Bernard O'Shea dips his toe into the Wim Hof method... and the shower

'I only went as far as my knees and my brain screamed “STOP YOU STUPID IDIOT.'

Bernard O'Shea: 'The idea of cold water submersion and its benefits has been around for thousands of years'

Along with banana bread, hiking and Joe Wicks-ing (I’m applying to The Oxford English Dictionary to make Joe Wicks into a verb), sea swimming has been a rewarding medal of honour to bestow onto yourself and your Instagram account during lockdown. 

I had the grandiose plan to join the Happy Pear Brothers in a sea-swim in Greystones. With the 5k limit, I had to save that idea along with my pale flabby ginger body from entering the Irish Sea at sunrise. I don’t think my wife would have been too please either if I left her alone with three small kids and her full-time job for most of the morning.