You can overcome disease, improve your mental health and physical performance, and even control your physiology so you can thrive in any stressful situation. However, it could have finished at chapter 10, there was a lot of repetition that made the end boring. Following the diagnosis I immediately cut out gluten, dairy, processed food, refined sugars and caffeine and started being careful with my iodine intake.

If you want to find out more, both Wim Hof and Andrew Huberman’s videos on YouTube are a good place to start. Wim Hof has become a modern legend for his astounding achievements, such as withstanding extreme temperatures, breaking world records, and running barefoot marathons over deserts and ice fields.To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below.

I feel a bit tingly, hear a slight ringing noise, but I can do it, a minute and a half, he times it on his phone.In summary, Wim Hof's method (not invented but summed and popularized by him) is cold exposure, controlled breathing, and the mind's power. A 2014 study injecting Wim Hof Method practitioners with an endotoxin, showed they were able to control their sympathetic nervous system and immune response. He describes his method as a combination of cold exposure, breathing practices and mindset trainings, and claims that those can change our biochemistry in a matter of days. With The Wim Hof Method, this trailblazer of human potential shares a method that anyone can use—not just extreme athletes or spiritual masters—to supercharge your capacity for strength, health, and happiness. And yeah, I am a little bit in awe of my body, that I can hold my breath for two and a half minutes.

I have mixed feelings on this one: I couldn't wait to try the breathing method and cold showers (went in about 1/4 of the book) and at the same time I disliked the rambling and lack of editorial finesse. A great way to learn the Wim Hof Method® is through live events, because they offer personal guidance and instant feedback that is tailored to your needs and wishes. He has set records for swimming under ice, for sitting in a box full of ice, for running barefoot on ice. To my surprise the arthritis in my hands totally disappeared and my energy level went over the roof.

With The Wim Hof Method , this trailblazer of human potential shares a method that anyone can use―young or old, sick or healthy―to supercharge their capacity for strength, vitality, and happiness. Even the boring parts are good enough to spur on a conversation, but if you have short supply of time, consider speed reading through the 2nd half of book. Its a shame, as I believe what he espouses may be beneficial to folks, but the book does nothing to aid his case: I won't be attempting to climb Everest in nothing but a pair of Y-fronts filled with ice-cubes any time soon.

I think I eventually gave up at about 87% through, because I couldn't get through the 20th repetition of the same ideas. Also, please be careful of the suggestions that Hof's method can treat depression and similar illnesses without an adequate amount and quality of studies focused solely on this matter - this. But with the help of people like Wim, we're being given techniques that can improve and even save many lives around the world.Discover Wim's journey from circus act to the scientific breakthrough that kick-started his mission and propelled him to becoming a global health leader. Because of this disconnection, our age-old survival mechanisms are no longer triggered and we’ve lost touch with our inner power. He can control his core body temperature, prevent it falling to dangerous levels of hypothermia when exposed to the cold.