like another commenter, Susan, I am also from Minnesota and also enjoy ice baths after sauna. Unfortunately, I live in a city and can only do it when I go up north to camp where they keep the lake open and sauna heated. Also, I was excited to think that I was beginning to understand Finnish but then I realized you must be speaking Swedish …. because one doesn’t just begin to understand Finnish😂😂 😂 Thank you so much ❤
Wouldn't it be great if we all would learn new languages simply by starting to understand it all of sudden! I'd love that! 😁 Happy New Year to you!
I do this in the shower sometimes for pain
I can imagine it helps! ❤️
Oh wow, you’re tough. I gasp for breath when I accidentally get cold water in the shower, in summer 😂.
Cold shock is a shocker indeed 😅
Finnish ❤️ Take care
Hei mikä ihana kanava sulla onkaan, olipa ilo löytää tää! 😍
Kiitos, tosi kiva kuulla ja tervetuloa mukaan 😍👍
Interesting, what are the health benefits of ice bathing? Here in California, people will lay in a bath tub of ice water for some health benefits too.
Suomen Latu - the Outdoor Association of Finland describe the health benefits as following:
- produces pleasure when beta endorphin is released from the pituitary gland
- improves sleep when serotonin is released from blood vessels
- improves immunity when immune function is activated
- improves stress tolerance and enhances muscle recovery (cortisol)
- the body burns fats more efficiently
- relieves the symptoms of rheumatism and asthma when ACTH hormone is released from the pituitary gland
- relieves muscle and joint inflammation by increasing local blood circulation
- invigorates metabolism and strengthens blood circulation
- lowers basic blood pressure if you regularly go in cold water for more than 3 months
I’ve been planning to do more ice baths but where I live we have to cut a hole on the ice (lake), It’s a bit more of a hustle but I am going to try. Before that I used to swim in open sea (as a new year’s tradition). I love the feeling it brings me as well, so invigorating! Ps: are you Swedish? I am pretty sure I heard Swedish in the video 🤔
You can keep the whole in ice open by covering it with a polyuretane lid, so then you don't need to dig it open every single time you want to go swimming. That makes the ice swimming life so much easier! And yes, I'm Finnish-Swedish, so I speak both of the languages in my every day life. 😁
@@ninasointu Aha I knew I recognise the language :) Thanks for the tip, that will help for sure!
Great Video You're brave (Word is Jetty not Bridge Bridge goes from bank to bank Jetty just out from one bank) Your English is good
YES, thank you! I got total brain freeze and couldn't come up with anything else😁😂
Loved this, Nina! What camera do you use for your videos?
I use Lumix GH5 and my phone is a OnePlus 10 Pro. 👍
@@ninasointu Thank you!! :)
I have read that ice bathing is good for pain and overall improves the health.
Yes, a lot of research says cold exposure is beneficial to health.
@@ninasointu I am permanently disabled due to back problems and know the benefits of ice I can only imagine how hard it is but the relief and the feeling afterwards.
OMG I’m cold just watching you!
who is filming the long distance shots?
I left the camera on a camera stand 😁
Gosh I would have thought hyperthermia would be a problem?
It would if I'd stay too long🥶😅
Have you found the ice water healthy in any way?
I have hard time pinpointing if I get other health benefits than just pleasure of having cold swimming as a hobby and how it makes me feel immediately after the swim. A healthy life consists of so many elements.
But Suomen Latu - the Outdoor Association of Finland describe the studied health benefits as following:
- produces pleasure when beta endorphin is released from the pituitary gland
- improves sleep when serotonin is released from blood vessels
- improves immunity when immune function is activated
- improves stress tolerance and enhances muscle recovery (cortisol)
- the body burns fats more efficiently
- relieves the symptoms of rheumatism and asthma when ACTH hormone is released from the pituitary gland
- relieves muscle and joint inflammation by increasing local blood circulation
- invigorates metabolism and strengthens blood circulation
- lowers basic blood pressure if you regularly go in cold water for more than 3 months
I kept worrying myself sick that your son would slip on that slick deck and fall into the water! Not sure if there is any buoyancy in his thermo suit, but usually clothes will weigh people down dangerously in water. Please be careful!
In English the ‘bridge’ we call it a dock. How intriguing! Ice bathing. I’d have a heart attach! My chest tightens up in 30 degrees (Fahrenheit) and you did it while pregnant
Yes, a dock! I got a complete blackout and couldn't come up with the word.😂 Once you get used to the cold shock then it is not that intense anymore.😅
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Hej hej från Sverige fina bilder du visar
Hej till dig! ❤️
why is your kid as you say not swimming?
He don't like the cold water at all, he prefers swimming in lakes when it's summer. Totally understandable! 😅
Varför pratar du svenska med din barn?
För jag är själv tvåspråkig och Raseborg, där vi bor, är också starkt svenskt område. Så det är bra att han lär sig båda inhemska språken. 😍
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