芬兰(Finland) 冬泳在芬兰非常流行,参加人数之多可以和滑雪,滑冰等运动项目想媲美。芬兰人在冬泳过后大多喜欢进行桑拿,使身体接受冷热刺激,促进体内循环,从而达到健身的目的。
It"s been cold enough over the last weeks that the lakes have frozen and the ice on them is about 20cm thick. So tonight, rather nervously, we went to a public sauna down by the lake and prepared to go for a dip in an ice hole. We sat and sweated in the sauna for a while first, building our body temperatures up, then anxiously made our way down the path to the lake. The water felt arctic as I held onto the frozen ropes and stepped into it - cold enough to take your breath away, and then I was up to my neck in it with ice covering everywhere but the hole I was in. After a few seconds I decided that I should get out and make room for Carita to get in, but getting out was almost as painful as getting in. Carita went in, and judging from the screams, she was a bit more used to it than me; then we rushed back up to the lovely, hot sauna.
Sitting back in the warmth I could feel my skin tingling all over - it"s supposed to be very good for your circulation, and slowly the feeling returned to my body. Then we went back out and did it all over again. Afterwards, all of our muscles felt very relaxed, and mentally we were relaxed too - really just happy to be alive after it. Apparently, there"s also a 25m swimming competition in a frozen lake here. The Finns really are quite crazy people. 文章大意:天气变的很冷的时候,湖水已经结了20多厘米厚的冰,选择一个时间,非常急切的和朋友到有桑拿的湖边进行冬泳活动。首先,我们坐在桑拿室内使身体出汗,然后立即将身体浸入被凿了一个冰窟窿的湖里面,这时我会有一种被冻的喘不上气的感觉,这时将头抬起,但身体仍然在冰水里,待了几秒钟,我决定出水,但感觉出水和进水同样痛苦。轮到Carita浸入冰水里的时候,发出了尖叫的声音,感觉她比我痛苦的多,然后我们一起迫不及待的进入桑拿室内。 返回到温暖的室内,我感到身体的每个毛孔都有刺痛的感觉,但应该对身体的循环会起到一个很好的作用。就这样循环反复,不断刺激身体,你会觉得全身的肌肉都很放松,身心得到愉快!
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