How it started

PLNGE isn’t just about cold water, it’s about connection.

We’re building a community of men and women who can show up exactly as they are, support each other, and find strength from doing hard things together. From sea dips to coffee chats, it’s about more than recovery for the body — it’s recovery for the mind too.

Just honest people choosing to better themselves together.

Stu Benfield is the founder of PLNGE. Having struggled himself, he found friends and a purpose through cold water and community. Building true lasting friendships by doing hard things, together.

Stu's partner, Kat Thorne, co-founder of PLNGE, started Women Who PLNGE and runs her own positive habits mission, The Morning GameChanger.

Both groups meet Sundays, 8am at Lee On Solent Beach in Hampshire, UK.

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