Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 36 minutes ago
ICEMAN RUSSIA is a cold resistance competition that includes weightlifting, running and swimming in ice water. In Russia, a cold-resistant person is called ‘a walrus’. These people rub with snow, dive in an ice hole or swim short or long distances in icy water, that’s why they are compared to animals that are well adapted to cold weather and are accustomed to swimming in ice water. Swimming in ice water is considered to be the mastery of cold resistance, and I decided to try it!
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00:00 Welcome to Yaroslavl region
01:06 Winter swimming competitions in Russia
03:35 Why do Russians train for cold-resistance
06:50 Iceman weightlifting contest
08:35 My turn to suffer! Iceman run&swim
11:50 Heading to Siberia for more freezing challenges
📍 More videos:
youtu.be/cEYm7UbFJfc - Facing the COLDEST WINTER in Moscow (I joined a Walrus Club)
youtu.be/qTtfPHV3vWY - Experiencing snowstorm & traditional epiphany bathing in the Extreme North of Russia
youtu.be/qgz3XP2aCjE - Life at the edge of Russian North on Kola Peninsula | Murmansk & Teriberka
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📸instagram.com/elibakunova?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= - more content about Russia, traveling, and my daily life
ICEMAN RUSSIA is a cold resistance competition that includes weightlifting, running and swimming in ice water. In Russia, a cold-resistant person is called ‘a walrus’. These people rub with snow, dive in an ice hole or swim short or long distances in icy water, that’s why they are compared to animals that are well adapted to cold weather and are accustomed to swimming in ice water. Swimming in ice water is considered to be the mastery of cold resistance, and I decided to try it!
📌https://elibakunova.su/ - more about my projects & partnerships
✉️ travel.elina07@gmail.com - email for partnerships
🤍 patreon.com/elifromrussia - you can find more content, get early access to my videos and support my channel through Patreon
Time codes:
00:00 Welcome to Yaroslavl region
01:06 Winter swimming competitions in Russia
03:35 Why do Russians train for cold-resistance
06:50 Iceman weightlifting contest
08:35 My turn to suffer! Iceman run&swim
11:50 Heading to Siberia for more freezing challenges
📍 More videos:
youtu.be/cEYm7UbFJfc - Facing the COLDEST WINTER in Moscow (I joined a Walrus Club)
youtu.be/qTtfPHV3vWY - Experiencing snowstorm & traditional epiphany bathing in the Extreme North of Russia
youtu.be/qgz3XP2aCjE - Life at the edge of Russian North on Kola Peninsula | Murmansk & Teriberka
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📸instagram.com/elibakunova?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= - more content about Russia, traveling, and my daily life
