Forget the beach or the bar. Californians are looking for love in a new place — near-freezing ice baths. Just outside Los Angeles in the coastal city of Santa Monica, single people have stripped down ...

Michael Peck of Los Angeles (R) and Courtney Lakrois of San Francisco get question cards, as they attend their 3-minute speed date in an ice bath, in Santa Monica, California, U.S., December 16, 2023.

The summer in Texas is too damn hot, and it never seems to get better. This year, some of us even celebrated the fact that the heat index dipped to 95 degrees. It’s so damn hot that none of the usual ...

Walk through any trendy suburb and you might find a new “wellness” studio offering ice baths or “contrast therapy” (a sauna and ice bath combo). Scroll social media, and you’re likely to come across ...

Ari Gootnick isn’t new to ice baths, but he never gets used to the shock of immersing his body into 40- something-degree water. So when the 29-year-old who works in tech plunged into an ice bath on a ...

I have always been someone with an extremely low tolerance for being uncomfortable. If my tummy hurts, everyone will know. If my hands feel even the slightest bit dry, I will wreak havoc on whomever ...

Co-authored by Lauren Rudolph and Robert T. Muller, Ph.D. The growing trend of “cold water immersion” — immersing yourself in ice baths or taking cold showers — is promoted as providing physical and ...