Steve, The whitewater people I play kayak football with tell me that rolling in cold water is part of the norm in their sport. They claim that cold water acclimatization can last up to a year. Armed with this I started rolling again in 50 degree water in January with no ill effects except a very mild headache during the first session. A friend says he gets out of the shower and pours a glass of ice water down his back a few times a week to stay current. I don't think I will go that far. Jim et al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Brown" <steve_at_brown-web.net> To: <PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 7:15 AM > Can one increase their actual resistance to cold water through repeated > controlled exposure? > > If the answer is yes (with some science or empirical evidence to back it > up), then other questions obviously follow such as: "How frequent of > exposure is required to maintain meaningful resistance?" > Steve Brown > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Mar 18 2003 - 06:22:21 PST
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