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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
informative
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medium-paced
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Basically cold showers every morning and some deep breathing exercises.
Certainly wakes you up, and your feel pretty good afterwards, so even if you don't actually go super saiyan or anything it's still worth it.
https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/audiobook/the-wim-hof-method-1
Basically cold showers every morning and some deep breathing exercises.
Certainly wakes you up, and your feel pretty good afterwards, so even if you don't actually go super saiyan or anything it's still worth it.
Excited to explore the breathing techniques & cold exposure. Loved the bits of scientific research on them Wim shared. Otherwise this book was REPETITIVE & poorly written. I could’ve done with a lot less of Wim’s meandering philosophizing. An editor could have really helped this book.
I've heard about Wim in the past, I've also practiced his breathing method a bit, and reading this book was a great way for me to find more about him and his method.
Wim discovered his inner potential on his own, and he's been teaching it for many years now. In the beginning, people didn't believe in him, but after scientific experiments that was done on him, most of the sceptics became believers.
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. Practices like those aren't new. It's been known for thousands of years in certain eastern traditions. But Wim Hof is one of the first persons that voluntarily started to merge those practices into modern science and western society, which is very valuable for us because eastern teachings tend to be a bit mystical and not attractive for western folks. But with the help of people like Wim, we're being given techniques that can improve and even save many lives around the world.
It's been a few days that I've started taking cold showers and doing breathing exercises, and I already see some of the benefits.
Also, if you practice any form of meditation, the breathing practice that Wim suggests will put you in a perfect state for any meditative practice, so try it.
Wim discovered his inner potential on his own, and he's been teaching it for many years now. In the beginning, people didn't believe in him, but after scientific experiments that was done on him, most of the sceptics became believers.
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. Practices like those aren't new. It's been known for thousands of years in certain eastern traditions. But Wim Hof is one of the first persons that voluntarily started to merge those practices into modern science and western society, which is very valuable for us because eastern teachings tend to be a bit mystical and not attractive for western folks. But with the help of people like Wim, we're being given techniques that can improve and even save many lives around the world.
It's been a few days that I've started taking cold showers and doing breathing exercises, and I already see some of the benefits.
Also, if you practice any form of meditation, the breathing practice that Wim suggests will put you in a perfect state for any meditative practice, so try it.
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Interesting read. I feel like the first half to two thirds was a four-star read and the rest was a two-star slog. Like others have noted, there seems to be a mix of solid scientific evidence and pseudoscientific kookiness. That said, I’m committed to trying the method (breath work and graduated cold exposure) for at least a month or two.
Also noteworthy for me was the glossing-over of some traumatic or complicated events in his life:his first wife’s suicide, his breakup with the mother of his fifth child (and domestic violence conviction) . The laissez-faire treatment of these subjects makes me hesitant to fully buy some of his other claims.
As a final note, I split time reading a physical copy and listening to the audiobook for this book. I really wish that the audio version had been read by the author. I initially was going to write that Ohno’s reading of the book was marked by an nearly aggressive tone, but I went back and listened on 1.0x (from 1.5-2.0x that I had been accustomed to) and found it more neutral. Still, I think I would have preferred hearing Wim read it himself.
Also noteworthy for me was the glossing-over of some traumatic or complicated events in his life:
As a final note, I split time reading a physical copy and listening to the audiobook for this book. I really wish that the audio version had been read by the author. I initially was going to write that Ohno’s reading of the book was marked by an nearly aggressive tone, but I went back and listened on 1.0x (from 1.5-2.0x that I had been accustomed to) and found it more neutral. Still, I think I would have preferred hearing Wim read it himself.
Dnf at page 19. I was so excited for this book wanting research on how cold can influence your body. What I got was English that make sense a lot of the time, no actual facts or references and a narcissistic man who wants us to think he's smart. He speaks like a guru. It's just so actively awful that I think reading 19 pages was actually too much.
Love Wim. Whilst the narration didn't detract from the message, I would've liked to have heard it in Wim's unique voice.
Having used cold therapy and ice baths in my marathon/triathlon days, I knew of its physical benefits for injury prevention and recovery. However, this book outlines the benefits of daily cold exposure (and his breathing method)
with scientific support and is something I am starting to implement in my morning mobility routine.
with scientific support and is something I am starting to implement in my morning mobility routine.
